XLU vs. PID ETF Comparison

Comparison of SPDR Select Sector Fund - Utilities (XLU) to PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID)
XLU

SPDR Select Sector Fund - Utilities

XLU Description

The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in The Utilities Select Sector Index. In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies from the following industries: electric utilities; multi-utilities; independent power producers & energy traders; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$78.13

Average Daily Volume

10,826,442

Number of Holdings *

31

* 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

$19.08

Average Daily Volume

83,277

Number of Holdings *

23

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period XLU PID
30 Days -4.10% -3.20%
60 Days 3.11% -1.65%
90 Days 5.98% 3.36%
12 Months 31.22% 18.05%
0 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in XLU Weight in PID Overlap
XLU Overweight 31 Positions Relative to PID
Symbol Grade Weight
NEE D 13.61%
SO C 8.19%
DUK C 7.35%
CEG B 6.61%
SRE C 4.34%
AEP D 4.23%
D B 4.08%
PEG B 3.6%
PCG B 3.53%
VST B 3.45%
EXC C 3.26%
ED C 2.96%
XEL A 2.9%
EIX D 2.64%
WEC B 2.5%
ETR A 2.35%
AWK D 2.18%
DTE C 2.15%
PPL C 1.94%
ES D 1.91%
AEE B 1.9%
FE D 1.81%
ATO B 1.77%
CMS C 1.71%
CNP C 1.54%
NRG B 1.47%
LNT C 1.27%
NI B 1.26%
EVRG C 1.13%
AES F 0.97%
PNW D 0.81%
XLU Underweight 23 Positions Relative to PID
Symbol Grade Weight
KOF F -4.02%
NGG D -3.98%
PHI F -3.73%
BTI C -3.68%
GFI B -2.89%
TD F -2.72%
SNY D -2.6%
OTEX F -2.59%
DEO F -2.53%
NVS D -2.25%
MUFG A -1.92%
SMFG B -1.91%
INFY D -1.73%
DOX B -1.67%
PSO A -1.58%
CNI F -1.48%
RELX C -1.28%
RBA A -0.97%
SAP B -0.91%
WTW A -0.9%
LOGI D -0.88%
NVO F -0.66%
WCN D -0.45%
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