FXH vs. IXJ ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX (FXH) to iShares Global Healthcare ETF (IXJ)

FXH

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX

FXH Description

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the fund's fees and expenses) of an equity index called the StrataQuant(R) Health Care Index. The fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets in common stocks that comprise the index. The index is a modified equal-dollar weighted index designed by NYSE Euronext to objectively identify and select stocks from the Russell 1000(R) Index in the health care sector that may generate positive alpha relative to traditional passive-style indices through the use of the AlphaDEX(R) selection methodology. It is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$109.44

Average Daily Volume

32,011

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

IXJ

iShares Global Healthcare ETF

IXJ Description

The investment seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of global equities in the healthcare sector. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. It seeks to track the investment results of the S&P Global 1200 Healthcare Sector IndexTM (the "underlying index"), which measures the performance of companies that S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P"), deems to be a part of the healthcare sector of the economy and that S&P believes are important to global markets. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$90.41

Average Daily Volume

132,450

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	FXH	IXJ
30 Days	1.11%	-5.50%
60 Days	-2.43%	-8.05%
90 Days	-3.23%	-9.84%
12 Months	13.91%	10.11%

47 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in FXH	Weight in IXJ	Overlap
A	D	0.75%	0.52%	0.52%
ABBV	D	0.74%	4.08%	0.74%
ABT	B	0.86%	2.72%	0.86%
ALGN	D	0.37%	0.22%	0.22%
AMGN	D	0.79%	2.16%	0.79%
BAX	D	0.36%	0.22%	0.22%
BDX	F	0.81%	0.89%	0.81%
BIIB	F	1.46%	0.34%	0.34%
CAH	B	1.88%	0.41%	0.41%
CI	F	1.6%	1.23%	1.23%
CNC	D	1.78%	0.42%	0.42%
CRL	C	1.71%	0.15%	0.15%
DGX	A	1.73%	0.24%	0.24%
DHR	F	0.37%	2.09%	0.37%
DVA	B	2.15%	0.1%	0.1%
ELV	F	1.34%	1.28%	1.28%
EW	C	1.37%	0.54%	0.54%
GEHC	F	1.51%	0.52%	0.52%
HCA	F	1.94%	0.87%	0.87%
HOLX	D	1.3%	0.24%	0.24%
HSIC	B	1.25%	0.12%	0.12%
HUM	C	1.53%	0.47%	0.47%
INCY	C	1.61%	0.17%	0.17%
IQV	D	0.73%	0.48%	0.48%
ISRG	A	1.87%	2.59%	1.87%
JNJ	D	1.28%	4.7%	1.28%
LH	C	0.91%	0.27%	0.27%
LLY	F	1.22%	8.42%	1.22%
MDT	D	1.31%	1.5%	1.31%
MOH	F	1.52%	0.25%	0.25%
PODD	C	2.56%	0.25%	0.25%
REGN	F	1.02%	1.13%	1.02%
RMD	C	2.16%	0.46%	0.46%
RVTY	F	0.39%	0.2%	0.2%
STE	F	0.39%	0.3%	0.3%
SYK	C	0.91%	1.79%	0.91%
TECH	D	0.39%	0.16%	0.16%
TFX	F	0.66%	0.13%	0.13%
TMO	F	0.74%	2.76%	0.74%
UHS	D	2.0%	0.16%	0.16%
UNH	C	1.74%	7.43%	1.74%
VRTX	F	0.89%	1.7%	0.89%
VTRS	A	1.86%	0.22%	0.22%
WAT	B	0.9%	0.31%	0.31%
WST	C	0.96%	0.33%	0.33%
ZBH	C	1.73%	0.3%	0.3%
ZTS	D	0.77%	1.09%	0.77%

FXH Overweight 30 Positions Relative to IXJ

Symbol	Grade	Weight
DOCS	C	2.73%
NTRA	B	2.72%
PINC	B	2.6%
JAZZ	B	2.55%
UTHR	C	2.46%
EXEL	B	2.31%
ROIV	C	2.3%
THC	D	2.23%
ALNY	D	2.14%
RARE	D	1.96%
ITCI	C	1.64%
RPRX	D	1.55%
ENOV	C	1.45%
EHC	B	1.43%
PRGO	B	1.41%
OGN	D	1.37%
CHE	D	1.28%
INSP	D	1.12%
EXAS	D	1.02%
AMED	F	0.8%
BRKR	D	0.68%
MASI	A	0.51%
PEN	B	0.51%
VEEV	C	0.47%
MEDP	D	0.43%
RCM	F	0.43%
BMRN	D	0.4%
AVTR	F	0.35%
XRAY	F	0.28%
TXG	F	0.27%

FXH Underweight 16 Positions Relative to IXJ

Symbol	Grade	Weight
MRK	F	-3.39%
PFE	D	-2.02%
BSX	B	-1.75%
BMY	B	-1.63%
GILD	C	-1.56%
MCK	B	-1.08%
CVS	D	-0.94%
COR	B	-0.58%
IDXX	F	-0.48%
DXCM	D	-0.41%
MTD	D	-0.36%
COO	D	-0.27%
CTLT	B	-0.15%
SOLV	C	-0.13%
MRNA	F	-0.12%
MBAVU	D	-0.05%