Looking for broad exposure to the Healthcare - Broad segment of the equity market? You should consider the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RSPH), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 11/01/2006.
An increasingly popular option among retail and institutional investors, passively managed ETFs offer low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency; they are also excellent vehicles for long term investors.
Additionally, sector ETFs offer convenient ways to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Healthcare - Broad is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 5, placing it in top 31%.
Index Details
The fund is sponsored by Invesco. It has amassed assets over $751.82 million, making it one of the larger ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Healthcare - Broad segment of the equity market. RSPH seeks to match the performance of the S&P 500 EQUAL WEIGHT HEALTH CARE INDEX before fees and expenses.
The S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care Index equally weights stocks in the health care sector of the S&P 500 Index.
Costs
Investors should also pay attention to an ETF's expense ratio. Lower cost products will produce better results than those with a higher cost, assuming all other metrics remain the same.
Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.40%, making it on par with most peer products in the space.
It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 0.76%.
Sector Exposure and Top Holdings
While ETFs offer diversified exposure, which minimizes single stock risk, a deep look into a fund's holdings is a valuable exercise. And, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.
This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Healthcare sector--about 100% of the portfolio.
Looking at individual holdings, Cardinal Health Inc (CAH) accounts for about 2.02% of total assets, followed by Dexcom Inc (DXCM) and Cencora Inc (COR).
The top 10 holdings account for about 19.26% of total assets under management.
Performance and Risk
So far this year, RSPH has lost about -2.54%, and is down about -7.12% in the last one year (as of 05/22/2025). During this past 52-week period, the fund has traded between $26.81 and $32.53.
The ETF has a beta of 0.86 and standard deviation of 16.24% for the trailing three-year period. With about 62 holdings, it effectively diversifies company-specific risk.
Alternatives
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF carries a Zacks ETF Rank of 3 (Hold), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. Thus, RSPH is a reasonable option for those seeking exposure to the Health Care ETFs area of the market. Investors might also want to consider some other ETF options in the space.
Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) tracks MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) tracks Health Care Select Sector Index. Vanguard Health Care ETF has $14.93 billion in assets, Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF has $34.73 billion. VHT has an expense ratio of 0.09% and XLV charges 0.08%.
Bottom Line
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Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RSPH): ETF Research Reports Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH): Free Stock Analysis Report DexCom, Inc. (DXCM): Free Stock Analysis Report Cencora, Inc. (COR): Free Stock Analysis Report Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV): ETF Research Reports Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT): ETF Research ReportsThis article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com).
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