FTXG vs. VDC ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG) to Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF - DNQ (VDC)

FTXG

First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF

FTXG Description

The First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF is an exchange-traded fund. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield, before the Fund's fees and expenses, of an index called the Nasdaq US Smart Food & Beverage Index. The Fund seeks to replicate the holdings and weightings of the Nasdaq US Smart Food & Beverage Index as to generate performance results 95% correlated to that of the Nasdaq US Smart Food & Beverage Index.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$23.89

Average Daily Volume

10,648

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

VDC

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF - DNQ

VDC Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the consumer staples sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). It attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$217.27

Average Daily Volume

89,263

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	FTXG	VDC
30 Days	-4.28%	-0.03%
60 Days	-6.33%	-1.06%
90 Days	-4.31%	0.44%
12 Months	4.66%	20.18%

27 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in FTXG	Weight in VDC	Overlap
ADM	D	7.43%	0.99%	0.99%
BG	D	3.75%	0.48%	0.48%
BRBR	A	0.7%	0.39%	0.39%
CAG	D	3.59%	0.54%	0.54%
CALM	A	0.68%	0.23%	0.23%
COKE	C	1.61%	0.28%	0.28%
CPB	D	1.9%	0.38%	0.38%
FIZZ	C	0.58%	0.11%	0.11%
FLO	D	0.72%	0.22%	0.22%
GIS	D	3.86%	1.35%	1.35%
HRL	D	2.41%	0.38%	0.38%
HSY	F	4.0%	0.95%	0.95%
INGR	B	2.87%	0.38%	0.38%
JJSF	C	0.53%	0.17%	0.17%
KDP	D	2.89%	1.27%	1.27%
KHC	F	6.9%	1.1%	1.1%
KO	D	7.45%	8.35%	7.45%
MDLZ	F	7.88%	3.14%	3.14%
MKC	C	2.11%	0.75%	0.75%
MNST	C	4.23%	1.39%	1.39%
PEP	F	8.25%	4.29%	4.29%
POST	C	1.72%	0.27%	0.27%
SJM	D	2.43%	0.49%	0.49%
STZ	D	4.34%	1.35%	1.35%
TAP	C	4.84%	0.42%	0.42%
TSN	B	4.3%	0.64%	0.64%
USFD	A	2.42%	0.57%	0.57%

FTXG Overweight 1 Positions Relative to VDC

	Symbol	Grade	Weight
	CTVA	C	4.32%

FTXG Underweight 72 Positions Relative to VDC

Symbol	Grade	Weight
PG	C	-12.41%
COST	A	-12.32%
WMT	A	-11.43%
PM	A	-5.07%
MO	A	-3.21%
CL	D	-2.51%
TGT	F	-2.4%
KMB	C	-1.59%
KVUE	A	-1.56%
KR	B	-1.37%
SYY	D	-1.33%
CHD	A	-0.9%
K	A	-0.82%
CLX	A	-0.64%
DG	F	-0.63%
EL	F	-0.58%
CASY	A	-0.58%
SFM	B	-0.55%
PFGC	B	-0.52%
DLTR	F	-0.49%
BJ	B	-0.46%
LW	C	-0.45%
FRPT	B	-0.3%
WBA	F	-0.28%
ACI	C	-0.28%
DAR	C	-0.28%
ELF	C	-0.26%
WDFC	B	-0.21%
LANC	D	-0.19%
PPC	B	-0.18%
CELH	F	-0.18%
SAM	C	-0.18%
SMPL	B	-0.18%
SPB	C	-0.17%
COTY	F	-0.16%
ENR	A	-0.16%
IPAR	B	-0.16%
UNFI	A	-0.16%
FDP	A	-0.15%
PSMT	D	-0.15%
THS	F	-0.14%
EPC	F	-0.13%
VITL	D	-0.13%
ANDE	F	-0.13%
CENTA	C	-0.13%
CHEF	A	-0.13%
REYN	D	-0.13%
UTZ	D	-0.12%
UVV	B	-0.12%
TPB	A	-0.11%
WMK	B	-0.11%
SPTN	F	-0.1%
GO	C	-0.1%
IMKTA	C	-0.1%
KLG	D	-0.1%
HAIN	D	-0.1%
JBSS	F	-0.09%
BGS	F	-0.09%
NAPA	A	-0.08%
HLF	C	-0.08%
AVO	B	-0.07%
MGPI	F	-0.07%
TR	B	-0.06%
USNA	C	-0.06%
CVGW	D	-0.06%
CENT	C	-0.05%
BYND	F	-0.05%
SENEA	A	-0.04%
NUS	C	-0.04%
MED	D	-0.03%
OLPX	D	-0.03%
SKIN	D	-0.02%

FTXG: Top Represented Industries & Keywords

Industries: Packaged Foods Beverages - Soft Drinks Farm Products Confectioners Agricultural Inputs Beverages - Brewers Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries Food Distribution