PID vs. FXZ ETF Comparison

Comparison of PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID) to First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (FXZ)
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

$19.87

Average Daily Volume

95,221

Number of Holdings *

24

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

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund

FXZ 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) Materials 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 materials and processing 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

$63.89

Average Daily Volume

35,644

Number of Holdings *

37

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period PID FXZ
30 Days 3.76% -0.31%
60 Days 6.26% -4.50%
90 Days 12.95% -2.05%
12 Months 15.13% 0.79%
0 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in PID Weight in FXZ Overlap
PID Overweight 24 Positions Relative to FXZ
Symbol Grade Weight
BTI A 4.64%
NGG A 4.36%
PHI C 3.87%
AY C 3.75%
TD A 3.7%
SNY C 3.31%
INFY B 3.02%
NVS B 2.79%
OTEX D 2.47%
DEO C 1.89%
PSO B 1.81%
SMFG D 1.78%
KOF D 1.68%
DOX C 1.66%
MUFG D 1.53%
GFI D 1.43%
RELX A 1.19%
CNI C 1.16%
RBA B 1.14%
SAP A 1.03%
WTW B 1.02%
LOGI F 0.67%
NVO C 0.67%
WCN B 0.51%
PID Underweight 37 Positions Relative to FXZ
Symbol Grade Weight
FMC C -5.4%
RS D -4.72%
MOS F -4.66%
CE D -4.54%
NUE D -4.42%
STLD F -4.3%
CF C -4.26%
NEU C -4.21%
EMN A -3.99%
LYB F -3.91%
TKR D -3.9%
X D -3.83%
OLN D -3.56%
CLF F -3.07%
RGLD B -2.82%
APD B -2.75%
ECL A -2.68%
AVY B -2.59%
VVV D -2.43%
ASH D -2.41%
SCCO D -2.33%
ALB D -2.29%
IP B -2.16%
LIN B -2.12%
RBC D -2.09%
FAST C -2.05%
HUN D -1.9%
WLK D -1.87%
FCX D -1.69%
NEM B -1.06%
MP D -0.95%
SMG C -0.93%
IFF B -0.93%
HXL F -0.85%
ESI D -0.81%
CC F -0.71%
AA D -0.66%
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