PID vs. MRGR ETF Comparison

Comparison of PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID) to ProShares Merger ETF (MRGR)
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

$18.16

Average Daily Volume

121,336

Number of Holdings *

24

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

ProShares Merger ETF

MRGR Description The investment seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the S&P Merger Arbitrage Index (the "index"). The fund is designed to track the performance of the index and provide exposure to a global merger arbitrage strategy. The index, and by extension the fund, seeks to produce consistent, positive returns in virtually all market environments, although there are no assurances it will achieve this result. The fund is non-diversified. The index seeks to provide a risk arbitrage strategy that exploits commonly observed price changes associated with a global selection of publicly announced mergers, acquisitions and other corporate reorganizations. Historically, the index has exhibited market neutral characteristics, lower volatility compared to the S&P 500, and a low correlation to S&P 500 returns.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$40.38

Average Daily Volume

826

Number of Holdings *

32

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period PID MRGR
30 Days -0.47% 0.69%
60 Days 0.22% 0.76%
90 Days 0.75% 0.05%
12 Months 6.35% 7.06%
0 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in PID Weight in MRGR Overlap
PID Overweight 24 Positions Relative to MRGR
Symbol Grade Weight
BTI A 4.14%
AY B 4.06%
NGG D 3.98%
PHI C 3.89%
TD F 3.69%
SNY B 2.92%
NVS A 2.68%
INFY B 2.62%
OTEX C 2.5%
DEO F 2.0%
SMFG A 1.93%
KOF D 1.76%
GFI C 1.74%
PSO B 1.73%
MUFG A 1.65%
DOX D 1.6%
RELX A 1.26%
CNI D 1.24%
RBA B 1.13%
SAP A 1.03%
WTW B 0.99%
LOGI C 0.8%
NVO B 0.77%
WCN B 0.52%
PID Underweight 32 Positions Relative to MRGR
Symbol Grade Weight
WRK C -3.22%
EVBG B -2.99%
ETRN D -2.86%
HTLF B -2.56%
EDR A -2.53%
AIRC A -2.52%
MODN B -2.5%
SBOW B -2.49%
PRFT B -2.49%
HCP A -2.48%
SILK B -2.47%
HIBB A -2.47%
DFS B -2.46%
DO C -2.46%
AMK B -2.46%
SQSP B -2.45%
WIRE A -2.44%
MRO B -2.43%
ALE C -2.43%
ANSS C -2.4%
SRCL B -2.39%
AXNX B -2.38%
SLCA B -2.37%
JNPR B -2.32%
CTLT B -2.28%
IBTX B -2.27%
CERE C -2.26%
HES D -2.17%
MGRC D -2.08%
CHX C -2.07%
HA C -2.07%
X C -1.82%
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