PID vs. COMT ETF Comparison
Comparison of PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID) to iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF (COMT)
PID
PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers
PID Description
The PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (Fund) is based on the NASDAQ International Dividend AchieversTM Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in dividend paying common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index is designed to identify an international group of American Depository Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts and non-U.S. common or ordinary stocks that have qualified as International Dividend Achievers™. These companies have increased their annual dividend for five or more consecutive fiscal years. The Fund and the Index are reconstituted annually in January and rebalanced quarterly in January, April, July and October. Effective December 28, 2012, the NADAQ OMX Group, Inc., replaced Mergent, Inc., as the Index Provider of the Index. Effective February 25, 2013, the name of the Index changed from International Dividend Achievers Index to NASDAQ International Dividend Achievers Index. There will be no change to the methodology by which NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., the Index Provider, calculates the Index. Please see the Fund’s prospectus supplement for more information. On February 25, 2013, NASDAQ took the place of the NYSE as the official Index data source.
Grade (RS Rating)
Last Trade
$18.74
Average Daily Volume
140,862
24
COMT
iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF
COMT Description
The investment seeks total return by providing investors with broad commodity exposure. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of exchange-traded commodity futures contracts, exchange-traded options on commodity-related futures contracts and exchange-cleared commodity-related swaps (together, "Commodity-Linked Investments") and commodity-related equity securities ("Commodity-Related Equities"), thereby obtaining exposure to the commodities markets. It is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.Grade (RS Rating)
Last Trade
$27.01
Average Daily Volume
345,175
25
Performance
Period | PID | COMT |
---|---|---|
30 Days | 3.82% | -3.02% |
60 Days | 1.23% | 3.88% |
90 Days | 5.76% | 4.33% |
12 Months | 6.67% | 10.42% |
PID Overweight 22 Positions Relative to COMT
PID Underweight 23 Positions Relative to COMT
PID: Top Represented Industries & Keywords
COMT: Top Represented Industries & Keywords