SLX - VanEck Vectors Steel ETF
Assets | $175.07M |
NAV | $57.78 |
Expense Ratio | 0.56% |
PE Ratio | 20.72 |
Beta (5Y) | 1.44 |
Dividend (ttm) | $0.83 |
Dividend Yield | 1.44% |
Ex-Dividend Date | Dec 21, 2020 |
1-Year Return | - |
Trading Day | April 22 |
Last Price | $57.32 |
Previous Close | $57.78 |
Change ($) | -0.46 |
Change (%) | -0.80% |
Day's Open | 57.88 |
Day's Range | 56.74 - 58.03 |
Day's Volume | 137,903 |
52-Week Range | 20.70 - 58.64 |
Fund Description
The investment seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the NYSE® Arca Steel Index". The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks and depositary receipts of companies involved in the steel sector. Such companies may include small- and medium-capitalization companies and foreign and emerging market issuers. It may concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Steel Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. The fund is non-diversified.
Asset Class Equity | Sector Materials |
Region Global | Inception Date Oct 10, 2006 |
Exchange NYSEARCA | Ticker Symbol SLX |
Index Tracked NYSE Arca Steel Index |
Top 10 Holdings
74.54% of assetsName | Symbol | Weight |
---|---|---|
Vale S.A. | VALE | 15.87% |
Rio Tinto | RIO | 15.63% |
ArcelorMittal | MT | 7.44% |
POSCO | PKX | 6.88% |
Nucor | NUE | 5.93% |
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional | SID | 5.36% |
Steel Dynamics | STLD | 4.46% |
Ternium | TX | 4.45% |
Reliance Steel & Aluminum | RS | 4.32% |
Cleveland-Cliffs | CLF | 4.19% |
Dividends
Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
---|---|---|
Dec 21, 2020 | $0.8333 | Dec 28, 2020 |
Dec 30, 2019 | $0.0723 | Jan 6, 2020 |
Dec 23, 2019 | $1.226 | Dec 30, 2019 |
Dec 20, 2018 | $2.182 | Dec 27, 2018 |
Dec 27, 2017 | $0.015 | Jan 3, 2018 |
Dec 18, 2017 | $1.091 | Dec 22, 2017 |
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