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If you're interested in broad exposure to the Utilities - Broad segment of the equity market, look no further than the Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF (FUTY), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 10/21/2013.
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.
Sector ETFs are also funds of convenience, offering many ways to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Utilities - Broad is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 13, placing it in bottom 19%.
Index Details
The fund is sponsored by Fidelity. It has amassed assets over $1.13 billion, making it one of the larger ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Utilities - Broad segment of the equity market. FUTY seeks to match the performance of the MSCI USA IMI Utilities Index before fees and expenses.
MSCI USA IMI Utilities Index represents the performance of the utilities sector in the U.S. equity market.
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 0.08%, making it the least expensive product in the space.
It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 3.11%.
Sector Exposure and Top Holdings
It is important to delve into an ETF's holdings before investing despite the many upsides to these kinds of funds like diversified exposure, which minimizes single stock risk. And, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.
This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Utilities sector--about 99.50% of the portfolio.
Looking at individual holdings, Nextera Energy Inc (NEE) accounts for about 14.54% of total assets, followed by Duke Energy Corp (DUK) and Dominion Energy Inc (D).
The top 10 holdings account for about 56.29% of total assets under management.
Performance and Risk
So far this year, FUTY has lost about -1.02%, and is up roughly 2.41% in the last one year (as of 11/08/2020). During this past 52-week period, the fund has traded between $29.08 and $46.21.
The ETF has a beta of 0.37 and standard deviation of 24.54% for the trailing three-year period, making it a medium risk choice in the space. With about 69 holdings, it effectively diversifies company-specific risk.