15 important things you should know about Invesco FTCHX mutual fund

Updated: December 28, 2020

Bull Case

3-year return above the benchmark
5-year return above the benchmark

Bear Case

Low net assets
10-year return below the benchmark
15-year return below the benchmark
High expense ratio
Sales load and/or distribution fees

Before we start: if you’re looking for FTCHX “stock” price, you can quickly find it out by visiting Finny and typing "FTCHX quote". If you’re looking for a quick scoop on FTCHX "stock" (price chart, key stats, buy or sell analysis and holdings), go to Finny and look for "FTCHX". You’ll get all this info in one place.

Are you looking to buy or sell FTCHX? Or perhaps you’re looking for FTCHX fact sheet, and learn about its alternatives? If so, you came to the right place.

In this FTCHX mutual fund review, we’ll address key questions our readers have been asking us about this fund, above and beyond what you can find in its prospectus, and on Morningstar or Yahoo Finance.

Here is what you’ll be able to find in this review:

Fact Sheet: FTCHX performance, returns, expense ratio, holdings and dividend yield;
Analysis: FTCHX buy or sell; the pros and cons of investing in FTCHX mutual fund;
Alternatives: other ETFs and mutual funds you should consider as alternatives to FTCHX.

And here is the list of questions we’ll answer:

Describe AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds): Invesco Technology Fund; Investor Class Shares (FTCHX).
What are FTCHX holdings?
What is FTCHX performance? What are FTCHX historical returns?
How many up and down years did FTCHX have historically?
What is FTCHX dividend yield?
What is FTCHX minimum initial investment amount?
What is FTCHX expense ratio?
Does FTCHX have any sales loads or 12b-1 distribution expenses?
What is FTCHX tax efficiency (tax-cost ratio)?
What is FTCHX beta? How would you assess FTCHX risk?
What is FTCHX Sharpe ratio?
What is FTCHX Finny Score? FTCHX buy or sell?
What are the pros of investing in FTCHX? What are FTCHX buy reasons?
What are the cons of investing in FTCHX? What are FTCHX sell reasons?

So let’s start. Scroll down to the question that interests you the most.

Fact Sheet

1. Describe AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds): Invesco Technology Fund; Investor Class Shares (FTCHX).

The Fund seeks capital growth. It invests broadly across the equity securities of companies engaged in technology-related industries. These include, but are not limited to, applied technology, biotechnology, communications, computers, electronics, and other industries.

2. What are FTCHX top holdings?

FTCHX has 41 stock holdings and 0 bond holdings.

The top 10 holdings represent 53.06% of total assets. Here are the top holdings:

Name	Symbol	% Assets
Amazon.com Inc	AMZN	9.16%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR	BABA	7.42%
Microsoft Corp	MSFT	6.20%
Apple Inc	AAPL	5.44%
Facebook Inc A	FB	5.01%
Alphabet Inc A	GOOGL	4.70%
NVIDIA Corp	NVDA	4.54%
Qualcomm Inc	QCOM	4.17%
Applied Materials Inc	AMAT	3.42%
Visa Inc Class A	V	3.00%

3. What is FTCHX performance? What are FTCHX historical returns?

FTCHX has generated the following returns:

1-month return is 5.98%;
3-month return is 16.44%;
1-year return is 46.30%;
3-year return is 24.71%;
5-year return is 21.33%;
10-year return is 15.18%;
15-year return is 11.48%.

4. How many up and down years did FTCHX have historically?

In the last 10 years, FTCHX had 7 up years and 3 down years.

5. What is FTCHX dividend yield?

FTCHX yield is 0%.

6. What is FTCHX minimum initial investment amount?

FTCHX minimum initial investment amount is N/A.

7. What is FTCHX expense ratio?

FTCHX expense ratio is 1.09%. The expense ratio of a fund is the total percentage of fund assets used for administrative, management, and all other expenses.

8. Does FTCHX have any sales loads or 12b-1 distribution expenses?

FTCHX 12b-1 distribution fee is 0.13. FTCHX front-end sales load is 0. FTCHX back-end sales load is 0.

9. What is FTCHX tax efficiency (tax-cost ratio)?

1-year ax cost ratio is 2.14%;
3-year ax cost ratio is 1.68%.

10. What is FTCHX beta? How would you assess FTCHX risk?

3-year beta is 1.11;
5-year beta is 1.15;
10-year beta is 1.07;
15-year beta is 1.04.

11. What is FTCHX Sharpe ratio?

3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.89;
5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.94;
10-year Sharpe ratio is 0.86.

Analysis

12. What is Finny Score? buy or sell?

Finny Score is 29. Our quantitative analysis shows 2 reasons to buy and 5 reasons to sell it, resulting in the Finny Score of 29.

13. What are the pros of investing in FTCHX? What are FTCHX buy reasons?

The following are FTCHX strengths from our perspective:

FTCHX 3-year return is 24.71%, which is higher than the 3-year return of the benchmark index (NASDAQ Composite TR USD), 23.42%.
FTCHX 5-year return is 21.33%, which is in line with the 5-year return of the benchmark index (NASDAQ Composite TR USD), 22.29%.

14. What are the cons of investing in FTCHX? What are FTCHX negatives?

The following are FTCHX weaknesses from our perspective:

FTCHX net assets are $646.40 million. This fund is not a popular choice with retail investors.
FTCHX 10-year return is 15.18%, which is lower than the 10-year return of the benchmark index (NASDAQ Composite TR USD), 18.38%.
FTCHX 15-year return is 11.48%, which is lower than the 15-year return of the benchmark index (NASDAQ Composite TR USD), 13.42%.
FTCHX expense ratio is 1.09%, which is not negligible. Is the fund expensive to you, and does it align to your investment strategy?
Warning: this fund has a 12b1 sales fee. The maximum 12b1 fee is 0.13%. A 12b-1 fee is an annual marketing or distribution fee on a mutual fund.

In the FTCHX review, we covered FTCHX key stats (return, performance, yield, expense ratio, and holdings), buy and sell analysis, and alternative investments. If this review was helpful to you, feel free to check out other mutual fund and ETF reviews.