DVOL vs. PFM ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Low Volatility ETF (DVOL) to PowerShares Dividend Achievers (PFM)
DVOL

First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Low Volatility ETF

DVOL Description

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the fund's fees and expenses) of an index called the Dorsey Wright Momentum Plus Low Volatility Index (the "index"). Under normal conditions, the fund will invest at least 90% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in the equity securities that comprise the index. The index is a rules-based equity index designed to track the overall performance of the 50 stocks comprising the NASDAQ US Large Mid Index that exhibit the lowest levels of volatility while still maintaining high levels of "relative strength." The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$33.37

Average Daily Volume

5,774

Number of Holdings *

50

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
PFM

PowerShares Dividend Achievers

PFM Description The PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (Fund) seeks to replicate, before fees and expenses, the NASDAQ US Broad Dividend AchieversTM Index (Index), which is designed to identify a diversified group of dividend-paying companies. The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in dividend paying common stocks that comprise Index. These companies have increased their annual dividend for 10 or more consecutive fiscal years. The Fund and the Index are reconstituted annually in January and rebalanced quarterly in January, April, July and October. Effective December 28, 2012, the NADAQ OMX Group, Inc., replaced Mergent, Inc., as the Index Provider of the Index. Effective February 25, 2013, the name of the Index changed from Broad Dividend Achievers Index to NASDAQ US Broad Dividend Achievers Index. There will be no change to the methodology by which NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., the Index Provider, calculates the Index. Please see the Fund’s prospectus supplement for more information. On February 25, 2013, NASDAQ took the place of the NYSE as the official Index data source.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$46.32

