QABA vs. PFF ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA) to iShares US Preferred Stock ETF (PFF)
QABA

First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund

QABA 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 NASDAQ OMX(R) ABA Community Bank Index(SM). The fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in common stocks that comprise the index. For the purposes of the index, a "community bank" is considered to be all U.S.banks and thrifts or their holding companies listed on NASDAQ(R), excluding the 50 largest U.S. banks by asset size. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$53.44

Average Daily Volume

32,677

Number of Holdings *

120

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

iShares US Preferred Stock ETF

PFF Description The investment seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. preferred stocks. 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 U.S. Preferred Stock IndexTM (the "underlying index"), which measures the performance of a select group of preferred stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange (" NYSE"), NYSE Arca, Inc. ("NYSE Arca"), NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Select Market or NASDAQ Capital Market. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$33.17

Average Daily Volume

3,465,543

Number of Holdings *

225

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period QABA PFF
30 Days 3.77% 4.41%
60 Days 1.67% 5.14%
90 Days 21.01% 6.17%
12 Months 31.58% 15.39%
9 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in QABA Weight in PFF Overlap
CNOB B 0.51% 1.0% 0.51%
FULT D 1.9% 1.0% 1.0%
HWC D 2.54% 1.0% 1.0%
MBIN C 1.13% 1.0% 1.0%
MSBI D 0.27% 1.0% 0.27%
NEWT F 0.16% 1.0% 0.16%
TCBI B 1.71% 1.0% 1.0%
WAFD B 1.63% 1.0% 1.0%
WSBC C 1.04% 1.0% 1.0%
QABA Overweight 111 Positions Relative to PFF
Symbol Grade Weight
CBSH B 4.58%
WTFC C 3.67%
FFIN C 2.88%
UBSI C 2.85%
UMBF B 2.78%
OZK D 2.65%
IBOC C 2.15%
TFSL C 2.08%
BANF B 1.9%
WSFS D 1.78%
FIBK C 1.76%
CATY C 1.75%
FHB C 1.71%
INDB C 1.46%
SFNC B 1.46%
TBBK B 1.44%
TOWN B 1.43%
CVBF C 1.38%
FFBC C 1.38%
PPBI D 1.34%
SBCF C 1.29%
NBTB D 1.25%
FRME D 1.24%
BANR B 1.13%
TRMK C 1.12%
EFSC C 1.07%
CLBK C 1.02%
CHCO B 0.98%
NWBI C 0.97%
LKFN C 0.97%
SYBT C 0.97%
FBNC C 0.96%
CASH B 0.95%
STBA C 0.9%
BUSE C 0.85%
HOPE C 0.84%
SRCE C 0.82%
TCBK C 0.82%
SASR B 0.8%
WABC D 0.76%
VBTX B 0.74%
QCRH C 0.71%
GABC C 0.65%
PEBO C 0.61%
PFBC C 0.6%
RBCAA C 0.6%
OCFC B 0.57%
SBSI C 0.57%
DCOM B 0.56%
AMAL B 0.55%
BHRB C 0.54%
FMBH B 0.52%
BRKL C 0.5%
BFC B 0.5%
PFC C 0.49%
CTBI B 0.49%
CFB C 0.47%
UVSP B 0.46%
CFFN D 0.44%
FCBC B 0.44%
HFWA C 0.43%
OSBC B 0.42%
MBWM C 0.4%
CCB C 0.39%
IBCP B 0.39%
HBNC B 0.39%
GSBC D 0.38%
ORRF B 0.38%
EGBN C 0.36%
TRST C 0.36%
SMBC C 0.35%
FSBC B 0.34%
BFST B 0.34%
HTBK C 0.34%
HTBI B 0.34%
HAFC C 0.33%
CAC C 0.32%
HONE C 0.32%
FMNB C 0.32%
CASS C 0.32%
CCBG B 0.32%
SPFI C 0.31%
WASH B 0.3%
NBN C 0.3%
HIFS C 0.3%
THFF C 0.29%
NFBK C 0.29%
ESQ A 0.28%
AROW C 0.27%
PGC C 0.27%
MPB B 0.27%
CCNE C 0.27%
