SPDR S&P International Telecommunications Sector ETF (IST)
| 25.11 Data as of May 17 |  -0.011 / -0.04%Today’s Change | 20.37 Today|||52-Week Range 25.25 | +14.13% Year-to-Date |
Investment Objective
The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of an index that tracks the telecommunications sector of developed global markets outside the United States. The fund employs a sampling strategy in seeking to track the performance of the S&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Telecommunication Services Sector Index. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index or in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") or Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on securities comprising the index. The fund is non-diversified.
Latest IST News
No recent news for SPDR S&P International Telecommunications Sector ETF.
Performance
| 1 month | +6.40% | 3 years | +12.47% | |
| 3 months | +12.67% | 5 years | -- | |
| 1 year | +24.72% | Since inception | +3.06% |
Data through 05/18/2013
Quote Details
| Previous close | $25.12 |
| Open day’s range | 24.96 – 25.13 |
| Net asset value (NAV) | 24.95 (05/17/2013) |
| Daily volume | 7,861 |
| Average volume (3 months) | 12,519 |
Data as of 3:59pm ET, 05/17/2013
Peer Comparisonvs. Communications ETFs
| IST | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance 5-yr return | -- | +5.74% |
| Expense Gross exp ratio | 0.50% | 0.49% |
| Risk 5 year sharpe ratio | -- | 0.36 |
| Net assets | $35.9M | $231.7M |
| Average market cap | $42.3B | $26.1B |
| Average P/E | 13.8 | 23.9 |
| Dividend / Share | -- | 0.55% |
Competitors
| VOX Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF |
| IXP iShares S&P Global Telecommunications In... |
| PBS PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio |
Holdings
Top 5 SectorsPortfolio weighting
| Telecommunication | 96.79% |
| Media | 3.21% |
| Business service | 0.00% |
| Consumer goods | 0.00% |
| Consumer service | 0.00% |
Top 10 HoldingsPortfolio weighting
| -- Vodafone Group PLC | 21.34% |
| -- Telefonica SA | 8.85% |
| -- SOFTBANK Corp | 6.32% |
| -- Deutsche Telekom AG | 5.05% |
| -- BT Group PLC | 4.84% |
| -- Vivendi SA | 4.49% |
| -- KDDI Corp. | 3.92% |
| -- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. | 3.45% |
| -- Singapore Telecommunications Limited | 3.44% |
| -- Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp | 3.44% |