USCA ranks 2nd and POWA 20th of 30 funds in the US Factor Index Category.
POWA vs USCA
7.2%by weight
USCA −0.33pt a year
0.40%0.07%
USCA 25.6×the volume
3.82K97.9K
USCA +7.1pt
+14.2%+21.3%
POWA vs USCA Performance
+3.0%+6.8%
- POWA 0.40%
- USCA 0.07%, better
- POWA $168M
- USCA $3.42B
- POWA +3.0%
- USCA +6.8%, better
- POWA 0.91%
- USCA 1.06%, better
- POWA 53
- USCA 392
- POWA 3.82K sh
- USCA 97.9K sh, better
- POWA $92.76
- USCA $44.82
ETF.net Grade
| Pillar | POWA | USCA |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | D26 | A97Higher |
| Mission | B55 | A91Higher |
| Risk | C51 | C54Higher |
| Tradability | D34 | B61Higher |
| Holdings | B63Higher | D29 |
| Durability | C47 | C49Higher |
Rank among US Factor Index funds
Same Category. POWA and USCA are both graded against the same 30 US Factor Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.
Our read on each fund
POWAC
USCAA
In short
POWA Most factor funds slice on ratios. POWA screens for a business trait: companies that have held their profit margins steady, the fingerprint of pricing power. Roughly 50 US large- and mid-caps, held in equal slices.
USCA The largest US ETF debut on record when it launched in 2023, seeded by a Finnish pension fund. It owns roughly 400 US large- and mid-caps, keeping only the top half of each sector on MSCI's climate-transition scoring, for 0.07% a year.
Stated mandate
POWA The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg Pricing Power Index before fees and expenses. The index selects U.S. large- and mid-capitalization companies with historically consistent, stable profit margins.
USCA The fund seeks to track the MSCI USA Climate Action Index before fees and expenses through a passive indexing strategy. The index selects U.S. large- and mid-capitalization companies assessed as leading sector peers in climate-transition positioning and actions.
Why people hold it
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POWA vs USCA Holdings
How POWA and USCA differ
7.2%
Shared holdings make up 64.2% of POWA and 12.0% of USCA.
Level by level
- Holdings7.2%
- Sector58.0%
- Country99.3%
Sector
| Sector | More in POWAMore in USCA | POWA | USCA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology | USCA +18.5 points | 24.9% | 43.4% |
| Industrials | POWA +12.9 points | 19.1% | 6.2% |
| Consumer Staples | POWA +12.0 points | 15.8% | 3.8% |
| Communication | USCA +11.6 points | 0.0% | 11.6% |
| Health Care | POWA +9.9 points | 20.0% | 10.1% |
| Financials | USCA +6.9 points | 2.0% | 9.0% |
| Consumer Discretionary | POWA +6.9 points | 16.3% | 9.4% |
| Energy | USCA +1.9 points | 0.0% | 1.9% |
| Utilities | USCA +1.5 points | 0.0% | 1.5% |
| Materials | USCA +1.4 points | 0.0% | 1.4% |
| Real Estate | POWA +0.3 points | 2.0% | 1.7% |
Country, concentration and asset class
Country
| Country | More in POWAMore in USCA | POWA | USCA |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | POWA +0.7 points | 100.0% | 99.3% |
| Other countries (7) | USCA +0.7 points | 0.0% | 0.7% |
Concentration
- POWA23.4%
- USCA44.6%
- POWA52
- USCA391
Asset class
- POWA
- Equity
- USCA
- Equity
Holdings
- Only in POWA20
- In both32
- Only in USCA359
Only in POWA
20 securities, 35.7% of POWA by weight
- Accenture PLC2.68%
- NXP Semiconductors NV2.34%
- Roper Technologies Inc2.19%
- MSCI Inc2.17%
- GoDaddy Inc2.17%
- Dollar General Corp2.11%
- Lamar Advertising Co2.05%
- AutoZone Inc2.03%
- TD SYNNEX Corp2.01%
- Steris PLC1.95%
- US Foods Holding Corp1.90%
- General Dynamics Corp1.88%
- Neurocrine Biosciences Inc1.87%
- Incyte Corp1.81%
- HEICO Corp1.78%
- Hormel Foods Corp1.70%
- Cooper Cos Inc/The1.56%
- Curtiss-Wright Corp1.47%
- Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio0.04%
- Securities Lending - Bnym0.00%
Only in USCA
359 securities, 87.7% of USCA by weight
- Apple Inc9.49%
- NVIDIA Corp8.82%
- Amazon.com Inc4.36%
- Alphabet Class A3.08%
- Broadcom2.76%
- Meta Platform Inc Class A2.53%
- Alphabet Class C2.44%
- Tesla2.14%
- Lilly (Eli) & Co2.13%
- Advanced Micro Dev1.54%
- Visa Inc-Class A Shares1.29%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co1.26%
- Johnson & Johnson1.23%
- AbbVie Inc0.98%
- Mastercard Inc-Class A0.97%
- Cisco Systems Inc0.77%
- Palantir Technologies Inc Class A0.75%
- Exxonmobil Hldgs Corp Npv0.73%
- Procter & Gamble Co0.71%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc0.69%
- Merck & Co Inc0.69%
- Coca-Cola Co0.68%
- Palo Alto Networks0.56%
- Netflix Inc0.48%
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc0.48%
- Amgen Inc0.47%
- Micron Technology0.47%
- Bank of America Corp0.46%
- 2226792D0.44%
- General Electric Co0.44%
- Applied Materials Inc0.44%
- Lam Research Corp0.42%
- Chevron Corp0.41%
- Caterpillar Inc0.41%
- Gilead Sciences Inc0.40%
- Analog Devices Inc0.38%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc0.37%
- Verizon Communications Inc0.35%
- salesforce.com Inc0.34%
- McDonald's Corp0.34%
- International Business Machine Corp0.34%
- Arista Networks Inc0.34%
- Union Pacific Corp0.34%
- QUALCOMM Inc0.33%
- Pfizer Inc0.33%
- NextEra Energy Inc0.32%
- American Express Co0.32%
- Oracle Corp0.32%
- Blackrock Inc0.31%
- Marvell Technology Group Ltd0.31%
Weight gaps
All 32 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.
