Healthcare Investing in 2026: iShares Global Healthcare ETF Outperforms Invesco Health Care ETF

The iShares Global Healthcare ETF (IXJ) outperformed the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RSPH) over the past five years, delivering stronger total returns (1.50% dividend yield vs. 0.70%), lower volatility (beta of 0.56 vs. 0.78), and a shallower maximum drawdown. While both funds charge identical 0.40% expense ratios, IXJ's market-cap weighting and international exposure of 110 global healthcare stocks provide broader diversification compared to RSPH's 60 U.S. large-cap equal-weighted holdings.