Pacer BioThreat Strategy ETF (VIRS)

BATS: VIRS · IEX Real-Time Price · USD
28.11
-0.01 (-0.03%)
At close: Mar 21, 2023, 2:41 PM
28.32
+0.21 (0.73%)
After-hours: Mar 21, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
Assets $3.68M
Expense Ratio 0.70%
PE Ratio 17.20
Shares Out 130,000
Dividend (ttm) $0.23
Dividend Yield 0.83%
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 22, 2022
Payout Ratio 18.06%
1-Year Return -10.11%
Volume 211
Open 28.11
Previous Close 28.12
Day's Range 28.07 - 28.12
52-Week Low 24.96
52-Week High 31.50
Beta 0.83
Holdings 52
Inception Date Jun 24, 2020

About VIRS

The Pacer BioThreat Strategy ETF (VIRS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the LifeSci BioThreat Strategy index. The fund tracks a market-cap weighted index of US companies whose products or services address biological threats to human health. VIRS was launched on Jun 24, 2020 and is managed by Pacer.

Asset Class Equity
Category Large Blend
Region North America
Stock Exchange BATS
Ticker Symbol VIRS
Issuer Pacer
Index Tracked LifeSci BioThreat Strategy

Top 10 Holdings

51.27% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 7.71%
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 5.65%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO 4.98%
Walmart Inc. WMT 4.89%
Merck & Co., Inc. MRK 4.88%
Netflix, Inc. NFLX 4.83%
Abbott Laboratories ABT 4.60%
Danaher Corporation DHR 4.59%
The Home Depot, Inc. HD 4.58%
Sanofi SNY 4.55%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 22, 2022 $0.0621 Dec 29, 2022
Sep 22, 2022 $0.07156 Sep 28, 2022
Jun 23, 2022 $0.09958 Jun 29, 2022
Mar 24, 2022 $0.06188 Mar 30, 2022
Dec 23, 2021 $0.03743 Dec 30, 2021
Dec 20, 2021 $0.000 Dec 27, 2021
Full Dividend History

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