Average Daily Volume

27,833

Number of Holdings *

418

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period DVOL PFM
30 Days 2.32% 2.22%
60 Days 10.90% 8.97%
90 Days 9.91% 8.13%
12 Months 35.28% 30.69%
25 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in DVOL Weight in PFM Overlap
AAPL C 0.93% 4.01% 0.93%
AFL A 2.34% 0.27% 0.27%
AMP A 2.7% 0.2% 0.2%
AOS C 1.4% 0.05% 0.05%
BRO A 2.69% 0.13% 0.13%
COR F 2.57% 0.19% 0.19%
COST C 2.36% 1.7% 1.7%
CTAS C 2.55% 0.36% 0.36%
ENSG D 1.53% 0.04% 0.04%
GS B 1.18% 0.68% 0.68%
GWW B 1.68% 0.22% 0.22%
ITT C 1.03% 0.05% 0.05%
JPM C 2.48% 2.6% 2.48%
LIN C 2.86% 0.99% 0.99%
MA A 3.07% 1.96% 1.96%
MCK F 1.98% 0.28% 0.28%
MMC D 3.01% 0.48% 0.48%
MSFT D 1.38% 4.06% 1.38%
MSI A 2.84% 0.32% 0.32%
PKG B 1.46% 0.08% 0.08%
RGA B 1.84% 0.06% 0.06%
RSG D 3.26% 0.27% 0.27%
TRV B 2.28% 0.23% 0.23%
V B 3.1% 1.99% 1.99%
WMT A 2.87% 2.81% 2.81%
DVOL Overweight 25 Positions Relative to PFM
Symbol Grade Weight
FI A 3.1%
CW A 3.09%
OTIS A 2.81%
TJX D 2.76%
CACI A 2.53%
REGN D 2.41%
AIG C 2.33%
OKE A 2.32%
HLT A 2.03%
WELL C 1.98%
WAB A 1.95%
MAR A 1.65%
PTC B 1.42%
TDG A 1.41%
CPRT B 1.33%
AXP A 1.33%
SF A 1.27%
TRGP A 1.24%
HLI A 1.23%
TW A 1.2%
SPG A 1.16%
USFD C 1.13%
IR A 0.98%
TXRH A 0.92%
WFC B 0.89%
DVOL Underweight 393 Positions Relative to PFM
Symbol Grade Weight
AVGO B -3.47%
UNH B -2.34%
XOM A -2.26%
ORCL A -2.04%
PG D -1.76%
HD A -1.74%
JNJ D -1.69%
ABBV C -1.51%
BAC B -1.34%
KO C -1.34%
MRK F -1.25%
CVX B -1.17%
PEP F -1.01%
ACN B -0.96%
MCD A -0.95%
CSCO A -0.93%
IBM A -0.88%
DHR D -0.87%
ABT C -0.86%
TXN C -0.82%
PM D -0.82%
VZ C -0.82%
CAT A -0.82%
QCOM D -0.82%
AMGN D -0.75%
NEE C -0.75%
INTU F -0.75%
MS A -0.73%
PFE D -0.71%
RTX A -0.7%
CMCSA B -0.7%
SPGI C -0.7%
LOW C -0.67%
UNP F -0.65%
BLK A -0.61%
SYK C -0.6%
LMT A -0.6%
HON C -0.58%
ETN B -0.57%
ELV F -0.53%
PLD D -0.51%
ADI B -0.5%
MDT C -0.5%
CB A -0.5%
ADP A -0.49%
SBUX B -0.48%
AMT D -0.47%
BMY A -0.46%
NKE D -0.46%
KLAC B -0.45%
SO A -0.43%
MDLZ D -0.43%
UPS D -0.43%
SHW C -0.42%
ICE A -0.4%
ZTS C -0.39%
DUK C -0.39%
MO D -0.38%
TT A -0.38%
CL D -0.37%
MCO D -0.37%
WM B -0.36%
GD C -0.36%
ITW C -0.34%
APH D -0.34%
CME A -0.34%
MMM C -0.33%
NOC B -0.33%
ECL C -0.32%
PNC C -0.32%
AON A -0.32%
USB C -0.31%
TGT C -0.31%
BDX C -0.3%
APD C -0.29%
CSX D -0.29%
AJG C -0.27%
EMR B -0.27%
EPD A -0.27%
ROP D -0.26%
TFC D -0.25%
MET A -0.25%
AEP C -0.24%
PSX D -0.24%
O C -0.24%
SRE C -0.23%
BK A -0.23%
ALL A -0.22%
KMB D -0.21%
PAYX B -0.21%
MPLX B -0.2%
LHX A -0.2%
MCHP F -0.19%
PRU B -0.19%
CMI A -0.19%
PEG A -0.19%
FAST C -0.18%
KR C -0.18%
NDAQ C -0.18%
A B -0.18%
SYY D -0.17%
GLW C -0.17%
RMD C -0.16%
ED C -0.16%
NUE D -0.16%
XEL C -0.16%
HUM F -0.16%
EXR D -0.16%
HIG A -0.15%
HPQ B -0.15%
DFS A -0.15%
TSCO A -0.14%
LYB B -0.14%
XYL C -0.14%
VMC D -0.14%
EIX C -0.14%
WEC B -0.13%
CDW D -0.13%
ROK D -0.13%
PPG D -0.13%
STT A -0.12%
CAH B -0.12%
K B -0.12%
HSY D -0.12%
AWK D -0.12%
ADM F -0.12%
FITB C -0.12%
ES D -0.11%
TROW D -0.11%
ERIE A -0.11%
BR B -0.11%
RJF B -0.11%
CHD D -0.11%
DOV C -0.11%
DTE B -0.11%
BBY C -0.1%
HUBB A -0.1%
AEE A -0.1%
STE D -0.1%
WSM C -0.09%
PFG A -0.09%
CLX C -0.09%
CSL A -0.09%
MKC C -0.09%
ARE D -0.09%
BAH C -0.09%
CINF A -0.09%
RF B -0.09%
CMS A -0.09%
ATO A -0.09%
