Pacer BioThreat Strategy ETF (VIRS)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the LifeSci BioThreat Strategy Index. The VIRS ETF contains 50 constituents. It is focused on growth holdings in the North America region.
Price $25.53 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 0.92% |
| Expense ratio | 0.7% |
| Average spread | 0.196% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.896% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -9.3% | -5.1% | 3.4% | -7.8% | 0.5% | -6.7% | 7.5% | -6.8% | -5.3% | 1.3% | -28.3% | ||
| 2021 | 5.0% | -4.0% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 1.7% | 4.5% | 3.1% | 3.7% | -4.4% | 6.5% | -0.2% | 0.9% | 23.5% |
| 2020 | 5.9% | 6.0% | -0.8% | -4.1% | 6.2% | -1.2% | 12.0% | ||||||
| -4.3% | -9.1% | 6.7% | -4.4% | 2.1% | -2.2% | 16.5% | 2.9% | -10.4% | 3.7% | 5.9% | -0.2% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.23 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.20 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.09 | ||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation | 6.35% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 6.10% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 5.98% |
| Danaher Corporation | 5.49% |
| Home Depot, Inc. | 5.16% |
| Abbott Laboratories | 5.14% |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | 5.04% |
| Walmart Inc. | 4.66% |
| Lowe\'s Companies, Inc. | 4.44% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4.33% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.32% |
| Moderna, Inc. | 3.67% |
| Sanofi SA Sponsored ADR | 3.48% |
| CVS Health Corporation | 3.23% |
| GlaxoSmithKline plc Sponsored ADR | 2.84% |
| Top 15 Weights | 70.23% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| VIRS | IVW | IWY | JOET | SPMO | VOOG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | Pacer BioThreat Strategy ETF | iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF | Virtus Terranova U.S. Quality Momentum ETF | PowerShares S&P 500 Momentum Portfolio ETF | Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF |
| Issuer | Pacer | iShares | iShares | Virtus | Invesco | Vanguard |
| Price | $25.527 | $58.33 | $121.16 | $25.13 | $53.53 | $210.42 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.7% |  0.18% | 0.2% | 0.29% | 0.13% | 0.1% |
| Average Spread | 0.196% | 0.017% | 0.033% | 0.159% | 0.205% | 0.038% |
| AUM | $5,071,580 | $27,983,900,000 | $3,289,930,000 | $80,902,200 | $90,819,400 | $5,228,350,000 |
| Shares | 198,675 | 479,751,830 | 27,153,601 | 3,219,347 | 1,696,607 | 24,847,202 |
| Average Daily Volume | 1,010 | 2,651,590 | 412,134 | 30,627 | 33,070 | 228,217 |
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| Inception Date | 2020-06-24 | 2000-05-22 | 2009-09-22 | 2020-11-17 | 2015-10-09 | 2010-09-07 |
| Index Tracked | LifeSci BioThreat Strategy Index | S&P 500 Growth | Russell Top 200 Growth | No Underlying Index | S&P 500 Momentum Index | S&P 500 Growth |
| Category | Large Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps |
| Value or Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | |
| Region | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America |
| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $0.234 | $0.478 | $0.986 | $0.14 | $0.771 | $1.849 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.009% | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.006% | 0.014% | 0.009% |
| Number of Holdings | 50 | 237 | 108 | 124 | 98 | 237 |
| YTD Return | -26.01% | -29.88% | -29.71% | -23.87% | -16.03% | -29.84% |
| Beta | 0.82 | 0.99 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.05 | 1.05 |
| Upside Beta | 0.21 | 0.28 | 0.10 | -0.08 | 0.70 | 0.10 |
| Downside Beta | -0.47 | 0.09 | -0.22 | -0.50 | -0.03 | -0.25 |
| Volatility 1Y | 20.44% | 28.79% | 28.60% | 23.54% | 22.64% | 28.81% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.59 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 0.59 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |