Making its debut on 10/26/2005, smart beta exchange traded fund Invesco Building & Construction ETF (PKB) provides investors broad exposure to the Industrials ETFs category of the market.

What Are Smart Beta ETFs?

Market cap weighted indexes were created to reflect the market, or a specific segment of the market, and the ETF industry has traditionally been dominated by products based on this strategy.

Because market cap weighted indexes provide a low-cost, convenient, and transparent way of replicating market returns, they work well for investors who believe in market efficiency.

There are some investors, though, who think it's possible to beat the market with great stock selection; this group likely invests in another class of funds known as smart beta, which track non-cap weighted strategies.

By attempting to pick stocks that have a better chance of risk-return performance, non-cap weighted indexes are based on certain fundamental characteristics, or a combination of such.

Methodologies like equal-weighting, one of the simplest options out there, fundamental weighting, and volatility/momentum based weighting are all choices offered to investors in this space, but not all of them can deliver superior returns.

Fund Sponsor & Index

The fund is managed by Invesco, and has been able to amass over $432.45 million, which makes it one of the average sized ETFs in the Industrials ETFs. This particular fund, before fees and expenses, seeks to match the performance of the Dynamic Building & Construction Intellidex Index.

The Dynamic Building & Construction Intellidex Index is comprised of stocks of U.S. building and construction companies. The Index is designed to provide capital appreciation by thoroughly evaluating companies based on a variety of investment merit criteria, including fundamental growth, stock valuation, investment timeliness and risk factors.

Cost & Other Expenses

Since cheaper funds tend to produce better results than more expensive funds, assuming all other factors remain equal, it is important for investors to pay attention to an ETF's expense ratio.

Operating expenses on an annual basis are 0.57% for this ETF, which makes it on par with most peer products in the space.

The fund has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 0.19%.

Sector Exposure and Top Holdings

While ETFs offer diversified exposure, which minimizes single stock risk, a deep look into a fund's holdings is a valuable exercise. And, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.

Representing 48.8% of the portfolio, the fund has heaviest allocation to the Industrials sector; Materials and Consumer Discretionary round out the top three.

Looking at individual holdings, Home Depot Inc/the (HD) accounts for about 5.48% of total assets, followed by Vulcan Materials Co (VMC) and Crh Plc (CRH).

PKB's top 10 holdings account for about 42.8% of its total assets under management.

Performance and Risk

Year-to-date, the Invesco Building & Construction ETF has added roughly 8.46% so far, and is up about 17.79% over the last 12 months (as of 08/03/2026). PKB has traded between $86.37 $113.97 in this past 52-week period.

The fund has a beta of 1.27 and standard deviation of 25.04% for the trailing three-year period, which makes PKB a high risk choice in this particular space. With about 34 holdings, it has more concentrated exposure than peers .

Alternatives

Invesco Building & Construction ETF is not a suitable option for investors seeking to outperform the Industrials ETFs segment of the market. Instead, there are other ETFs in the space which investors should consider.

State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF(XHB) tracks S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index The fund has $1.51 billion in assets. XHB has an expense ratio of 0.35%.

Investors looking for cheaper and lower-risk options should consider traditional market cap weighted ETFs that aim to match the returns of the Industrials ETFs

Bottom Line

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