PID vs. FPA ETF Comparison
Comparison of PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID) to First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund (FPA)
PID
PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers
PID Description
The PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (Fund) is based on the NASDAQ International Dividend AchieversTM Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in dividend paying common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index is designed to identify an international group of American Depository Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts and non-U.S. common or ordinary stocks that have qualified as International Dividend Achievers™. These companies have increased their annual dividend for five 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 International Dividend Achievers Index to NASDAQ International 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
$19.18
Average Daily Volume
75,916
23
FPA
First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund
FPA 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 Defined Asia Pacific Ex-Japan Index. The fund normally invests at least 90% of its net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in stocks that comprise the index. The index is a modified equal-dollar weighted index designed by S&P to objectively identify and select stocks from the S&P Asia Pacific Ex-Japan BMI Index that may generate positive alpha relative to traditional passive-style indices through the use of the AlphaDEX(R) selection methodology. The fund is non-diversified.Grade (RS Rating)
Last Trade
$29.77
Average Daily Volume
895
6
Performance
Period | PID | FPA |
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30 Days | -3.03% | -0.70% |
60 Days | -2.33% | -1.14% |
90 Days | -0.52% | 1.40% |
12 Months | 15.24% | 21.20% |
0 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol | Grade | Weight in PID | Weight in FPA | Overlap |
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PID Overweight 23 Positions Relative to FPA
PID: Top Represented Industries & Keywords
FPA: Top Represented Industries & Keywords