Should You Invest in the Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF (FIDU)?

If you're interested in broad exposure to the Industrials - Broad segment of the equity market, look no further than the Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF (FIDU), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on October 21, 2013.

Zacks Investment Research • Dec 2, 2025

FIDU: Industrials Dashboard For October

This article provides a top-down analysis of the industrial sector, focusing on value and quality metrics. Transportation remains slightly undervalued, while aerospace/defense is the most overvalued subsector based on historical averages. FIDU and XLI are nearly equivalent for long-term investors, but XLI offers higher liquidity and better recent performance.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 18, 2025

Midyear Sector Roundup: AI Enthusiasm Drives Returns

Midyear can be an ideal opportunity for investors to re-evaluate their portfolios and consider rebalancing to align with their ideal asset allocation. As the midpoint of 2025 passes, the U.S. stock market has delivered a mixed bag of performance across sectors, driven largely by continued enthusiasm for artificial intelligence (AI) and fluctuating economic conditions.

ETF Trends • Aug 20, 2025

FIDU: A Cheap Way To U.S. Industrials

FIDU offers low-cost, diversified exposure to U.S. industrials, making it an attractive long-term investment opportunity. The ETF is well positioned to benefit from trends like infrastructure spending, reshoring, and technological innovation, especially in aerospace and machinery. FIDU outperforms key peers, boasts a low expense ratio, and aligns closely with positive industry outlooks from multiple sources.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 9, 2025

FIDU: Industrials Dashboard For April

This article provides a top-down analysis of the industrials sector using fundamental and momentum metrics. The transportation industry is undervalued by about 25% relative to 11-year averages, and it is close to its historical baseline in quality. Other subsectors are overvalued by 11% to 38% based on the same metrics.

Seeking Alpha • Apr 17, 2025

FIDU: Industrials Dashboard For January

This article reports fundamental and momentum metrics in the industrial sector. Industrials are the most overvalued sector, but the transportation industry is moderately overvalued and building/equipment shows a good quality score. FIDU offers diversified, capital-weighted exposure in industrials with a low expense ratio.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 21, 2025

FIDU: U.S. Industrials Are Fairly Valued Going Into The Election

Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF provides exposure to U.S. industrials stocks with a market-cap-weighted approach and a low expense ratio of 0.084%. FIDU has shown strong performance, with a year-to-date return of +19.06% and a total return of +43.67% since November 2022, roughly matching the S&P 500. The ETF is well-diversified with 370 holdings and a forward price/earnings ratio of 22.24x, indicating a productive portfolio with a 25.40% forward ROE.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 28, 2024

FIDU ETF: Lags Its Larger Peer, And Conditions Are Not Too Alluring

Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF provides low-cost access to US industrial stocks across the market-cap spectrum. We ascertain how good the FIDU ETF is, relative to the largest and oldest ETF in this arena: The Industrial Select Sector SPDR® Fund ETF. Market conditions for industrial stocks look mixed, whilst valuations are not cheap, and the technicals don't look too alluring.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 18, 2024

How Do Fidelity's Sector ETFs Compare to Peers?

Among the various uses of ETFs, crafting a roster of sector-by-sector exposures via the ETF wrapper has been one of the most popular. Many asset managers offer ETFs to invest in sectors from utilities to health care and more.

ETF Trends • Apr 4, 2024

Growing Reshoring Trend Boosts Industrials ETF Case

The U.S. stock market proved its resilience last year, chugging along steadily despite several fast-paced interest rate hikes. As 2024 has begun, the economy has continued to display signs of strength, with one important tailwind in reshoring supply chains.

ETF Trends • Feb 15, 2024