Launched on November 1, 2006, the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RSPH) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Healthcare – Broad segment of the equity market.
Retail and institutional investors increasingly turn to passively managed ETFs because they offer low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency; these kind of funds are also excellent vehicles for long term investors.
Investor-friendly, sector ETFs provide many options to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Healthcare – Broad is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 3, placing it in top 19%.
The fund is sponsored by Invesco. It has amassed assets over $755.21 million, making it one of the larger ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Healthcare – Broad segment of the equity market. RSPH seeks to match the performance of the S&P 500 EQUAL WEIGHT HEALTH CARE INDEX before fees and expenses.
The S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care Index equally weights stocks in the health care sector of the S&P 500 Index.
Expense ratios are an important factor in the return of an ETF and in the long term, cheaper funds can significantly outperform their more expensive counterparts, other things remaining the same.
Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.4%, making it on par with most peer products in the space.
It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 0.71%.
It is important to delve into an ETF’s holdings before investing despite the many upsides to these kinds of funds like diversified exposure, which minimizes single stock risk. And, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.
This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Healthcare sector — about 100% of the portfolio.
Looking at individual holdings, Cardinal Health Inc (CAH) accounts for about 2.08% of total assets, followed by Waters Corp (WAT) and Eli Lilly & Co (LLY).
The top 10 holdings account for about 19.25% of total assets under management.
So far this year, RSPH has gained about 9.28%, and is up roughly 4.55% in the last one year (as of 11/25/2025). During this past 52-week period, the fund has traded between $26.81 and $31.85.
The ETF has a beta of 0.85 and standard deviation of 14.8% for the trailing three-year period. With about 63 holdings, it effectively diversifies company-specific risk.
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF carries a Zacks ETF Rank of 3 (Hold), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. Thus, RSPH is a sufficient option for those seeking exposure to the Health Care ETFs area of the market. Investors might also want to consider some other ETF options in the space.
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