A Steady Dividend ETF From O’Shares

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A Steady Dividend ETF From O’Shares

Todd Shriber, ETF Professor , Benzinga Staff Writer
November 26, 2018 3:14pm

Weakness in the FAANG stocks and other growth and momentum names has some market observers opining about a rotation to value stocks, a group that has achieved laggard status in recent years.

Some evidence suggests that a rotation to value may be warranted. This month, the S&P 500 Value Index is up nearly 1 percent while the S&P 500 is lower by nearly the same amount.

What Happened

Investors focusing on a possible resurgence by value stocks may be missing out on opportunities with quality and dividend stocks such as those featured in the O’Shares FTSE U.S. Quality Dividend ETF OUSA.

OUSA, which is up 1.55 percent this month, tracks the FTSE USA Qual/Vol/Yield 5% Capped Factor Index.

OUSA’s underlying benchmark “is designed to measure the performance of publicly-listed large-capitalization and mid-capitalization dividend-paying issuers in the United States that meet certain market capitalization, liquidity, high quality, low volatility and dividend yield thresholds,” according to O’Shares.

Why It’s Important

Some single factor strategies like low volatility lack the ability to capture all of the upside in bull markets, but offer downside protection when stocks swoon. OUSA captured most of the market’s upside while harnessing just 64 percent of the downside, while the S&P 500 Value Index had a downside capture of nearly 100 percent, according to O’Shares data.

OUSA has relatively light exposure to some of the sectors that dominate value strategies. For example, the fund devotes about 18 percent of its combined weight to the troubled energy and financial services sectors. The ETF allocates about a quarter of its weight to the consumer discretionary and technology sectors, groups that are hallmarks of growth strategies.

Still, OUSA offers defensive positioning, as highlighted by a combined weight of over 31 percent to the consumer staples and health care sectors.

What’s Next

Over the past year, OUSA has outperformed the S&P 500 Value Index with lower volatility. OUSA’s trailing 12-month dividend yield of 3.08 percent is also higher than that of the S&P 500 Value Index.

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For current standard performance of the Fund, please visit OUSA Fund Page.

