VIRS vs. PID ETF Comparison

Comparison of Pacer BioThreat Strategy ETF (VIRS) to PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID)
VIRS

Pacer BioThreat Strategy ETF

VIRS Description

An exchange traded fund (ETF) that seeks to track the LifeSci BioThreat Strategy Index to invest in U.S. listed companies whose products or services help to protect against, endure or recover from biological threats to human health. The index aims to: Research of current and future pandemics. Combat agents of biological warfare. Detect the presence of biological threats. Secure national borders and ports and strengthen homeland security. Aid in stockpiling of products needed in times of natural disasters and disease outbreaks. Improve food and water safety and purity. Enable technology to benefit work and stay at home mandates.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$34.28

Average Daily Volume

106

Number of Holdings *

52

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
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

$17.96

Average Daily Volume

156,642

Number of Holdings *

24

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period VIRS PID
30 Days -4.90% -2.58%
60 Days -2.10% 0.07%
90 Days 3.56% -0.78%
12 Months 19.57% 2.34%
1 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in VIRS Weight in PID Overlap
SNY C 4.06% 2.97% 2.97%
VIRS Overweight 51 Positions Relative to PID
Symbol Grade Weight
NVDA B 7.88%
NFLX D 5.94%
AMZN A 5.37%
MRK A 5.33%
WMT A 5.21%
TMO B 4.88%
DHR C 4.8%
LOW C 4.67%
HD C 4.5%
ABT C 4.45%
JNJ F 4.17%
REGN D 3.45%
CVS F 3.17%
GILD F 2.93%
GSK C 2.86%
ECL C 2.22%
MMM A 1.79%
PLTR C 1.63%
KMB A 1.51%
KR B 1.42%
A C 1.38%
MRNA B 1.38%
HLN B 1.33%
XYL A 1.09%
MTD C 0.91%
CHD A 0.9%
VLTO A 0.78%
BNTX F 0.73%
HRL A 0.67%
TDY D 0.67%
ILMN D 0.66%
BAH C 0.65%
ZM D 0.65%
CLX C 0.63%
WAT C 0.62%
LH F 0.6%
AKAM D 0.54%
WBA F 0.54%
DGX A 0.5%
CPB A 0.46%
QGEN D 0.31%
SOLV B 0.31%
SRCL F 0.16%
OGN A 0.16%
FTRE D 0.11%
NEOG D 0.09%
TDOC F 0.08%
SCL D 0.07%
ENR C 0.07%
VIR F 0.04%
EBS F 0.0%
VIRS Underweight 23 Positions Relative to PID
Symbol Grade Weight
AY A -4.48%
PHI B -4.08%
BTI D -3.96%
NGG C -3.86%
TD B -3.45%
GFI A -3.06%
KOF B -2.49%
SMFG D -2.36%
NVS B -2.34%
DEO F -1.77%
OTEX D -1.74%
MUFG D -1.73%
PSO D -1.66%
INFY F -1.33%
DOX D -1.3%
CNI D -1.25%
RELX C -1.07%
RBA C -1.0%
LOGI D -0.86%
SAP C -0.85%
WTW D -0.84%
NVO B -0.65%
WCN D -0.47%
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