O’Shares FTSE Europe Quality Dividend ETF (OEUR) Returned 22.53% in 2019, Nearing 5-Year Track Record
January 28, 2020 – Boston, MA – O’Shares ETF Investments announced that O’Shares FTSE Europe Quality Dividend ETF (OEUR) returned 22.53% in 2019. View the standardized performance for OEUR.
“OEUR is how I own global companies in Europe – large companies like Nestle, Unilever, Roche, and Novartis1. Why own Europe now? Quality stocks in Europe now look cheap to me; I need to own them before they potentially go up,” said Kevin O’Leary, Chairman, O’Shares ETFs.
“Right now, European stocks have very attractive dividend yields relative to cash, very attractive valuations for global mega caps, particularly compared to U.S. listed peers. Dividend yields of 3.5% in Europe2 are almost double those for U.S. large caps. Some of these stocks are trading at large discounts simply because their headquarters and stock listings are in the wrong zip code. As the Brexit dust settles, these stocks could do very well,” said Connor O’Brien, CEO of O’Shares ETFs.
OEUR is the quality Europe large cap strategy provided by O’Shares ETF Investments, a family of ETFs that includes OUSA, OUSM and OGIG.
OEUR seeks to track the performance (before fees and expenses) of its target index, the FTSE Developed Europe Qual/Vol/Yield 5% Capped Factor Index (the “Target Index”). The Target Index is designed to reflect the performance of publicly-listed large capitalization and mid-capitalization dividend-paying issuers in Europe exhibiting high quality, low volatility and high dividend yields, as determined by the index provider. The quality and low volatility factors are designed to reduce exposure to high dividend equities that have experienced large price declines.
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1. OEUR, Top 10 Holdings.
2. Source: Bloomberg Finance L.P. Data as of 12/31/2019. Computed as the gross dividend per share aggregate 12 month divided by the current security last price. Europe represented by the STOXX Europe 600 Index. It represents large, mid and small capitalization companies across 17 countries of the European region. U.S. Large Caps represented by the S&P 500 Index. The dividend yield for the STOXX Europe 600 Index as of 12/31/2019 was 3.5% vs. 1.8% for the S&P 500 Index.
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The securities of small capitalization companies are often more volatile and less liquid than the stocks of larger companies and may be more affected than other types of securities during market downturns. Compared to larger companies, small capitalization companies may have a shorter history of operations, and may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources.
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