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The Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF focuses on companies with consistent share buybacks, offering a value-oriented portfolio with a P/E ratio of 14.3x. PKW's portfolio is diversified across sectors, with significant overweight in consumer discretionary and industrials, and underweight in technology, consumer staples, and utilities. PKW's low valuation and high growth profile make it an attractive alternative to typical dividend and value ETFs.

PKW's strategy is focused on U.S. companies that are executing share repurchase programs. PKW's portfolio has a value tilt. It has an adjusted EY higher than that of IVV. Its quality is comparatively strong, but its growth characteristics are lagging. With a few robust years in the books, PKW was nonetheless unable to consistently outperform IVV and a few peers.

Stock buybacks are back in vogue this year. Stock buybacks by S&P 500 companies increased 9.9% year over year and 8.1% sequentially in the first quarter of 2024.

The Inflation Reduction Act contained a controversial though bipartisan provision that applied a 1% levy to companies' share repurchase activities. However, data indicate that tax isn't yet hurting stock buybacks.

The pace of stock buybacks by S&P 500 member firms is likely to accelerate this year and in 2025, according to Goldman Sachs. That could renew investors' affinity for the Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF (PKW).

The Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF invests in companies that have reduced their shares outstanding by at least 5% in the past year.

The Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF tracks the NASDAQ U.S. BuyBack Achievers Index. PKW has performed nearly in line with the S&P 500 since its launch in 2006, delivering strong risk-adjusted returns. The Fund has significantly outperformed value-based products.

Stock buybacks can be controversial. A company uses its cash to buy its own shares in the open market.

PKW tracks 315 US stocks that have effected a 5% net reduction in their shares outstanding over a 12-month period. We pick out some of the major themes that could weigh on PKW's prospects. The risk-reward on the charts does not look appealing.

PKW selects U.S. companies that have reduced shares outstanding by 5% or more in the last year. Fees are 0.61%, and the ETF manages $920 million in assets. The 5% threshold, combined with only utilizing one year's worth of buybacks, leads to high turnover. There is also no mechanism to remove current constituents that pause their buyback programs.