PIO vs. VPU ETF Comparison

Comparison of PowerShares Global Water Portfolio (PIO) to Vanguard Utilities ETF - DNQ (VPU)

PIO

PowerShares Global Water Portfolio

PIO Description

The PowerShares Global Water Portfolio (Fund) is based on the NASDAQ OMX Global Water Index. The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in companies listed on a global exchange that create products designed to conserve and purify water for homes, businesses and industries. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually in April.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$41.28

Average Daily Volume

9,751

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

VPU

Vanguard Utilities ETF - DNQ

VPU Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the utilities sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). It attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$176.05

Average Daily Volume

210,094

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	PIO	VPU
30 Days	0.73%	-0.29%
60 Days	-2.57%	1.64%
90 Days	-1.88%	8.63%
12 Months	16.16%	35.25%

1 Overlapping Holdings

	Symbol	Grade	Weight in PIO	Weight in VPU	Overlap
	AWK	D	2.95%	2.03%	2.03%

PIO Overweight 11 Positions Relative to VPU

Symbol	Grade	Weight
PNR	A	9.8%
ROP	B	8.36%
ECL	D	8.03%
WAT	B	3.76%
XYL	D	3.62%
VLTO	D	3.58%
IEX	B	2.91%
CNM	D	2.64%
WMS	D	1.91%
AOS	F	1.72%
CWCO	C	0.25%

PIO Underweight 65 Positions Relative to VPU

Symbol	Grade	Weight
NEE	D	-12.29%
SO	D	-7.22%
DUK	C	-6.71%
CEG	D	-6.26%
SRE	A	-3.98%
AEP	D	-3.93%
D	C	-3.77%
PEG	A	-3.36%
VST	B	-3.28%
PCG	A	-3.1%
EXC	C	-2.97%
XEL	A	-2.8%
ED	D	-2.65%
ETR	B	-2.49%
EIX	B	-2.39%
WEC	A	-2.28%
DTE	C	-1.94%
PPL	B	-1.81%
ES	D	-1.75%
AEE	A	-1.75%
FE	C	-1.73%
ATO	A	-1.58%
CMS	C	-1.57%
NRG	B	-1.42%
CNP	B	-1.32%
NI	A	-1.19%
LNT	A	-1.16%
EVRG	A	-1.05%
AES	F	-0.88%
WTRG	B	-0.76%
PNW	B	-0.75%
OGE	B	-0.61%
IDA	A	-0.4%
NFG	A	-0.4%
UGI	A	-0.38%
POR	C	-0.37%
NJR	A	-0.34%
SWX	B	-0.32%
ORA	B	-0.32%
BKH	A	-0.31%
OGS	A	-0.3%
SR	A	-0.28%
ALE	A	-0.28%
PNM	F	-0.28%
MGEE	C	-0.25%
NWE	B	-0.25%
CWT	D	-0.23%
AWR	B	-0.23%
OTTR	C	-0.22%
AVA	A	-0.22%
AGR	B	-0.21%
CPK	A	-0.2%
CWEN	C	-0.18%
NEP	F	-0.14%
HE	C	-0.13%
SJW	D	-0.13%
NWN	A	-0.11%
MSEX	B	-0.08%
CWEN	C	-0.07%
UTL	B	-0.07%
NOVA	F	-0.05%
YORW	D	-0.04%
AMPS	C	-0.02%
MNTK	F	-0.02%
ARTNA	D	-0.02%

PIO: Top Represented Industries & Keywords

Industries: Diversified Industrials Utilities - Regulated Water Diagnostics & Research Industrial Distribution Pollution & Treatment Controls Rubber & Plastics Specialty Chemicals