| Holding | More in POWAMore in USCA | POWA | USCA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp | USCA +4.72 points | 2.18% | 6.90% |
| Ulta Beauty Inc | POWA +2.39 points | 2.44% | 0.05% |
| Mettler-Toledo International Inc | POWA +2.33 points | 2.40% | 0.07% |
| eBay Inc | POWA +2.26 points | 2.35% | 0.09% |
| Best Buy Co Inc | POWA +2.21 points | 2.24% | 0.03% |
| McKesson Corp | POWA +2.12 points | 2.28% | 0.16% |
| Marriott International Inc/MD | POWA +2.05 points | 2.21% | 0.16% |
| Cardinal Health Inc | POWA +2.04 points | 2.12% | 0.08% |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc | POWA +2.03 points | 2.24% | 0.21% |
| Otis Worldwide Corp | POWA +2.01 points | 2.06% | 0.05% |
| Cencora Inc | POWA +1.98 points | 2.07% | 0.09% |
| AMETEK Inc | POWA +1.98 points | 2.06% | 0.08% |
| Keysight Technologies Inc | POWA +1.95 points | 2.05% | 0.10% |
| Fastenal Co | POWA +1.95 points | 2.03% | 0.08% |
| Ferguson Enterprises Inc | POWA +1.95 points | 1.97% | 0.02% |
| Sysco Corp | POWA +1.93 points | 1.99% | 0.06% |
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Co | POWA +1.86 points | 1.88% | 0.02% |
| O'Reilly Automotive Inc | POWA +1.85 points | 1.92% | 0.07% |
| Autodesk Inc | POWA +1.81 points | 1.91% | 0.10% |
| Fidelity National Information Services Inc | POWA +1.78 points | 1.82% | 0.04% |
| Lowe's Cos Inc | POWA +1.76 points | 1.87% | 0.11% |
| Jabil Inc | POWA +1.76 points | 1.77% | 0.01% |
| Quanta Services Inc | POWA +1.69 points | 1.86% | 0.17% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp | POWA +1.65 points | 2.07% | 0.42% |
| Adobe Inc | POWA +1.62 points | 1.81% | 0.19% |
| JB Hunt Transport Services Inc | POWA +1.61 points | 1.62% | <0.01% |
| Cummins Inc | POWA +1.59 points | 1.69% | 0.10% |
| PepsiCo Inc | POWA +1.51 points | 1.86% | 0.35% |
| Boston Scientific Corp | POWA +1.51 points | 1.63% | 0.12% |
| KLA Corp | POWA +1.39 points | 1.78% | 0.39% |
| Home Depot Inc/The | POWA +1.28 points | 1.90% | 0.62% |
| Walmart Inc | POWA +1.10 points | 2.11% | 1.01% |
How we measure overlap
Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.
POWA vs USCA Cost
Overpaying POWA vs USCA
$6,610
On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.
POWA 0.40%
$8,090
USCA 0.07%
$1,480
Cost over time
Year by year
| Year | POWA | USCA | Overpaying |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | $723 | $128 | $595 |
| 20 | $2,793 | $503 | $2,290 |
| 30 | $8,090 | $1,480 | $6,610 |
- 0.40%POWA
- 0.07%USCA, cheaper
- Middle half of US Factor Index funds
- Median 0.30%
USCA 2nd cheapest of 30 funds
POWA 22nd cheapest of 30 funds
POWA vs USCA Dividends
- POWA 0.91%
- USCA 1.06%, better
- POWA $0.85
- USCA $0.47
- POWA $0.85
- USCA $0.10
- POWA Dec 22, 2025
- USCA Sep 18, 2026
- POWA Dec 26, 2025
- USCA Sep 25, 2026
- POWA Annual
- USCA Quarterly
Distribution history
POWA vs USCA Risk
Fall from peak · 5 years
Risk facts
- Volatility
- POWA 11.9%, betterUSCA 12.5%
- Return per unit of risk
- POWA 0.81USCA 1.27, better
- Worst fall
- POWA −17.8%USCA −19.2%
- Market sensitivity
- POWA 0.77USCA 1.00
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