HISF vs. SMHB ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF (HISF) to ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Small Cap High Dividend ETN Series B (SMHB)
HISF

First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF

HISF Description

First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. It is co-managed by Energy Income Partners LLC, First Trust Global Portfolios Limited, Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC, and Stonebridge Advisors, LLC. The fund invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of countries across the globe. For its equity portion, it seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund invests in dividend paying stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. It also invests in stocks of master limited partnerships. For its fixed income portion, the fund invests in high yield corporate bonds and first lien senior secured floating rate bank loans, mortgage-related investments, and international sovereign bonds with varying maturity. First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF was formed on August 13, 2014 and is domiciled in the United States.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$44.08

Average Daily Volume

4,765

Number of Holdings *

7

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

ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Small Cap High Dividend ETN Series B

SMHB Description The investment seeks to provide a two times leveraged return linked to the compounded monthly performance of the Solactive US Small Cap High Dividend Index (the “index”). The index is designed to measure the performance of 100 relatively small capitalization, dividend yielding index constituent securities selected from a universe of qualifying U.S. listed equity securities. The Securities are two times leveraged with respect to the index and, as a result, will benefit from two times any beneficial, but will be exposed to two times any adverse, compounded monthly performance of the index.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$5.73

Average Daily Volume

39,542

Number of Holdings *

90

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period HISF SMHB
30 Days -0.68% -2.85%
60 Days -2.96% -7.38%
90 Days -1.72% 0.84%
12 Months 6.50% 17.62%
0 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in HISF Weight in SMHB Overlap
HISF Overweight 7 Positions Relative to SMHB
Symbol Grade Weight
FIXD D 32.05%
HYLS C 20.44%
LMBS D 15.2%
FSIG C 10.15%
LGOV F 7.25%
FEMB F 4.78%
FPE C 2.56%
HISF Underweight 90 Positions Relative to SMHB
Symbol Grade Weight
SLG B -4.87%
XRX F -4.09%
DTM B -3.81%
BXMT C -3.43%
DSS F -2.87%
TWO D -2.87%
CIM D -2.62%
BDN C -2.41%
BGS F -2.41%
SBRA C -2.38%
EPR D -2.34%
ABR C -2.21%
APAM B -2.02%
PAGP A -1.88%
UNIT B -1.86%
UWMC D -1.84%
ARR D -1.65%
NHI D -1.64%
ORC B -1.51%
CCOI B -1.51%
PSEC D -1.47%
IVR F -1.43%
DEA D -1.35%
PMT D -1.35%
MFA D -1.27%
RWT D -1.24%
CTRE D -1.16%
PETS C -1.13%
MAIN A -1.09%
HTGC D -1.03%
ARI C -1.02%
GNL F -1.01%
FCPT C -1.0%
EFC C -1.0%
PDM D -0.99%
GSBD F -0.94%
NEWT B -0.94%
NYMT C -0.93%
LTC B -0.91%
DX B -0.89%
KREF D -0.8%
VGR D -0.79%
NWBI B -0.77%
GBDC C -0.73%
CODI B -0.72%
VNOM A -0.65%
SCS C -0.65%
RC D -0.65%
ACRE C -0.64%
LADR B -0.62%
TSLX C -0.62%
HESM B -0.59%
UVV B -0.54%
OCSL F -0.54%
AROC B -0.53%
GMRE F -0.5%
ILPT D -0.49%
BRSP B -0.49%
WSR A -0.46%
ALX D -0.45%
GTY B -0.44%
OPI F -0.4%
RMR F -0.38%
NMFC D -0.38%
UHT D -0.36%
GPMT C -0.34%
CSWC D -0.34%
GOOD B -0.33%
FSP C -0.29%
TRTX B -0.29%
TCPC C -0.27%
AHH D -0.27%
CGBD D -0.25%
BCSF C -0.24%
TPVG C -0.23%
PFLT D -0.23%
SLRC A -0.23%
UVE B -0.22%
BBDC A -0.22%
KRO D -0.2%
EBF F -0.18%
GAIN C -0.17%
PNNT B -0.16%
OLP B -0.16%
FDUS A -0.16%
GLAD B -0.15%
BFS C -0.14%
TRIN A -0.12%
CCAP A -0.1%
REPX A -0.07%
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