FundNYSEARCAHealth Care

Virtus LifeSci Biotech Products ETF

BBP NYSE Arca

The Fund invests in products stage companies, which are typically more established companies with much clinical trial failure risk behind them.

103.63USD
+32.62 (+45.94%) 1 Year · close Oct 12

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Fund size
24.5M
as of Feb 2020
Expense ratio
0.79%
per year
Dividend yield
0.00%
Yearly
Volatility · 1Y
25.9%
Above Average
Beta
0.81
vs the market
52-week range
70.97109.90
01 Performance

How BBP has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.

Return by period

Price · to Oct 12
Strong performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs price return

Price only
0.0 pts
0%20%40%60% BBP +45.9% Price +45.9%

Over 1 year, BBP returned +45.9% with dividends reinvested — dividends added 0.0 pts to the price move.

02 Risk

How bumpy is the ride?

Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.

Volatility

Annualized · 1Y
25.9%Above Average

A typical year sees the price swing about ±26% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−9.4%
0%-5%−9.4%

Deepest fall −9.4% on Jul 31, 2026 — 22 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 23% of the time.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
BBP tends to move+8.1%

A beta of 0.81 means BBP has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio 1.35 Return earned per unit of volatility
03 Technicals

Trend & momentum

Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.

Price vs moving averages

Uptrend
103.63
  • 12-day average103.44 +0.2%
  • 26-day average103.83 −0.2%
  • 50-day average102.80 +0.8%
  • 200-day average91.90 +12.8%

The price is above 3 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.

Relative strength (RSI)

Neutral
OversoldOverbought46.6

RSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.

Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.

04 Fund

Inside the fund

Health Care · Biotech — tracking the LifeSci Biotechnology Products Index.

  • Assets under management24.5MUSD
  • Expense ratio0.79%per year
  • Holdings47
  • Risk score7.9High

Launched December 2014. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.

05 Themes

Where BBP shows up

Curated themes and indices that hold BBP. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.

06 Profile

About Virtus LifeSci Biotech Products ETF

The Fund invests in products stage companies, which are typically more established companies with much clinical trial failure risk behind them.

  • Featured in 3 curated themes
  • 47 holdings
Ticker
BBP
Exchange
NYSE Arca
ISIN
US26923G2021
CUSIP
26923G202
Currency
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Country
USA
Sector
Health Care
Industry
Biotech
Benchmark
LifeSci Biotechnology Products Index
All key statistics

Details

NameVirtus LifeSci Biotech Products ETF
TickerBBP
ISINUS26923G2021
CUSIP26923G202
ExchangeNYSEARCA
CategoryHealth Care
Sub CategoryBiotech
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateDec 17, 2014
BenchmarkLifeSci Biotechnology Products Index

Shareas of Oct 12, 2026

Close Price USD103.63
52W Low / High 70.97 / 109.90
1Y Total Return46.02%
Strong
1Y Volatility25.48%
Above Average
Beta0.81
12M Dividends0.000
Last Dividend Date-
Dist. FrequencyYearly
Dividend Yield0.00%

Dataas of Feb 27, 2020

AUM25 M
Discount/Premium0.108%
NAV40.87
Shares Outstanding600 K
Volume 20D Avg1.7 K
Nbr of Holdings47
Risk RankHigh
Net Expense0.790%
Options available-
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