BetaShares S&P/ASX Australian Technology ETF (ASX: ATEC) has been high-performing ETF since 23 March 2020. There’s one key reason to buy it.
About ATEC
ATEC provides exposure to leading ASX businesses in a range of tech-related market segments like IT, consumer electronics, online retail and medical technology.
What are some of the names that it’s invested in? Its biggest holdings, in order, are: Afterpay Ltd (ASX: APT), Xero Limited (ASX: XRO), SEEK Limited (ASX: SEK), Computershare Limited (ASX: CPU), REA Group Limited (ASX: REA), Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT), Carsales.Com Ltd (ASX: CAR), WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC), Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) and Appen Ltd (ASX: APX).
But ATEC also owns gives a (very small) exposure to names like RPMGlobal Holdings Ltd (ASX: RUL), ELMO Software Ltd (ASX: ELO), Volpara Health Technologies Ltd (ASX: VHT) and Audinate Group Ltd (ASX: AD8).
it has an annual management fee of 0.48% per year.
Other similar ETFs
The ETF is fairly unique on the ASX, though there other ETFs that focus on international technology businesses like ETF Securities TECH ETF (ASX: TECH), BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF (ASX: NDQ) or BetaShares Global Robotics and Artificial Intelligence ETF (ASX: RBTZ).
How has the ETF performed?
It was launched during the COVID-19 crash, but it has rebounded strongly since then, its up 93% from 23 March 2020. Since inception it has returned 40.1%. Over the past three months the ETF has returned 23.7%.
1 key reason to buy it
Many of the businesses that ATEC is invested in are great ASX growth shares with higher profit margins. There’s a reason why the ETF has performed so well – because many of its holdings are performing well in this new COVID-19 world. Returns won’t always be this strong, but it could keep outperforming.
However, the biggest five positions make up almost half of the portfolio, Afterpay is 18% of the whole ETF. That’s not great diversification, though if it delivers the returns does it really matter?
But there are plenty of other ETFs out there for growth and/or dividends. Check out our list of ASX ETFs.
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