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COW
iPath Series B Bloomberg Livestock Subindex Total Return ETN

Price: $30.83
Change: $0.74 (0.02%)
Category: Agricultural Commodities
Last Updated:

Vitals

Investment Themes

Trading Data

Open - Volume -
Day Lo - Day Hi -
  • Open
  • Volume
  • Day Lo
  • Day Hi
  • 52 Week Lo $26.40
  • 52 Week Hi $50.00
  • AUM $25.2 M
  • Shares 0.8 M

Analyst Report

This ETN offers an opportunity for investors to gain exposure to hogs and cattle, making it an effective tool for gaining targeted exposure to commodities that often perform well when inflationary pressures kick in. Those seeking more broad-based agricultural exposure may prefer products such as AGF or DBA, while UBC offers generally similar exposure to livestock. Given the narrow focus of this security, COW probably has little use in long-term, buy-and-hold portfolios; it can, however, be a very useful tool for expressing a shorter-term view on a specific corner of the commodity market. There are several noteworthy elements of COW; investors should be aware that COW is a debt instrument, exposing investors to the credit risk of the issuing institution. Moreover, this note is linked to a futures-based index, meaning that the slope of the futures curve often impacts returns and that COW won't necessarily offer exposure to spot prices. Finally, the ETN structure can have an impact on the tax consequences, which may be unique from comparable ETNs.

Historical Trading Data

  • 1 Month Avg. Volume 60,891
  • 3 Month Avg. Volume 38,269

Alternative ETFs in the Agricultural Commodities Category

Type Symbol Expense Ratio Assets Avg. Daily Vol YTD Return
Cheapest JO 0.45% $64.1 M 63,588 -24.29%
Largest (AUM) DBA 0.85% $333.0 M 442,911 -17.69%
Most Liquid (Volume) DBA 0.85% $333.0 M 442,911 -17.69%
Top YTD Performer SGG 0.45% $18.5 M 6,969 -7.76%

Top 15 Holdings

Concentration Analysis

This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

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Number of Holdings
100.00%
% Assets in Top 10
 
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Number of Holdings
2
Rank
11 of 19
Low
WEAT (1)
High
RJA (19)
% Assets in Top 10
100.00%
Rank
8 of 19
Low
RJA (82.53%)
High
UAG (100.01%)

 
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Sector Breakdown

COW Valuation

This section shows how the P/E multiple of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

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COW Dividend

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Low
DBA (1.88%)
High
DBA (1.88%)

COW Fund Flows

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5 Day Net Flows: -2.64 M 1 Month Net Flows: 18.16 M 3 Month Net Flows: 22.44 M 6 Month Net Flows: 862.89 K 1 Year Net Flows: 21.02 M 3 Year Net Flows: 15.46 M 5 Year Net Flows: 12.42 M 10 Year Net Flows: -31.33 M

Realtime Rating

The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for COW on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Agricultural Commodities with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETFdb Pro. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.

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Metric Metric Realtime Rating A+ Metric Rated ETF
Liquidity A- DBA
Expenses B TAGS
Performance
Volatility
Dividend
Concentration

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COW Expenses & Fees

This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.

Expenses Ratio Analysis

ETF Average
0.537%
ETF Wtd. Average
0.19%
Category Average
0.71%
Expense Ratio
0.45%
Rank
1 of 19
Low
COW (0.45%)
High
SOYB (1.15%)
ESG Themes and Scores

COW does not have an ESG score. There are no ESG themes that map to this ETF.

COW Performance

This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peer group ETFdb.com Category.

1.31%
1 Week Return
-2.73%
4 Week Return
4.47%
13 Week Return
-32.75%
26 Week Return
-32.73%
Year to Date Return
-33.69%
1 Year Return
No Ranking Available
3 Year Return
No Ranking Available
5 Year Return
 
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1 Week Return
1.31%
Rank
17 of 19
Low
NIB (-10.87%)
High
JO (6.22%)
4 Week Return
-2.73%
Rank
16 of 18
Low
NIB (-9.58%)
High
BAL (5.58%)
13 Week Return
4.47%
Rank
8 of 19
Low
JO (-15.51%)
High
BAL (23.65%)
26 Week Return
-32.75%
Rank
19 of 19
Low
COW (-32.75%)
High
SGG (-5.82%)
Year to Date Return
-32.73%
Rank
19 of 19
Low
COW (-32.73%)
High
SGG (-7.76%)
1 Year Return
-33.69%
Rank
19 of 19
Low
COW (-33.69%)
High
SOYB (-8.13%)
3 Year Return
No Ranking Available
Rank
N/A
Low
CANE (-38.73%)
High
NIB (10.60%)
5 Year Return
No Ranking Available
Rank
N/A
Low
WEAT (-57.07%)
High
SOYB (-30.72%)

 
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COW Price and Volume Chart

COW Technicals

Volatility Analysis

This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

 
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5 Day Volatility
114.12%
Rank
3 of 19
Low
FUE (32.45%)
High
CANE (151.53%)
20 Day Volatility
15.43%
Rank
15 of 19
Low
SOYB (11.25%)
High
NIB (37.68%)
50 Day Volatility
33.28%
Rank
4 of 19
Low
SOYB (12.34%)
High
FUE (54.50%)
200 Day Volatility
40.68%
Rank
3 of 19
Low
SOYB (13.58%)
High
FUE (46.49%)
Beta
0.32
Rank
4 of 19
Low
JO (-0.44)
High
BAL (0.89)
Standard Deviation
6.40%
Rank
1 of 19
Low
GRU (0.17%)
High
COW (6.40%)

 
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Technicals

  • 20 Day MA $30.76
  • 60 Day MA $31.20
  • MACD 15 Period 0.30
  • MACD 100 Period -2.43
  • Williams % Range 10 Day 19.39
  • Williams % Range 20 Day 49.04
  • RSI 10 Day 52
  • RSI 20 Day 47
  • RSI 30 Day 46
  • Ultimate Oscillator 53

Bollinger Brands

  • Lower Bollinger (10 Day) $29.71
  • Upper Bollinger (10 Day) $30.94
  • Lower Bollinger (20 Day) $29.71
  • Upper Bollinger (20 Day) $31.81
  • Lower Bollinger (30 Day) $29.46
  • Upper Bollinger (30 Day) $33.11

Support & Resistance

  • Support Level 1 $30.36
  • Support Level 2 $29.89
  • Resistance Level 1 $31.10
  • Resistance Level 2 $31.37

Stochastic

  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (1 Day) 60.45
  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (5 Day) 59.23
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (1 Day) 51.91
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (5 Day) 44.24

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