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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VanEck has announced the 2024 annual distributions per share for its VanEck equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Get Morningstar's moat analysis and business outlooks for all 55 companies in the Morningstar® Wide Moat Focus Index. Powered by Morningstar's forward-looking equity research, the Morningstar® Wide Moat Focus Index comprises quality companies with sustainable competitive advantages that are trading at attractive valuations.

The Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) has attracted about $335 million in net flows year to date through January 25, per etf.com. The fund has accumulated net flows of $4.9 billion over the course of a year.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VanEck announced today the 2023 annual distributions per share for its VanEck® equity exchange-traded funds.

Over the past five years, MOAT is up 48.2% versus 35.7% gains in the S&P 500.

Investors often associate companies sporting the wide moat designation as large-cap firms.

One of the key elements of a wide moat company is switching costs. It's also easy to explain.

Owing to the heavy concentrations of growth sectors in many traditional environmental, social, and governance (ESG) exchange traded funds, investors often view those funds as home to expensive stocks. Likewise, investors often assume that stocks with wide moat characteristics are richly valued.