CBOE B -0.09%
LII C -0.09%
WST D -0.09%
WRB C -0.09%
HRL F -0.08%
WSO C -0.08%
FDS C -0.08%
AVY D -0.08%
JBHT D -0.08%
MAS C -0.08%
MAA D -0.08%
EXPD D -0.08%
ESS D -0.08%
WLK C -0.08%
GPC D -0.08%
STLD C -0.08%
SNA C -0.07%
NI A -0.07%
LNT B -0.07%
RPM A -0.07%
KEY B -0.07%
RS D -0.07%
IEX D -0.07%
SWK C -0.07%
FNF C -0.07%
TSN D -0.07%
DGX D -0.07%
SJM D -0.06%
JKHY A -0.06%
CHRW C -0.06%
EMN C -0.06%
ELS D -0.06%
REG C -0.06%
MORN B -0.06%
FIX A -0.06%
CASY D -0.06%
EVRG C -0.06%
AES C -0.06%
HEI C -0.06%
RNR A -0.06%
POOL D -0.06%
GGG C -0.06%
CE D -0.06%
UDR C -0.06%
NDSN C -0.06%
DPZ D -0.06%
HII F -0.05%
ATR A -0.05%
WTRG D -0.05%
BEN F -0.05%
REXR D -0.05%
LECO D -0.05%
RRX B -0.05%
UNM A -0.05%
ALB D -0.05%
AFG A -0.05%
SCI D -0.05%
IPG D -0.05%
CUBE C -0.05%
SSD B -0.04%
OGE C -0.04%
AIT B -0.04%
LAD C -0.04%
NNN C -0.04%
DCI B -0.04%
EGP D -0.04%
INGR B -0.04%
TTC F -0.04%
CHE D -0.04%
SEIC B -0.04%
RGLD C -0.04%
PRI A -0.04%
ORI A -0.04%
GL C -0.04%
MKTX B -0.04%
EVR C -0.04%
CHDN C -0.04%
PNW C -0.04%
AIZ B -0.04%
CADE B -0.03%
EXPO A -0.03%
THO C -0.03%
TKR B -0.03%
CBT B -0.03%
R C -0.03%
BMI A -0.03%
TRNO D -0.03%
LFUS C -0.03%
OSK F -0.03%
AXS A -0.03%
FAF C -0.03%
BOKF B -0.03%
PB D -0.03%
MSA F -0.03%
ZION D -0.03%
RLI A -0.03%
RHI D -0.03%
STAG D -0.03%
CFR B -0.03%
AGCO D -0.03%
WTFC B -0.03%
SSB C -0.03%
FR D -0.03%
ADC C -0.03%
CBSH D -0.03%
WBA F -0.03%
UFPI C -0.03%
WDFC B -0.02%
NWE C -0.02%
MAN D -0.02%
PRGO F -0.02%
GFF C -0.02%
CCOI B -0.02%
POWI F -0.02%
SR D -0.02%
IBOC D -0.02%
CNO B -0.02%
KAI C -0.02%
BKH C -0.02%
FUL F -0.02%
ASH F -0.02%
AGO B -0.02%
AVNT C -0.02%
NJR C -0.02%
DDS D -0.02%
PII D -0.02%
GATX F -0.02%
CNS C -0.02%
FELE C -0.02%
POR D -0.02%
FLO D -0.02%
OZK D -0.02%
LANC F -0.02%
AVT B -0.02%
MATX C -0.02%
UBSI D -0.02%
AL D -0.02%
UMBF C -0.02%
IDA D -0.02%
UGI C -0.02%
NXST D -0.02%
SWX C -0.02%
FFIN D -0.02%
THG A -0.02%
SON D -0.02%
HOMB D -0.02%
MDU C -0.02%
NFG A -0.02%
SLGN B -0.02%
SIGI D -0.02%
WTS C -0.02%
BCPC C -0.02%
BC C -0.02%
MSEX C -0.01%
SCVL D -0.01%
TR D -0.01%
WABC F -0.01%
UVV D -0.01%
LNN C -0.01%
TCBK D -0.01%
HMN B -0.01%
CSGS B -0.01%
SRCE D -0.01%
NWN D -0.01%
APOG B -0.01%
STBA D -0.01%
LKFN D -0.01%
ANDE D -0.01%
GTY C -0.01%
SCL D -0.01%
CHCO D -0.01%
AGM D -0.01%
WSBC D -0.01%
TNC F -0.01%
SYBT C -0.01%
SJW D -0.01%
DKL B -0.01%
NHC D -0.01%
HI F -0.01%
LMAT A -0.01%
WOR F -0.01%
NBTB D -0.01%
SXI B -0.01%
FRME D -0.01%
MTRN F -0.01%
TOWN C -0.01%
INDB D -0.01%
HNI B -0.01%
HWKN B -0.01%
SFNC B -0.01%
CPK C -0.01%
TRN C -0.01%
WAFD D -0.01%
IOSP F -0.01%
ABR C -0.01%
KWR F -0.01%
AVA D -0.01%
WSFS D -0.01%
AWR B -0.01%
CBU D -0.01%
CWT D -0.01%
FIBK C -0.01%
ASB D -0.01%
OTTR F -0.01%
NSP F -0.01%
MGEE C -0.01%
JJSF C -0.01%
ABM D -0.01%
AUB D -0.01%
BRC C -0.01%
BANF D -0.01%
FLIC B -0.0%
BMRC D -0.0%
JOUT F -0.0%
ARTNA F -0.0%
ODC D -0.0%
HVT F -0.0%
CTO D -0.0%
AROW D -0.0%
THFF D -0.0%
HIFS D -0.0%
YORW F -0.0%
WASH C -0.0%
CASS F -0.0%
UHT D -0.0%
PLOW D -0.0%
SMBC B -0.0%
GSBC D -0.0%
HBNC D -0.0%
MBWM D -0.0%
MATW F -0.0%
HFWA D -0.0%
SPTN C -0.0%
FCBC D -0.0%
TMP C -0.0%
PFC D -0.0%
MNRO B -0.0%
HY D -0.0%
CTBI B -0.0%
AMSF B -0.0%
SBSI D -0.0%
GRC B -0.0%
GABC D -0.0%
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