RAVI vs. VDC ETF Comparison

Comparison of FlexShares Ready Access Variable Income Fund (RAVI) to Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF - DNQ (VDC)

RAVI

FlexShares Ready Access Variable Income Fund

RAVI Description

The investment seeks maximum current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. The fund seeks to achieve the investment objective by investing at least 65% of its total assets in a non-diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments, including bonds, debt securities and other similar instruments issued by U.S. and non-U.S. public and private sector entities. The dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of the fund is normally not expected to exceed two years. It may invest up to 20% of its total assets in fixed income securities and instruments of issuers in emerging markets. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$75.36

Average Daily Volume

81,680

Number of Holdings ^*

101

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

VDC

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF - DNQ

VDC Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the consumer staples sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). It attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$217.94

Average Daily Volume

95,729

Number of Holdings ^*

100

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	RAVI	VDC
30 Days	0.57%	0.80%
60 Days	1.02%	4.34%
90 Days	1.62%	8.28%
12 Months	5.77%	23.47%

7 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in RAVI	Weight in VDC	Overlap
CLX	B	0.26%	0.62%	0.26%
HRL	F	0.07%	0.39%	0.07%
KDP	C	0.95%	1.38%	0.95%
MDLZ	C	0.09%	3.22%	0.09%
MKC	B	0.17%	0.74%	0.17%
SJM	B	0.57%	0.48%	0.48%
TSN	D	0.7%	0.69%	0.69%

RAVI Overweight 94 Positions Relative to VDC

Symbol	Grade	Weight
VLO	F	1.51%
ED	A	1.05%
OGS	A	1.05%
OTIS	A	0.95%
PYPL	B	0.95%
DHR	B	0.86%
LYB	D	0.83%
DTE	A	0.77%
GE	C	0.76%
WM	D	0.69%
CI	C	0.67%
CM	C	0.62%
GP	D	0.59%
GILD	A	0.59%
TFC	D	0.59%
AIG	F	0.57%
NEE	A	0.57%
BAC	D	0.57%
AZO	D	0.52%
NVDA	C	0.52%
BNS	A	0.52%
D	A	0.51%
BDX	B	0.51%
TD	C	0.51%
RY	A	0.51%
SYK	C	0.49%
CCI	A	0.49%
AON	A	0.46%
UNH	B	0.43%
BMY	B	0.43%
AMZN	C	0.42%
SCHW	D	0.42%
CRM	C	0.4%
VFC	B	0.39%
OGE	A	0.39%
ETR	A	0.38%
AEP	B	0.38%
CVX	D	0.33%
NDAQ	C	0.31%
ARCC	A	0.3%
T	A	0.3%
HSBC	C	0.29%
CFG	D	0.29%
MLM	D	0.28%
DELL	D	0.28%
CMCSA	B	0.28%
DB	C	0.28%
CP	C	0.27%
WFC	D	0.26%
CAT	A	0.26%
LEN	B	0.26%
SO	A	0.26%
ATHS	A	0.26%
GS	D	0.26%
AL	D	0.25%
C	B	0.24%
CMS	A	0.24%
FIS	C	0.23%
MCHP	F	0.22%
FITB	C	0.22%
PPL	A	0.22%
FOXA	A	0.21%
NYC	D	0.21%
CNP	B	0.2%
SBUX	B	0.18%
LUV	C	0.18%
AEE	A	0.17%
BHF	F	0.17%
CVS	D	0.16%
KEY	C	0.16%
SEB	D	0.16%
UBS	B	0.16%
PSX	F	0.16%
AZN	D	0.15%
NWG	C	0.15%
BA	F	0.15%
ICE	A	0.15%
MUFG	D	0.14%
MET	A	0.13%
DHI	B	0.13%
AMT	C	0.13%
CNH	C	0.13%
ABBV	A	0.13%
HPE	C	0.11%
EFX	D	0.1%
GM	D	0.1%
VZ	A	0.1%
R	C	0.08%
ROP	C	0.07%
DUK	B	0.07%
COF	C	0.06%
MS	B	0.06%
PCAR	D	0.05%
JPM	D	0.03%

RAVI Underweight 93 Positions Relative to VDC

Symbol	Grade	Weight
PG	C	-12.57%
COST	C	-12.26%
WMT	A	-10.5%
KO	B	-9.03%
PM	B	-4.59%
PEP	D	-4.36%
MO	B	-3.09%
CL	D	-2.79%
TGT	C	-2.4%
KMB	B	-1.67%
KVUE	C	-1.45%
GIS	B	-1.4%
STZ	B	-1.37%
SYY	B	-1.35%
KR	B	-1.27%
MNST	D	-1.22%
KHC	B	-1.13%
ADM	D	-1.07%
HSY	D	-1.01%
CHD	B	-0.9%
K	B	-0.8%
EL	D	-0.75%
DG	F	-0.64%
DLTR	F	-0.63%
CAG	B	-0.57%
BG	D	-0.56%
USFD	C	-0.54%
CASY	D	-0.52%
PFGC	B	-0.47%
BJ	D	-0.43%
SFM	A	-0.43%
TAP	D	-0.41%
CPB	D	-0.4%
INGR	A	-0.38%
ELF	F	-0.36%
LW	D	-0.35%
BRBR	B	-0.33%
COKE	B	-0.33%
FRPT	C	-0.3%
ACI	F	-0.3%
DAR	F	-0.29%
POST	B	-0.28%
WBA	F	-0.27%
FLO	C	-0.23%
CELH	F	-0.22%
WDFC	C	-0.21%
CALM	A	-0.19%
COTY	F	-0.19%
SPB	B	-0.18%
LANC	F	-0.18%
PPC	A	-0.17%
JJSF	A	-0.17%
ENR	B	-0.16%
PSMT	B	-0.16%
SAM	D	-0.16%
VGR	C	-0.16%
SMPL	D	-0.16%
IPAR	D	-0.16%
REYN	C	-0.15%
CENTA	F	-0.15%
THS	C	-0.15%
CHEF	B	-0.14%
ANDE	D	-0.14%
EPC	F	-0.14%
GO	F	-0.13%
FDP	B	-0.13%
MGPI	D	-0.13%
UNFI	B	-0.12%
WMK	D	-0.12%
UVV	C	-0.12%
UTZ	B	-0.11%
FIZZ	C	-0.11%
VITL	C	-0.11%
IMKTA	F	-0.11%
SPTN	B	-0.1%
JBSS	F	-0.1%
KLG	D	-0.1%
BGS	D	-0.09%
TPB	B	-0.09%
HAIN	C	-0.09%
HLF	F	-0.08%
TR	D	-0.06%
NUS	F	-0.06%
AVO	C	-0.06%
USNA	F	-0.06%
BYND	D	-0.05%
CVGW	B	-0.05%
CENT	F	-0.05%
OLPX	C	-0.04%
SENEA	C	-0.04%
NAPA	F	-0.04%
MED	F	-0.03%
SKIN	F	-0.02%