Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services ETF
$34.97+0.13 (+0.36%)
- 0.40%
- $53M
- −9.2%
- 1.16%
- 0M sh
- $34.79
- low $34.50high $40.14
The ETF.net RSPC Grade
D
Score 34 out of 100
- 9 of 10
Score 34 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F18 out of 100Rank 9 of 10Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C46 out of 100Rank 5 of 10Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D33 out of 100Rank 9 of 10Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A75 out of 100Rank 3 of 10Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D29 out of 100Rank 8 of 10
Our read on RSPC
DCommunication services, minus the megacap gravity. RSPC equal-weights the sector's S&P 500 members, so a legacy telecom gets the same slice as the biggest platform. Same sector, very different shape.
The fund is based on the S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services Plus Index and invests in companies classified in the communication services sector within the S&P 500.
Why people hold it
- Equal weight by design: each rebalance resets every holding to the same slice, so the sector's giants don't set the tone the way they do in cap-weighted funds.
- The hunting ground is the S&P 500's communication services names, so it's large, established US companies picked by index rules rather than a manager's hunches.
- Running since 2018 as part of Invesco's equal-weight S&P 500 sector lineup, so the machinery has been through a full market cycle.
- Distributions land on a quarterly schedule, the standard rhythm for an equity sector fund.
Worth knowing
- 0.40% a year sits above the category norm and is several times the 0.08% to 0.09% charged by cap-weighted rivals XLC, FCOM and VOX.
- Trading is thin for the category, which can mean wider spreads and more care needed on bigger orders than with the sector's household-name funds.
- Around two dozen holdings: equal weighting spreads the dollars, but communication services is a narrow sector, so one company's stumble still lands.
RSPC Holdings
- Stocks
- 27
- 51%
- META
Sectors
- Communication90.7%
- Technology9.3%
- Financials0.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
RSPC Performance
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RSPC$9,076
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | RSPC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −11.8% |
| 1 month | −5.3% |
| 3 months | −3.2% |
| 1 year | −9.2% |
| 3 years | +10.6% |
| 5 years | −0.4% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | RSPC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −11.8% | |
| 2025 | +18.4% | |
| 2024 | +18.0% | |
| 2023 | +17.9% | |
| 2022 | −29.0% | |
| 2021 | +14.5% | |
| 2020 | +22.2% |
RSPC in the news
RSPC Dividends
- 1.16%
- $0.41
- $0.10 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
RSPC Risk
- 14.2%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.50
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −37.0%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.71
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
RSPC Cost
0.40%
RSPC0.40%
- The middle half of Communication Services (Broad) funds
- Median 0.35%
7 of the 9 Communication Services (Broad) funds charge less.
Other funds in Communication Services (Broad)
- BVOXPVox Populi ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return —
- CXTLState Street SPDR S&P Telecom ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +40.2%
- CIYZiShares U.S. Telecommunications ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return +32.0%
- CIXPiShares Global Comm Services ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return +2.2%
- FFDCFFidelity Disruptive Communications ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +10.3%