ETFs to Watch as Zoom, Facebook Battle for Video Chat Market Share
by BEN HERNANDEZ on APRIL 27, 2020
Last Friday’s trading session saw social media giant Facebook crash Zoom’s party after the videoconferencing company announced it would join the Nasdaq 100. Zoom shares jumped on the news, but then subsequently fell to end with a 6% loss after Facebook said it would roll out its own video chatting features.
One of the key areas where Facebook may have the upper hand is its reported ability to handle up to 50 users at once during a video chat. Whether that’s enough to pull away users from Zoom is anybody’s guess, but expect the Zoom software engineers to respond in tow.
Per a CNBC report, Zoom “has been on a tear since stay-at-home mandates were implemented to slow the Covid-19 pandemic. Zoom CEO Eric Yuan announced earlier this week that the company’s number of daily users grew 50% in the past month to 300 million from 200 million. The company reported about 10 million daily users in December.”
“Clearly the Zoom platform is providing an incredibly valuable service to our global users during this challenging time,” Yuan said.
For investors looking at ETFs that have exposure to Zoom, they can start with a technology and e-commerce-focused fund like the Kevin O’Leary-sponsored Global Internet Giants ETF (OGIG)—OGIG debuted in the markets in June 2018 and has been offering investors access to a wide variety of both domestic and international stocks.
Another fund to check out is the WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund (WCLD), which also has Zoom exposure. WCLD seeks to track the price and yield performance of the BVP Nasdaq Emerging Cloud Index, which is designed to track the performance of emerging public companies primarily involved in providing cloud computing software and services to their customers.
ETFs to watch with Facebook exposure include the following:
Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC): seeks to correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in the Communication Services Select Sector Index. The index includes companies that have been identified as Communication Services companies by the GICS®, including securities of companies from the following industries: diversified telecommunication services; wireless telecommunication services; media; entertainment; and interactive media & services.
Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF (NYSEArca: FCOM): seeks to provide investment returns that correspond generally to the performance of the MSCI USA IMI Communication Services 25/50 Index. The index represents the performance of the communication services sector in the U.S. equity market. It may or may not hold all of the securities in the MSCI USA IMI Communication Services 25/50 Index.
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OGIG Holdings
Name (As of 01/18/2021) | Ticker | Sector | Fund Weight | Quantity | CUSIP/ISIN |
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Amazon.com Inc | AMZN US | Consumer Discretionary | 5.701% | 13,444.00 | 023135106 |
Tencent Holdings Ltd | 700 HK | Communication Services | 4.515% | 390,017.00 | KYG875721634 |
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | BABA US | Consumer Discretionary | 4.381% | 131,721.00 | 01609W102 |
Alphabet Inc | GOOGL US | Communication Services | 3.918% | 16,602.00 | 02079K305 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT US | Information Technology | 3.263% | 112,335.00 | 594918104 |
Facebook Inc | FB US | Communication Services | 3.241% | 94,375.00 | 30303M102 |
Meituan | 3690 HK | Consumer Discretionary | 3.004% | 524,666.00 | KYG596691041 |
Pinduoduo Inc | PDD US | Consumer Discretionary | 2.647% | 120,196.00 | 722304102 |
Bilibili Inc | BILI US | Communication Services | 2.327% | 138,875.00 | 090040106 |
Shopify Inc | SHOP CN | Information Technology | 2.312% | 14,222.00 | CA82509L1076 |
MercadoLibre Inc | MELI US | Consumer Discretionary | 2.005% | 7,927.00 | 58733R102 |
Zoom Video Communications Inc | ZM US | Information Technology | 1.951% | 37,131.00 | 98980L101 |
Roku Inc | ROKU US | Communication Services | 1.833% | 32,858.00 | 77543R102 |
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc | CRWD US | Information Technology | 1.825% | 60,841.00 | 22788C105 |
Zalando SE | ZAL GR | Consumer Discretionary | 1.751% | 110,262.00 | DE000ZAL1111 |
Delivery Hero SE | DHER GR | Consumer Discretionary | 1.750% | 80,853.00 | DE000A2E4K43 |
Chewy Inc | CHWY US | Consumer Discretionary | 1.536% | 103,997.00 | 16679L109 |
Snap Inc | SNAP US | Communication Services | 1.528% | 222,273.00 | 83304A106 |
