QUAL vs. FTQI ETF Comparison

Comparison of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) to First Trust Low Beta Income ETF (FTQI)

QUAL

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

QUAL Description

The investment seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks with quality characteristics as identified through certain fundamental metrics. The fund seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI USA Quality Index (the "underlying index"), which is based on a traditional market capitalization-weighted parent index, the MSCI USA Index, which includes U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks. It generally invests at least 90% of its assets in the securities of the underlying index or in depositary receipts representing securities in its underlying index. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$182.75

Average Daily Volume

893,947

Number of Holdings ^*

123

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

FTQI

First Trust Low Beta Income ETF

FTQI Description

The investment seeks to provide current income. The fund will pursue its objective by investing in large cap equity securities listed on U.S. exchanges and by utilizing an "option strategy" consisting of buying U.S. exchange-traded put options on the Standard & Poor's 500(c) Index (the "index") and writing (selling) U.S. exchange-traded covered call options on the index. The market value of the option strategy may be up to 20% of the fund's overall net asset value. The equity securities in which the fund will invest and the options which the fund will buy and write will be limited to U.S. exchange-traded securities and options. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$20.89

Average Daily Volume

181,406

Number of Holdings ^*

195

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	QUAL	FTQI
30 Days	1.61%	2.45%
60 Days	2.39%	3.28%
90 Days	3.34%	5.53%
12 Months	30.86%	18.20%

36 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in QUAL	Weight in FTQI	Overlap
A	D	0.2%	0.34%	0.2%
AAPL	C	5.44%	9.03%	5.44%
ACGL	D	0.26%	0.05%	0.05%
ADBE	C	1.76%	1.22%	1.22%
ANET	C	0.73%	0.29%	0.29%
APA	D	0.19%	0.03%	0.03%
APH	A	0.5%	0.58%	0.5%
CAT	B	1.4%	0.15%	0.15%
CME	A	0.52%	0.96%	0.52%
COST	B	2.55%	2.64%	2.55%
CSCO	B	1.74%	1.56%	1.56%
ERIE	D	0.09%	0.22%	0.09%
GOOG	C	1.55%	1.87%	1.55%
GOOGL	C	1.77%	1.87%	1.77%
LIN	D	1.14%	1.19%	1.14%
LLY	F	3.42%	0.9%	0.9%
MANH	D	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
META	D	4.09%	4.15%	4.09%
MKTX	D	0.07%	0.13%	0.07%
MPWR	F	0.18%	0.2%	0.18%
MSFT	F	4.5%	8.03%	4.5%
NFLX	A	1.76%	2.4%	1.76%
NTAP	C	0.21%	0.79%	0.21%
NVDA	C	6.93%	5.22%	5.22%
PEP	F	1.1%	1.45%	1.1%
POOL	C	0.22%	0.15%	0.15%
QCOM	F	1.15%	1.11%	1.11%
RMD	C	0.17%	0.14%	0.14%
TROW	B	0.19%	0.1%	0.1%
TSCO	D	0.43%	0.28%	0.28%
TXN	C	1.34%	1.54%	1.34%
ULTA	F	0.31%	0.14%	0.14%
UTHR	C	0.08%	0.18%	0.08%
V	A	4.5%	0.24%	0.24%
VEEV	C	0.16%	0.13%	0.13%
WAT	B	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%

QUAL Overweight 87 Positions Relative to FTQI

Symbol	Grade	Weight
MA	C	4.22%
UNH	C	2.81%
JNJ	D	2.15%
TJX	A	2.03%
ADP	B	1.75%
COP	C	1.73%
ACN	C	1.67%
KO	D	1.43%
NKE	D	1.41%
CMG	B	1.26%
AMAT	F	1.17%
LMT	D	1.08%
BLK	C	0.99%
SRE	A	0.93%
SLB	C	0.89%
KLAC	D	0.77%
MMC	B	0.74%
ITW	B	0.73%
LRCX	F	0.73%
PLD	D	0.71%
DHI	D	0.7%
PEG	A	0.69%
LULU	C	0.66%
VRTX	F	0.62%
CTAS	B	0.6%
GWW	B	0.59%
CDNS	B	0.58%
TPL	A	0.58%
SHW	A	0.57%
PSA	D	0.55%
MCO	B	0.53%
NVR	D	0.52%
SNPS	B	0.51%
ZTS	D	0.51%
ED	D	0.5%
MMM	D	0.5%
PAYX	C	0.49%
DECK	A	0.49%
GRMN	B	0.48%
PHM	D	0.43%
AFL	B	0.42%
FAST	B	0.42%
ATO	A	0.4%
APD	A	0.35%
CBRE	B	0.35%
ODFL	B	0.34%
AMP	A	0.33%
IDXX	F	0.3%
WSM	B	0.29%
BBY	D	0.29%
FERG	B	0.28%
CSGP	D	0.26%
AVB	B	0.24%
EW	C	0.24%
ROK	B	0.22%
EQT	B	0.22%
VLTO	D	0.21%
MNST	C	0.21%
EA	A	0.2%
EQR	B	0.18%
EME	C	0.17%
LPLA	A	0.17%
PPG	F	0.15%
HSY	F	0.15%
KEYS	A	0.15%
CBOE	B	0.14%
ROL	B	0.12%
WSO	A	0.12%
WST	C	0.12%
FDS	B	0.12%
EXPD	D	0.12%
GGG	B	0.11%
OMC	C	0.1%
PKG	A	0.1%
RS	B	0.09%
MOH	F	0.09%
JKHY	D	0.09%
AVY	D	0.08%
PAYC	B	0.08%
SEIC	B	0.07%
ENPH	F	0.06%
SMCI	F	0.06%
AOS	F	0.06%
AFG	A	0.06%
SOLV	C	0.05%
IPG	D	0.05%
WBA	F	0.03%

