iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) Vs. AGG, EFA, LQD, DIA, EEM, XLY, IBB, JNK, SHM, and TFI
Should you be buying iShares Russell 2000 ETF stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iShares Russell 2000 ETF include iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG), iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY), iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB), SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (JNK), SPDR Nuveen Barclays Short Term Municipal Bond ETF (SHM), and SPDR Nuveen Barclays Municipal Bond ETF (TFI). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
iShares Russell 2000 ETF vs.
iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) and iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:AGG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
iShares Russell 2000 ETF received 205 more outperform votes than iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF an outperform vote while only 62.99% of users gave iShares Russell 2000 ETF an outperform vote.
iShares Russell 2000 ETF pays an annual dividend of $2.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%.
iShares Russell 2000 ETF has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF had 1 more articles in the media than iShares Russell 2000 ETF. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and 1 mentions for iShares Russell 2000 ETF. iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat iShares Russell 2000 ETF's score of -0.03 indicating that iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.4% of iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF beats iShares Russell 2000 ETF on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) vs. Its Competitors
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