DocuSign Inc | DOCU US | Information Technology | 1.499% | 44,023.00 | 256163106 |
Zscaler Inc | ZS US | Information Technology | 1.491% | 51,712.00 | 98980G102 |
JD.com Inc | JD US | Consumer Discretionary | 1.452% | 121,100.00 | 47215P106 |
Just Eat Takeaway.com NV | TKWY NA | Consumer Discretionary | 1.401% | 96,806.00 | NL0012015705 |
NetEase Inc | NTES US | Communication Services | 1.400% | 97,539.00 | 64110W102 |
Etsy Inc | ETSY US | Consumer Discretionary | 1.379% | 49,386.00 | 29786A106 |
Twilio Inc | TWLO US | Information Technology | 1.370% | 25,803.00 | 90138F102 |
Pinterest Inc | PINS US | Communication Services | 1.358% | 142,548.00 | 72352L106 |
Netflix Inc | NFLX US | Communication Services | 1.302% | 19,145.00 | 64110L106 |
MongoDB Inc | MDB US | Information Technology | 1.287% | 26,068.00 | 60937P106 |
ServiceNow Inc | NOW US | Information Technology | 1.283% | 18,277.00 | 81762P102 |
Ubisoft Entertainment SA | UBI FP | Communication Services | 1.225% | 89,692.00 | FR0000054470 |
Zynga Inc | ZNGA US | Communication Services | 1.212% | 917,244.00 | 98986T108 |
Smartsheet Inc | SMAR US | Information Technology | 1.209% | 125,950.00 | 83200N103 |
Okta Inc | OKTA US | Information Technology | 1.194% | 34,533.00 | 679295105 |
Kingdee International Software | 268 HK | Information Technology | 1.178% | 2,096,215.00 | KYG525681477 |
Tencent Music Entertainment Gr | TME US | Communication Services | 1.168% | 384,997.00 | 88034P109 |
Fastly Inc | FSLY US | Information Technology | 1.133% | 94,024.00 | 31188V100 |
HelloFresh SE | HFG GR | Consumer Discretionary | 1.109% | 104,497.00 | DE000A161408 |
Farfetch Ltd | FTCH US | Consumer Discretionary | 1.097% | 138,439.00 | 30744W107 |
Coupa Software Inc | COUP US | Information Technology | 1.082% | 24,089.00 | 22266L106 |
salesforce.com Inc | CRM US | Information Technology | 1.067% | 36,651.00 | 79466L302 |
Wayfair Inc | W US | Consumer Discretionary | 1.066% | 26,003.00 | 94419L101 |
Adobe Inc | ADBE US | Information Technology | 1.048% | 16,743.00 | 00724F101 |
Trade Desk Inc/The | TTD US | Information Technology | 1.037% | 9,661.00 | 88339J105 |
Spotify Technology SA | SPOT US | Communication Services | 1.035% | 23,683.00 | L8681T102 |
RingCentral Inc | RNG US | Information Technology | 1.021% | 20,048.00 | 76680R206 |
Xero Ltd | XRO AU | Information Technology | 1.004% | 69,971.00 | NZXROE0001S2 |
Elastic NV | ESTC US | Information Technology | 0.992% | 44,567.00 | N14506104 |
Zillow Group Inc | Z US | Communication Services | 0.989% | 52,659.00 | 98954M200 |
TeamViewer AG | TMV GR | Information Technology | 0.972% | 143,249.00 | DE000A2YN900 |
Atlassian Corp PLC | TEAM US | Information Technology | 0.944% | 31,011.00 | G06242104 |
Zendesk Inc | ZEN US | Information Technology | 0.930% | 47,481.00 | 98936J101 |
Wix.com Ltd | WIX US | Information Technology | 0.887% | 26,918.00 | M98068105 |
Anaplan Inc | PLAN US | Information Technology | 0.852% | 87,925.00 | 03272L108 |
Splunk Inc | SPLK US | Information Technology | 0.805% | 34,682.00 | 848637104 |
Avalara Inc | AVLR US | Information Technology | 0.793% | 36,920.00 | 05338G106 |
HubSpot Inc | HUBS US | Information Technology | 0.783% | 14,905.00 | 443573100 |
Palo Alto Networks Inc | PANW US | Information Technology | 0.775% | 15,544.00 | 697435105 |
Workday Inc | WDAY US | Information Technology | 0.710% | 23,340.00 | 98138H101 |
Match Group Inc | MTCH US | Communication Services | 0.671% | 32,552.00 | 57667L107 |
Nexon Co Ltd | 3659 JP | Communication Services | 0.667% | 158,157.00 | JP3758190007 |
Baidu Inc | BIDU US | Communication Services | 0.663% | 20,310.00 | 056752108 |
Fortinet Inc | FTNT US | Information Technology | 0.637% | 31,842.00 | 34959E109 |
Z Holdings Corp | 4689 JP | Communication Services | 0.558% | 604,677.00 | JP3933800009 |
Twitter Inc | TWTR US | Communication Services | 0.514% | 83,279.00 | 90184L102 |
Activision Blizzard Inc | ATVI US | Communication Services | 0.466% | 37,617.00 | 00507V109 |
Intuit Inc | INTU US | Information Technology | 0.461% | 9,088.00 | 461202103 |
Booking Holdings Inc | BKNG US | Consumer Discretionary | 0.432% | 1,493.00 | 09857L108 |
VMware Inc | VMW US | Information Technology | 0.317% | 17,217.00 | 928563402 |
eBay Inc | EBAY US | Consumer Discretionary | 0.297% | 39,255.00 | 278642103 |
Electronic Arts Inc | EA US | Communication Services | 0.260% | 13,691.00 | 285512109 |
USD CURNCY | USD CURNCY | 0.022% | 161,930.91 | ||
Ocado Group PLC | OCDO LN | Consumer Discretionary | 0.009% | 188,352.00 | GB00B3MBS747 |
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