Pets today are more than companions—they are part of the family. And caring for them is big business. Global pet care industry sales are expected to grow to over $200 billion annually by 2025. The companies driving this extraordinary growth typically fall into one of several broad categories: pet health, pet supplies and stores, or pet food. Who are some of these companies and what kind of services do they provide? Let’s take a look.
The ProShares Pet Care ETF (PAWZ) is the first ETF focused on the pet care industry. It invests in companies that potentially stand to benefit from the proliferation of pet ownership and the emerging trends affecting how we care for our pets.
PAWZ follows the FactSet Pet Care Index™. The index consists of U.S. and international companies whose principal revenue comes from one of eight FactSet Revere Business Industry Classification subindustries (“RBICS”), or companies who generate at least $1 billion in annual revenue from an RBICS subindustry, or who are identified by FactSet as pet care related businesses.
FactSet Pet Care Index Holdings
The FactSet Pet Care Index gives investors the opportunity to gain broad exposure to public companies in the global pet care industry.
Index constituents as of 6/30/2019. Subject to change. PAWZ intends to hold securities in approximately the same proportion as the index, but there is no guarantee it will. View the complete list of PAWZ’s daily holdings.
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Data: American Pet Products Association 2017-2018 National Pet Ownership Survey (68% of U.S. households have pets, spending since 2001, GDP); Grand View Research ($200 billion market); “Fewer Babies, More Pets? Parenthood, Marriage, and Pet Ownership in America” (55 million in five years); Deal Hound Pet Report Q2:2018 (M&A activity); American Pet Products Association 2017-2018 Survey and ProShares (GDP). Company information sources: zoetis.com; todaysveterinarybusiness.com; thebalance.com; cnbc.com; investors.freshpet.com; zooplus.com; seekingalpha.com.
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