FTXG vs. XLB ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG) to Materials Select Sector SPDR (XLB)
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

$24.29

Average Daily Volume

10,653

Number of Holdings *

28

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

Materials Select Sector SPDR

XLB Description The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in The Materials Select Sector Index. In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies from the following industries: chemicals; metals & mining; paper & forest products; containers & packaging; and construction materials. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$94.09

Average Daily Volume

4,069,795

Number of Holdings *

28

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period FTXG XLB
30 Days -2.61% -1.71%
60 Days -5.27% -0.40%
90 Days -3.49% 1.92%
12 Months 5.29% 18.82%
1 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in FTXG Weight in XLB Overlap
CTVA C 4.32% 4.53% 4.32%
FTXG Overweight 27 Positions Relative to XLB
Symbol Grade Weight
PEP F 8.25%
MDLZ F 7.88%
KO D 7.45%
ADM D 7.43%
KHC F 6.9%
TAP C 4.84%
STZ D 4.34%
TSN B 4.3%
MNST C 4.23%
HSY F 4.0%
GIS D 3.86%
BG F 3.75%
CAG D 3.59%
KDP D 2.89%
INGR B 2.87%
SJM D 2.43%
USFD A 2.42%
HRL D 2.41%
MKC D 2.11%
CPB D 1.9%
POST C 1.72%
COKE C 1.61%
FLO D 0.72%
BRBR A 0.7%
CALM A 0.68%
FIZZ C 0.58%
JJSF B 0.53%
FTXG Underweight 27 Positions Relative to XLB
Symbol Grade Weight
LIN D -17.31%
SHW A -6.99%
APD A -5.85%
FCX D -5.02%
ECL D -5.0%
VMC B -4.23%
MLM B -4.08%
NUE C -4.02%
DD D -3.93%
NEM D -3.9%
DOW F -3.56%
PPG F -3.31%
SW A -3.03%
IFF D -2.54%
LYB F -2.49%
PKG A -2.44%
STLD B -2.32%
IP B -2.3%
BALL D -2.12%
AVY D -1.83%
CF B -1.81%
AMCR D -1.69%
EMN D -1.4%
ALB C -1.4%
MOS F -0.94%
CE F -0.92%
FMC D -0.79%
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