This ETF tracks a benchmark consisting of some of America’s largest companies. As a result, investors should think of this as a play on mega and large cap stocks in the American market. These securities are usually known as ‘Blue Chips’ and are some of the most famous and profitable companies in the country, including well known names such as ExxonMobil, Apple, IBM, and GE. The fund is probably one of the safest in the equity world as the companies on this list are very unlikely to go under unless there is an apocalyptic event in the economy. However, these securities are unlikely to grow very much either as they are already pretty large and have probably seen their quickest growing days in years past, but most do pay out solid dividends which should help to ease the pain of this realization. This particular ETF focuses on stocks that have a high beta, which could potentially increase the volatility of this product when compared to more broad based funds such as SPY. However, this higher volatility could lead to greater gains when markets are trending upwards but it could also lead to bigger losses when markets experience broad sell-offs as well. While this strategy may sound appealing to many investors, the fund still has very low levels of volume and charges a high expense ratio of 49 basis points, nearly four times as much as the cheapest options in the category. Thanks to this, cost conscious investors and even traders would probably be better off in funds that have tighter bid/ask spreads or those that have a lower expenses, unless they are really sold on the idea of searching for securities in the space based on their level of beta.
Segment | Equity: U.S. - Large Cap Growth |
Category | Size and Style |
Focus | Large Cap |
Niche | Growth |
Strategy | Active |
Weighting Scheme | Proprietary |
This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to its peers.
HBTA | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
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Number of Holdings | 200 | 213 | 122 |
% of Assets in Top 10 | 53.34% | 44.13% | 51.74% |
% of Assets in Top 15 | 60.04% | 50.56% | 61.73% |
% of Assets in Top 50 | 77.42% | 74.92% | 88.36% |
HBTA | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
---|---|---|---|
Large (>12.9B) | N/A | 66.37% | 89.66% |
Mid (>2.7B) | N/A | 6.00% | 1.53% |
Small (>600M) | N/A | 0.51% | 0.07% |
Micro (<600M) | N/A | 0.05% | 0.04% |
This section compares the P/E ratio of this ETF to its peers.
This section compares the dividend yield of this ETF to its peers.
HBTA | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
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Dividend | $ 0.24 | $ 0.34 | $ 0.19 |
Dividend Date | 2012-09-24 | N/A | N/A |
Annual Dividend Rate | N/A | $ 1.20 | $ 0.37 |
Annual Dividend Yield | N/A | 2.47% | 0.50% |
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View charts featuring ETF fund flow data.
5 Day Net Flows: 3.51 M 1 Month Net Flows: 4.52 M 3 Month Net Flows: 4.52 M 6 Month Net Flows: 4.52 M 1 Year Net Flows: 4.52 M 3 Year Net Flows: 4.52 M 5 Year Net Flows: 4.52 M 10 Year Net Flows: 4.52 MView charts that break down the influence that fund flows and price had on overall assets.
5 Day Net AUM Change: 3.51 MThe adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for HBTA 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 ETF Database Pro members, shows the ETF in the Large Cap Blend Equities 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 ETF Database Pro. To view information on how the ETF Database Realtime Ratings work, click here.
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to its peers.
Max ST Capital Gains Rate | 39.60% |
Max LT Capital Gains Rate | 20.00% |
Tax On Distributions | Qualified dividends |
Distributes K1 | No |
HBTA does not have an ESG score. There are no ESG themes that map to this ETF.
This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peers. Returns over 1 year are annualized.
HBTA |
ETF Database
Category Average |
Factset Segment
Average |
|
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1 Month Return | -0.47% | 2.59% | 2.33% |
3 Month Return | -0.47% | 3.25% | 7.17% |
YTD Return | N/A | 3.54% | 3.77% |
1 Year Return | N/A | 16.78% | 18.58% |
3 Year Return | N/A | 6.36% | 5.36% |
5 Year Return | N/A | 5.21% | 4.54% |
The following charts reflect the geographic spread of HBTA's underlying holdings.
Region | Percentage |
---|---|
North, Central and South America | 100.01% |
Other | -0.02% |
Country | Percentage |
---|---|
United States | 97.95% |
Ireland | 1.22% |
Canada | 0.25% |
Switzerland | 0.22% |
United Kingdom | 0.18% |
Other | 0.17% |
The following charts reflect the allocation of HBTA's underlying holdings.
Sector | Percentage |
---|---|
Electronic Technology | 25.64% |
Technology Services | 25.2% |
Retail Trade | 12.4% |
Finance | 11.11% |
Health Technology | 5.38% |
Consumer Durables | 3.51% |
Commercial Services | 3.26% |
Consumer Services | 3.17% |
Producer Manufacturing | 3.11% |
Transportation | 1.22% |
Utilities | 1.01% |
Consumer Non-Durables | 0.98% |
Communications | 0.85% |
Industrial Services | 0.83% |
Process Industries | 0.73% |
Energy Minerals | 0.56% |
Distribution Services | 0.53% |
CASH | 0.4% |
Non-Energy Minerals | 0.2% |
Miscellaneous | 0.19% |
Health Services | 0.13% |
Other | -0.42% |
Market Cap | Percentage |
---|---|
Large | 0.0% |
Mid | 0.0% |
Small | 0.0% |
Micro | 0.0% |
Region | Percentage |
---|
Asset | Percentage |
---|---|
Share/Common/Ordinary | 99.82% |
CASH | 0.4% |
Open-ended Fund | 0.19% |
Other | -0.42% |
Sector | Percentage |
---|---|
Electronic Technology | 25.64% |
Technology Services | 25.2% |
Retail Trade | 12.4% |
Finance | 11.11% |
Health Technology | 5.38% |
Consumer Durables | 3.51% |
Commercial Services | 3.26% |
Consumer Services | 3.17% |
Producer Manufacturing | 3.11% |
Transportation | 1.22% |
Utilities | 1.01% |
Consumer Non-Durables | 0.98% |
Communications | 0.85% |
Industrial Services | 0.83% |
Process Industries | 0.73% |
Energy Minerals | 0.56% |
Distribution Services | 0.53% |
CASH | 0.4% |
Non-Energy Minerals | 0.2% |
Miscellaneous | 0.19% |
Health Services | 0.13% |
Other | -0.42% |
This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETF Database Category.
5 Day Volatility | 13.28% |
20 Day Volatility | N/A |
50 Day Volatility | N/A |
200 Day Volatility | N/A |
Beta | 1.87 |
Standard Deviation | N/A |
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