SHBI B 0.26%
MOFG B 0.25%
KRNY D 0.24%
BSRR C 0.24%
FFIC C 0.23%
RBB B 0.23%
FISI C 0.22%
CARE B 0.22%
NRIM C 0.21%
EBTC B 0.21%
BWB B 0.21%
BMRC C 0.19%
TCBX A 0.19%
INBK C 0.17%
NECB B 0.17%
FLIC C 0.16%
FRST D 0.16%
WSBF B 0.16%
BCAL D 0.15%
QABA Underweight 216 Positions Relative to PFF
Symbol Grade Weight
XELAP F -1.0%
BHR D -1.0%
MHLA B -1.0%
FATBP F -1.0%
FOSL F -1.0%
OPI F -1.0%
CIO B -1.0%
BFS B -1.0%
LXP B -1.0%
SHO D -1.0%
CTO C -1.0%
CLDT D -1.0%
PSEC B -1.0%
PCG B -1.0%
VLYPO B -1.0%
BPOPM A -1.0%
DCOMP B -1.0%
SAR B -1.0%
MHNC C -1.0%
RILYN D -1.0%
ENO A -1.0%
FCRX A -1.0%
REG B -1.0%
EFC A -1.0%
DRH C -1.0%
DX A -1.0%
EQC B -1.0%
AMH B -1.0%
VLYPP B -1.0%
ACR C -1.0%
NYMTL A -1.0%
CODI D -1.0%
HTLF B -1.0%
NMFC F -1.0%
AFGB B -1.0%
ONB C -1.0%
ARGD B -1.0%
FTAI B -1.0%
WTFCM A -1.0%
CFR C -1.0%
CTVA B -1.0%
FRT B -1.0%
LANDO B -1.0%
NYMTN B -1.0%
GAIN D -1.0%
WBS D -1.0%
CNO B -1.0%
GPMT D -1.0%
INN C -1.0%
EPR B -1.0%
KMPR D -1.0%
ATLC D -1.0%
ADC B -1.0%
ZIONO A -1.0%
AFGD B -1.0%
GNL C -1.0%
AGNCL B -1.0%
ARR B -1.0%
BNRE C -1.0%
AHH B -1.0%
SPLP D -1.0%
SIGI C -1.0%
TRTX C -1.0%
FHN C -1.0%
CADE C -1.0%
VLY C -1.0%
TRIN D -1.0%
SITC D -1.0%
AFGE C -1.0%
SNCR C -1.0%
AUB C -1.0%
BW F -1.0%
BOH C -1.0%
NYMTM A -1.0%
IVR C -1.0%
AFGC A -1.0%
LBRDP B -1.0%
RILY F -1.0%
CMS A -1.0%
SLG B -1.0%
TVE A -1.0%
SLMBP A -1.0%
FCNCO A -1.0%
RC F -1.0%
PEB D -1.0%
PMT C -1.0%
CMSA B -1.0%
DDT A -1.0%
DHC C -1.0%
HPP F -1.0%
NSA A -1.0%
ABR C -1.0%
KMI B -1.0%
SFB A -1.0%
PNFP B -1.0%
AIZN A -1.0%
FITB B -1.0%
FBRT B -1.0%
VNO A -1.0%
BC D -1.0%
GL C -1.0%
DTE A -1.0%
TVC A -1.0%
SF B -1.0%
EMP B -1.0%
KIM B -1.0%
OZKAP A -1.0%
ELC B -1.0%
RNR B -1.0%
SR A -1.0%
AL D -1.0%
NAVI C -1.0%
NRUC A -1.0%
TWO A -1.0%
WAL B -1.0%
MFA B -1.0%
GPJA B -1.0%
QVCD B -1.0%
CMSC B -1.0%
WRB C -1.0%
UMH B -1.0%
KREF B -1.0%
WTFCP A -1.0%
NGL D -1.0%
ASB D -1.0%
MGR A -1.0%
DBRG D -1.0%
UNMA A -1.0%
ESGRP F -1.0%
VOYA A -1.0%
PRU C -1.0%
ACGLO A -1.0%
FCNCA D -1.0%
CIM B -1.0%
DLR A -1.0%
RLJ F -1.0%
AGNCN A -1.0%
PBI D -1.0%
HIG B -1.0%
SNV C -1.0%
NTRS B -1.0%
FG C -1.0%
GTLS F -1.0%
CHSCP C -1.0%
EAI A -1.0%
CG D -1.0%
DTW A -1.0%
RZB A -1.0%
HBAN B -1.0%
TPG B -1.0%
PFH A -1.0%
NYCB D -1.0%
KKR B -1.0%
CFG C -1.0%
UZE C -1.0%
BTSG B -1.0%
BPYPM A -1.0%
CHSCN B -1.0%
RITM A -1.0%
SOJC A -1.0%
CTDD B -1.0%
BHF F -1.0%
USM B -1.0%
FITBI A -1.0%
AMG C -1.0%
AXS B -1.0%
STT B -1.0%
BANC C -1.0%
CHSCM B -1.0%
PSA A -1.0%
DUKB A -1.0%
QRTEP C -1.0%
RF C -1.0%
TDS B -1.0%
CHSCL A -1.0%
AGNC A -1.0%
LNC D -1.0%
PRS A -1.0%
WCC D -1.0%
JXN B -1.0%
CHSCO B -1.0%
RBC D -1.0%
KEY B -1.0%
EIX B -1.0%
SYF D -1.0%
CMSD B -1.0%
SO A -1.0%
NLY A -1.0%
RZC A -1.0%
EQH C -1.0%
SREA B -1.0%
SCHW D -1.0%
F D -1.0%
TFC D -1.0%
MTB B -1.0%
TBC A -1.0%
USB C -1.0%
ATHS A -1.0%
MET B -1.0%
MS D -1.0%
SOJD A -1.0%
DUK B -1.0%
T A -1.0%
ALL A -1.0%
GS D -1.0%
COF D -1.0%
TBB A -1.0%
T A -1.0%
JPM D -1.0%
APO C -1.0%
NEE B -1.0%
ALB D -1.0%
BAC D -1.0%
NEE B -1.0%
C D -1.0%
WFC F -1.0%
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