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VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF

$116.63+1.35% today
8611752-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The index includes common stocks and depositary receipts of U.S. exchange-listed companies in the pharmaceutical industry. Such companies may include medium-capitalization companies and foreign companies that are listed on a U.S. exchange. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
110.6101.692.7116.63DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$275M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$46M of net buying over the past month, about 4.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +12.4% so far this year. At 0.36% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ITDG runs the same ground at 0.11%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$1Bassets under management
0.36%expense ratio · $36 per $10,000 a year
+$46Mnet flow, trailing month
263Kavg daily volume, 30 days
27holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed January 31, 2000 · beta 0.27
The book at a glance
LLY+0.9%MRK+2.4%NVS+1.7%PFE+1.0%NVO+1.3%BMY+2.4%ABBV+1.2%MCK+2.4%JNJ+1.1%GSK+0.9%SNY+1.6%AZN+0.9%COR+1.1%TEVA+1.4%HLN+1.3%TAK+0.3%ZTS+3.6%CORTAXSM

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LLYELI LILLY19.98%$1255.40+0.9%
2MRKMERCK & CO10.87%$152.55+2.4%
3NVSNOVARTIS AG10.08%$158.86+1.7%
4PFEPFIZER4.95%$28.07+1.0%
5NVONOVO NORDISK A S4.92%$46.74+1.3%
6BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB4.83%$67.01+2.4%
7ABBVABBVIE4.53%$264.96+1.2%
8MCKMCKESSON4.36%$858.90+2.4%
9JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON4.36%$270.24+1.1%
10GSKGSK4.17%$52.41+0.9%
11SNYSANOFI4.03%$45.85+1.6%
12AZNASTRAZENECA3.58%$165.98+0.9%
13CORCENCORA INC3.55%$318.04+1.1%
14TEVATEVA PHARMACEUTICAL 3.16%$37.34+1.4%
15HLNHALEON3.11%$10.00+1.3%

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Performance
1 week+5.2%
1 month+6.1%
3 months+11.1%
6 months+4.8%
YTD+12.4%
1 year+30.4%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$46M
1 month+$46M
3 months+$31M
YTD−$309M
1 year+$275M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JulOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
22%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
18%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.6%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 20.0% of the book; the top ten carry 73%. Spread across 25+ names, it behaves like roughly 12 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
18calls today
11puts today
0.61put/call ratio
140Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
LLY ELI LILLY$65M$59M
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON$59M$51M
MRK MERCK & CO$12M$16M
PFE PFIZER$4M$5M
ABBV ABBVIE$5M$5M

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