PPA vs. IYM ETF Comparison

Comparison of PowerShares Aerospace & Defense (PPA) to iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (IYM)
PPA

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense

PPA Description

The PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (Fund) is based on the SPADE™ Defense Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index is designed to identify a group of companies involved in the development, manufacturing, operations and support of US defense, homeland security and aerospace operations. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$121.04

Average Daily Volume

186,719

Number of Holdings *

48

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
IYM

iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF

IYM Description The investment seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the basic materials sector. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. It seeks to track the investment results of the Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index (the "underlying index"), which measures the performance of the basic materials sector of the U.S. equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$146.82

Average Daily Volume

12,519

Number of Holdings *

35

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period PPA IYM
30 Days 3.31% -2.48%
60 Days 5.63% 0.16%
90 Days 8.65% 1.98%
12 Months 39.76% 15.34%
1 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in PPA Weight in IYM Overlap
HXL D 0.66% 0.81% 0.66%
PPA Overweight 47 Positions Relative to IYM
Symbol Grade Weight
RTX C 7.09%
GE D 6.71%
LMT D 6.64%
BA F 6.23%
NOC D 5.36%
GD F 4.93%
HON B 4.88%
HWM A 4.44%
AXON A 4.43%
PH A 4.28%
LHX C 4.07%
TDG D 3.35%
ETN A 3.16%
PLTR B 2.72%
LDOS C 2.05%
BAH F 1.92%
APH A 1.91%
HEI B 1.83%
TXT D 1.74%
CW B 1.37%
BWXT B 1.36%
CACI D 1.26%
HII D 1.07%
WWD B 0.92%
TDY B 0.91%
KBR F 0.88%
AVAV D 0.84%
ATI D 0.81%
SAIC F 0.71%
MOG.A B 0.66%
KEYS A 0.62%
PSN D 0.61%
KTOS B 0.56%
RKLB B 0.56%
SPR D 0.51%
AIR B 0.35%
MRCY B 0.35%
OSK B 0.29%
OSIS B 0.27%
TGI B 0.2%
B B 0.19%
IRDM D 0.17%
CDRE D 0.16%
TTMI B 0.16%
DCO C 0.14%
AI B 0.13%
VSAT F 0.1%
PPA Underweight 34 Positions Relative to IYM
Symbol Grade Weight
LIN D -21.46%
APD A -8.43%
FCX D -7.45%
ECL D -7.43%
FAST B -4.33%
NUE C -3.6%
NEM D -3.53%
STLD B -3.39%
IP B -3.26%
RS B -2.93%
IFF D -2.7%
LYB F -2.68%
CF B -2.59%
AVY D -2.54%
ALB C -1.98%
EMN D -1.95%
AA B -1.71%
RGLD C -1.52%
RBC A -1.47%
MOS F -1.39%
X C -1.34%
CE F -1.33%
FMC D -1.14%
ESI A -1.05%
CLF F -0.91%
OLN D -0.81%
TKR D -0.8%
WLK D -0.7%
ASH D -0.65%
NEU C -0.61%
HUN F -0.52%
SMG D -0.52%
CC C -0.48%
MP B -0.4%
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