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About VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF
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Inception date
Dec 20, 2011
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
Van Eck Associates Corp.
Distributor
Van Eck Securities Corp.
PPH provides exposure to the largest, US-listed multinational pharmaceutical giants in the world. The fund holds just 25 securities, including big weights in household names. Like the underlying pharmaceutical market, PPH is top heavy and has to reweight its big holdings to accommodate RIC diversification requirements, capping a single issuer to 20%. Still, it captures the space well, even after excluding Asia entirely. Overall, PPH is a great option for investors seeking exposure to big, multinational pharma companies. The index is reviewed on a semi-annual basis.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Health Technology
Distribution Services
Stock breakdown by region
Top 10 holdings
Pharma bull divergence -COVIDNormally when we see a such massive drops in equity, the on balance volume also trends down.
OBV is reaching a 2-year high, as we have dropped over 30%.
This divergence suggests pharmaceuticals could outperform as the market starts consolidating.
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Regarding the volatility due to Medicare for
Pharma ETF - bull divergence!As the PPH dropped 15% below the 200sma, OBV barely moved lower compared to the drop. (Between purple vertical lines). This is considered a Bullish Divergence .
Now with a strong pullback, we are half way to reach past highs; but this time with an OBV we have not yet seen since Feb, 2018.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
PPH trades at 86.30 USD today, its price has risen 0.14% in the past 24 hours. Track more dynamics on PPH price chart.
PPH net asset value is 86.30 today — it's risen 1.62% over the past month. NAV represents the total value of the fund's assets less liabilities and serves as a gauge of the fund's performance.
PPH assets under management is 628.15 M USD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
PPH price has risen by 1.48% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −5.18% decrease. See more dynamics on PPH price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −4.82% decrease in three-month performance and has decreased by −3.08% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −4.82% decrease in three-month performance and has decreased by −3.08% in a year.
PPH fund flows account for 91.24 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Since ETFs work like an individual stock, they can be bought and sold on exchanges (e.g. NASDAQ, NYSE, EURONEXT). As it happens with stocks, you need to select a brokerage to access trading. Explore our list of available brokers to find the one to help execute your strategies. Don't forget to do your research before getting to trading. Explore ETFs metrics in our ETF screener to find a reliable opportunity.
PPH invests in stocks. See more details in our Analysis section.
PPH expense ratio is 0.36%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, PPH isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
In some ways, ETFs are safe investments, but in a broader sense, they're not safer than any other asset, so it's crucial to analyze a fund before investing. But if your research gives a vague answer, you can always refer to technical analysis.
Today, PPH technical analysis shows the neutral rating and its 1-week rating is sell. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating PPH shows the neutral signal. See more of PPH technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Today, PPH technical analysis shows the neutral rating and its 1-week rating is sell. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating PPH shows the neutral signal. See more of PPH technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Yes, PPH pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.97%.
PPH trades at a premium (0.00%).
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
PPH shares are issued by Van Eck Associates Corp.
PPH follows the MVIS US Listed Pharmaceutical 25. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Dec 20, 2011.
The fund's management style is passive, meaning it's aiming to replicate the performance of the underlying index by holding assets in the same proportions as the index. The goal is to match the index's returns.