What is VIRS?

VIRS tracks a market-cap weighted index of US companies whose products or services address biological threats to human health.

PERFORMANCE [as of 03/27/23] 1 MONTH 3 MONTHS YTD 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
VIRS 1.06% 1.36% 0.92% -6.85% -- -- --
VIRS (NAV) 0.85% 1.27% 0.93% -6.90% -- -- --
LifeSci BioThreat Strategy Index -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MSCI USA IMI -0.91% 4.15% 3.80% -11.65% 18.10% 10.12% 11.52%
All returns over 1 year are annualized. All returns are total returns unless otherwise stated.

VIRS Factset Analytics Insight

VIRS is passively managed to include US companies that fights against biological threats. These companies must have products or services that help to protect against, endure, or recover from the current and emerging threats to humans. The underlying index uses its own multi-step approach in selecting these types of companies. First step includes identifying threats such as pandemic diseases, biological warfare, food and water safety, environmental safety, and natural disasters, based on fundamental research. Next, companies that protects against and prepares to recover from the identified threats are determined based on their financial reports, websites, news reports and interviews. Finally, minimum size and liquidity requirements must be satisfied. Securities that passed all these steps forms the final portfolio. The index is weighted by market-cap with 4.9% single issuer cap, and is rebalanced semi-annually and reconstituted annually.

VIRS Summary Data

06/24/20
0.70%
$3.55M
LifeSci BioThreat Strategy Index
MSCI USA IMI
Open-Ended Fund

Peers

MSCI USA IMI

Fund Flows

$0.00B 5 Days
$0.00B 30 Days
-$0.00B 90 Days

VIRS Portfolio Data

$224.47B
18.51
4.64
1.04%
N/A
51

VIRS Index Data

LifeSci BioThreat Strategy Index
Market Cap
Fundamental
MSCI USA IMI

VIRS Portfolio Management

0.70%
--
--
--

VIRS Tax Exposures

20.00% / 39.60%
--
Qualified dividends
No

VIRS Fund Structure

Open-Ended Fund
No
No
-- / --
N/A
N/A
High
Daily

Factset Analytics Block Liquidity

As of 03/28/23

This measurement shows how easy it is to trade a $1 million USD block of VIRS. VIRS is rated a 4 out of 5.

VIRS Tradability

95
$2.50K
11
0
0.29%
$0.08
-0.05%
0.21% / -0.72%
None
100.00%
25,000
0.00
0.01%
0.01%
0
$28.44
4

VIRS Sector/Industry Breakdown

VIRS Segment
Benchmark
47.00% --
24.85% --
8.61% --
6.93% --
4.57% --
2.70% --
1.76% --
1.44% --
1.38% --
0.44% --

VIRS Performance Statistics

0.89
0.84
0.80
0.83
0.45%
MSCI USA IMI

VIRS Countries

VIRS Segment
Benchmark
90.44% 99.92%
4.47% --
3.86% --
1.24% --
-- 0.08%

VIRS Regions

VIRS Segment
Benchmark
90.44% 100.00%
9.56% --

VIRS Economic Development

VIRS Segment
Benchmark
100.00% 100.00%
0.00% 0.00%

VIRS Benchmark Comparison Holdings

51
2560
45
11.16%

VIRS Benchmark Comparison Summary

VIRS Segment
Benchmark
51 2560
$224.47B $391.49B
18.51 20.56
4.64 3.75
1.51% 1.53%
Medium Low

VIRS Benchmark Comparison Market Cap Size

VIRS Segment
Benchmark
97.87% 86.91%
1.76% 10.27%
0.21% 2.60%
0.00% 0.22%