5 Best ETF Charts Of Q4 Earnings
Zacks Investment Research | Mar 05, 2018 10:09PM ET
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Guggenheim Solar ETF (LON:TAN)
This ETF offers exposure to the global companies involved in the solar power industry. It has gained 9.6% over the past month on strong Q4 earnings. In particular, earnings from First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) and SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG) have been strong. These stocks occupy the top two positions and dominate the fund’s holdings with nearly double-digit exposure each (read: 4 Market-Beating Sector ETFs & Stocks of February ).
SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (LON:XAR)
This product offers equal-weight exposure to the aerospace & defense sector of the broad U.S. market and gained 7.6% in a month. The robust performance was driven by strong Q4 earnings growth of 31.8% with a beat ratio of 81.8%, though revenue growth and revenue beat ratio is unimpressive at 7.3% and 45.5%, respectively. Additionally, the stock prices in response to earnings announcement for the sector have been the strongest of all with a 3.9% gain. XAR has a Zacks ETF Rank #1 with a Medium risk outlook (read: Zacks Investment Research
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