QUAL Underweight 159 Positions Relative to FTQI

Symbol	Grade	Weight
AMZN	C	-4.39%
AVGO	D	-4.07%
TSLA	B	-3.05%
TMUS	B	-1.78%
AMD	F	-1.45%
INTU	C	-1.32%
EQIX	A	-1.25%
ORCL	B	-0.75%
CHKP	D	-0.72%
SPGI	C	-0.6%
CRM	B	-0.58%
MGEE	C	-0.58%
APP	B	-0.52%
UFPI	B	-0.51%
PTC	A	-0.5%
LNT	A	-0.49%
DUOL	A	-0.48%
NOW	A	-0.46%
CASY	A	-0.43%
TYL	B	-0.4%
WMT	A	-0.39%
BGC	C	-0.39%
STX	D	-0.38%
ZBRA	B	-0.37%
CG	A	-0.37%
NDAQ	A	-0.36%
WFRD	D	-0.31%
IESC	B	-0.31%
PAGP	A	-0.29%
BCPC	B	-0.29%
SBAC	D	-0.28%
SNY	F	-0.28%
MORN	B	-0.28%
EWBC	A	-0.28%
PNFP	B	-0.27%
OTTR	C	-0.27%
MEDP	D	-0.27%
AMT	D	-0.27%
EVRG	A	-0.26%
SOFI	A	-0.26%
WWD	B	-0.25%
LITE	B	-0.25%
AXON	A	-0.25%
ICLR	D	-0.25%
UMBF	B	-0.24%
CYBR	B	-0.24%
UPST	B	-0.24%
IDCC	A	-0.24%
COIN	C	-0.24%
STRL	B	-0.24%
MTSI	B	-0.23%
HOOD	B	-0.23%
MSI	B	-0.22%
RVMD	C	-0.22%
PTEN	C	-0.22%
EXPE	B	-0.22%
NBIX	C	-0.21%
COKE	C	-0.2%
PODD	C	-0.2%
NTRA	B	-0.2%
DJT	C	-0.2%
FFIV	B	-0.2%
SAIA	B	-0.2%
INCY	C	-0.19%
NTRS	A	-0.19%
CL	D	-0.19%
FCNCA	A	-0.18%
AAON	B	-0.18%
HBAN	A	-0.18%
REG	B	-0.18%
NOVT	D	-0.18%
ZION	B	-0.18%
ICUI	D	-0.18%
MKSI	C	-0.18%
CHRW	C	-0.18%
TRMB	B	-0.18%
VRNS	D	-0.18%
OLLI	D	-0.18%
GH	B	-0.17%
CINF	A	-0.17%
MDGL	B	-0.17%
DOX	D	-0.17%
SSNC	B	-0.17%
ABBV	D	-0.17%
EBAY	D	-0.17%
OLED	D	-0.17%
LECO	B	-0.16%
WIX	B	-0.16%
MASI	A	-0.16%
ARGX	A	-0.16%
ITRI	B	-0.16%
JAZZ	B	-0.16%
MUSA	A	-0.16%
PCVX	D	-0.16%
BNTX	D	-0.16%
FITB	A	-0.16%
WTW	B	-0.16%
LSTR	D	-0.15%
XOM	B	-0.15%
AXP	A	-0.15%
JBHT	C	-0.15%
FRPT	B	-0.14%
PH	A	-0.14%
BSY	D	-0.14%
ETN	A	-0.14%
PGR	A	-0.14%
ENSG	D	-0.14%
HALO	F	-0.14%
CHDN	B	-0.14%
TECH	D	-0.13%
MIDD	C	-0.13%
SFM	A	-0.13%
MRUS	F	-0.13%
CYTK	F	-0.13%
RGLD	C	-0.13%
TTEK	F	-0.13%
VMC	B	-0.13%
GE	D	-0.12%
VKTX	F	-0.12%
ALNY	D	-0.12%
LANC	C	-0.12%
KRYS	B	-0.12%
TWST	D	-0.12%
ROIV	C	-0.12%
LOW	D	-0.12%
MTD	D	-0.11%
UFPT	B	-0.11%
WM	A	-0.11%
SHOO	D	-0.11%
MMYT	B	-0.09%
BL	B	-0.09%
DOCU	A	-0.09%
LOGI	D	-0.09%
HOLX	D	-0.09%
TRMD	F	-0.09%
CRVL	A	-0.09%
CVLT	B	-0.08%
CSWI	A	-0.07%
BMRN	D	-0.06%
ASND	D	-0.05%
NWSA	B	-0.05%
TW	A	-0.05%
GEV	B	-0.05%
CVCO	A	-0.04%
QRVO	F	-0.03%
RGEN	D	-0.02%
OKTA	C	-0.02%
REYN	D	-0.01%
RXST	F	-0.01%
TMDX	F	-0.01%
ACHC	F	-0.01%
LEGN	F	-0.01%
ACLS	F	-0.01%
APLS	D	-0.01%
LNTH	D	-0.01%
XRAY	F	-0.01%
SRPT	D	-0.01%
EXAS	D	-0.01%
RPRX	D	-0.01%