OUSA Fund Page | OUSA Holdings

Name (as of 02/15/2019)	Ticker	Sector	Fund Weight
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	Health Care	4.89%
Exxon Mobil Corporation	XOM	Energy	4.88%
Cisco Systems	CSCO	Technology	4.56%
Procter & Gamble	PG	Consumer Goods	4.43%
Intel Corp	INTC	Technology	3.54%
Home Depot	HD	Consumer Services	3.03%
Chevron	CVX	Energy	2.96%
Pfizer	PFE	Health Care	2.68%
Merck & Co	MRK	Health Care	2.33%
Philip Morris International	PM	Consumer Goods	2.30%
Boeing	BA	Industrials	2.21%
AT&T	T	Telecommunications	2.10%
Pepsico	PEP	Consumer Goods	2.08%
Texas Instruments	TXN	Technology	1.99%
Verizon Communications	VZ	Telecommunications	1.97%
International Bus Machns.	IBM	Technology	1.96%
Simon Property Group	SPG	Financials	1.75%
Starbucks	SBUX	Consumer Services	1.68%
Coca-Cola	KO	Consumer Goods	1.53%
McDonalds Corp	MCD	Consumer Services	1.53%
3M Company	MMM	Industrials	1.51%
Altria Group	MO	Consumer Goods	1.49%
Marsh & Mclennan	MMC	Financials	1.48%
Walmart	WMT	Consumer Services	1.47%
Public Storage	PSA	Financials	1.46%
Disney (Walt) Company	DIS	Consumer Services	1.14%
Amgen Corp	AMGN	Health Care	1.11%
Lockheed Martin Corp	LMT	Industrials	1.08%
Lilly (Eli) & Co	LLY	Health Care	1.07%
Accenture Cl A	ACN	Industrials	1.01%
Prologis	PLD	Financials	0.97%
AbbVie Inc	ABBV	Health Care	0.93%
Union Pacific Corp	UNP	Industrials	0.92%
Bristol Myers Squibb	BMY	Health Care	0.91%
Colgate-Palmolive	CL	Consumer Goods	0.88%
Medtronic plc	MDT	Health Care	0.87%
Honeywell International Incorporation	HON	Industrials	0.86%
Price (T. Rowe) Group	TROW	Financials	0.78%
Automatic Data Process	ADP	Industrials	0.73%
NextEra Energy Inc	NEE	Utilities	0.72%
Duke Energy Corp	DUK	Utilities	0.66%
Walgreens Boots Alliance	WBA	Consumer Services	0.64%
United Technologies	UTX	Industrials	0.61%
Kimberly-Clark	KMB	Consumer Goods	0.60%
Occidental Petroleum	OXY	Energy	0.59%
Southern Co	SO	Utilities	0.59%
CVS Health Corporation	CVS	Consumer Services	0.58%
Avalonbay Communities	AVB	Financials	0.58%
Lowes Cos Inc	LOW	Consumer Services	0.57%
General Dynamics Corp	GD	Industrials	0.56%
TJX Companies	TJX	Consumer Services	0.55%
CASHUSD	CASHUSD	Cash	0.52%
Illinois Tool Wks	ITW	Industrials	0.50%
Paychex	PAYX	Industrials	0.48%
Dominion Energy	D	Utilities	0.46%
Raytheon	RTN	Industrials	0.46%
Emerson Electric	EMR	Industrials	0.45%
Waste Mgmt Inc	WM	Industrials	0.44%
Linde plc	LIN	Basic Materials	0.42%
Schlumberger	SLB	Energy	0.41%
Exelon Corporation	EXC	Utilities	0.41%
Cons Edison Holding	ED	Utilities	0.39%
American Elec Power Com	AEP	Utilities	0.39%
Target Corp	TGT	Consumer Services	0.33%
Xilinx	XLNX	Technology	0.32%
Cummins	CMI	Industrials	0.32%
Phillips 66	PSX	Energy	0.31%
Sempra Energy	SRE	Utilities	0.30%
Extra Space Storage	EXR	Financials	0.30%
LyondellBasell Industries Cl A	LYB	Basic Materials	0.29%
Franklin Resources	BEN	Financials	0.29%
Sysco Corp	SYY	Consumer Services	0.28%
Public Svc Enterprise Group	PEG	Utilities	0.28%
XCEL Energy	XEL	Utilities	0.28%
Air Products And Chemcom	APD	Basic Materials	0.27%
Eaton Corp PLC	ETN	Industrials	0.27%
Carnival Corp A	CCL	Consumer Services	0.25%
DTE Energy	DTE	Utilities	0.24%
WEC Energy Group	WEC	Utilities	0.23%
VF Corp	VFC	Consumer Goods	0.23%
Edison International	EIX	Utilities	0.22%
Arthur J Gallagher	AJG	Financials	0.22%
MSCI	MSCI	Financials	0.22%
Maxim Integrated Prod.	MXIM	Technology	0.22%
Hershey Company	HSY	Consumer Goods	0.22%
TE Connectivity	TEL	Industrials	0.22%
Clorox	CLX	Consumer Goods	0.22%
Host Hotels & Resorts	HST	Financials	0.22%
Yum Brands	YUM	Consumer Services	0.21%
PPL Corporation	PPL	Utilities	0.21%
Fastenal Co	FAST	Industrials	0.21%
FNF Group	FNF	Financials	0.20%
Paccar	PCAR	Industrials	0.20%
Eversource Energy	ES	Utilities	0.19%
Rockwell Automation	ROK	Industrials	0.19%
Ingersoll-Rand	IR	Industrials	0.19%
Darden Restaurants	DRI	Consumer Services	0.19%
Kla-Tencor Corp	KLAC	Technology	0.19%
Omnicom Group	OMC	Consumer Services	0.17%
Ameren Corp	AEE	Utilities	0.17%
Evergy	EVRG	Utilities	0.17%
Entergy Corp	ETR	Utilities	0.17%
Firstenergy Corp.	FE	Utilities	0.16%
Parker-Hannifin	PH	Industrials	0.15%
CenterPoint Energy	CNP	Utilities	0.14%
Federal Realty Invs	FRT	Financials	0.14%
American Water Works Company	AWK	Utilities	0.13%
CMS Energy Corp	CMS	Utilities	0.13%
Cardinal Health	CAH	Health Care	0.12%
Liberty Property Trust	LPT	Financials	0.12%
Hormel Foods	HRL	Consumer Goods	0.12%
Amdocs	DOX	Technology	0.12%
Kellogg	K	Consumer Goods	0.12%
Republic Services	RSG	Industrials	0.11%
Pinnacle West Capital Corp	PNW	Utilities	0.11%
Hasbro	HAS	Consumer Goods	0.11%
Garmin Ltd	GRMN	Consumer Goods	0.10%
Alliant Energy	LNT	Utilities	0.10%
Interpublic Group Cos	IPG	Consumer Services	0.09%
J M Smucker	SJM	Consumer Goods	0.09%
Expeditors Intl Washington	EXPD	Industrials	0.09%
Campbell Soup	CPB	Consumer Goods	0.08%
Coca-Cola European Partners		Consumer Goods	0.08%
Intl Flavours & Fragrances	IFF	Basic Materials	0.08%
ConAgra Brands Inc	CAG	Consumer Goods	0.07%
Snap-On Inc	SNA	Industrials	0.07%
Leggett & Platt	LEG	Consumer Goods	0.06%
Molson Coors CL B	TAP	Consumer Goods	0.06%
Packaging Corp of America	PKG	Industrials	0.06%
Ingredion	INGR	Consumer Goods	0.05%
Bunge	BG	Consumer Goods	0.05%
Autoliv	ALV	Consumer Goods	0.04%
Gentex Corp	GNTX	Consumer Goods	0.04%
MDU Resources	MDU	Industrials	0.03%
Block (H & R) NPV	HRB	Consumer Services	0.03%
Avangrid	AGR	Utilities	0.03%
Resideo Technologies	REZI	Industrials	0.02%
Southern Copper Corp.		Basic Materials	0.01%
Garrett Motion	GTX	Consumer Goods	0.01%

Holdings subject to change.

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