ZIG vs. VDC ETF Comparison

Comparison of The Acquirers Fund (ZIG) to Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF - DNQ (VDC)

ZIG

The Acquirers Fund

ZIG Description

The investment seeks capital appreciation. The fund is actively managed and seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in equity securities (or depositary receipts) of companies in developed markets outside the United States based on the results of a proprietary, quantitative model (the "EquBot Model") developed by the adviser that runs on the Watson™ platform. Its investment adviser is a technology based company focused on applying artificial intelligence ("AI") based solutions to investment analyses. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$43.24

Average Daily Volume

3,134

Number of Holdings ^*

* 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

$220.09

Average Daily Volume

89,280

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	ZIG	VDC
30 Days	11.03%	1.77%
60 Days	11.55%	0.76%
90 Days	11.32%	2.42%
12 Months	35.93%	21.96%

2 Overlapping Holdings

	Symbol	Grade	Weight in ZIG	Weight in VDC	Overlap
	CALM	A	3.81%	0.23%	0.23%
	MO	A	3.33%	3.21%	3.21%

ZIG Overweight 28 Positions Relative to VDC

Symbol	Grade	Weight
UI	A	5.01%
TPL	A	4.63%
SYF	B	3.94%
MLI	C	3.92%
HCC	B	3.75%
STLD	B	3.74%
BTU	B	3.47%
AMR	C	3.43%
CRC	B	3.39%
APAM	B	3.39%
SLM	A	3.36%
ATKR	C	3.32%
BK	A	3.31%
CNS	B	3.29%
DPZ	C	3.28%
LPX	B	3.27%
NUE	C	3.25%
YUM	B	3.21%
DDS	B	3.17%
VRSN	F	3.12%
CF	B	3.12%
BCC	B	3.06%
BPOP	B	2.94%
PBF	D	2.89%
BLDR	D	2.76%
STNG	F	2.38%
CROX	D	2.26%
TRMD	F	2.0%

ZIG Underweight 97 Positions Relative to VDC

Symbol	Grade	Weight
PG	A	-12.41%
COST	B	-12.32%
WMT	A	-11.43%
KO	D	-8.35%
PM	B	-5.07%
PEP	F	-4.29%
MDLZ	F	-3.14%
CL	D	-2.51%
TGT	F	-2.4%
KMB	D	-1.59%
KVUE	A	-1.56%
MNST	C	-1.39%
KR	B	-1.37%
GIS	D	-1.35%
STZ	D	-1.35%
SYY	B	-1.33%
KDP	D	-1.27%
KHC	F	-1.1%
ADM	D	-0.99%
HSY	F	-0.95%
CHD	B	-0.9%
K	A	-0.82%
MKC	D	-0.75%
CLX	B	-0.64%
TSN	B	-0.64%
DG	F	-0.63%
EL	F	-0.58%
CASY	A	-0.58%
USFD	A	-0.57%
SFM	A	-0.55%
CAG	D	-0.54%
PFGC	B	-0.52%
SJM	D	-0.49%
DLTR	F	-0.49%
BG	F	-0.48%
BJ	A	-0.46%
LW	C	-0.45%
TAP	C	-0.42%
BRBR	A	-0.39%
HRL	D	-0.38%
INGR	B	-0.38%
CPB	D	-0.38%
FRPT	B	-0.3%
WBA	F	-0.28%
ACI	C	-0.28%
DAR	C	-0.28%
COKE	C	-0.28%
POST	C	-0.27%
ELF	C	-0.26%
FLO	D	-0.22%
WDFC	B	-0.21%
LANC	C	-0.19%
PPC	C	-0.18%
CELH	F	-0.18%
SAM	C	-0.18%
SMPL	B	-0.18%
JJSF	B	-0.17%
SPB	C	-0.17%
COTY	F	-0.16%
ENR	B	-0.16%
IPAR	B	-0.16%
UNFI	A	-0.16%
FDP	B	-0.15%
PSMT	C	-0.15%
THS	D	-0.14%
EPC	D	-0.13%
VITL	D	-0.13%
ANDE	D	-0.13%
CENTA	C	-0.13%
CHEF	A	-0.13%
REYN	D	-0.13%
UTZ	D	-0.12%
UVV	B	-0.12%
TPB	B	-0.11%
WMK	C	-0.11%
FIZZ	C	-0.11%
SPTN	D	-0.1%
GO	C	-0.1%
IMKTA	C	-0.1%
KLG	C	-0.1%
HAIN	C	-0.1%
JBSS	D	-0.09%
BGS	F	-0.09%
NAPA	B	-0.08%
HLF	C	-0.08%
AVO	C	-0.07%
MGPI	F	-0.07%
TR	B	-0.06%
USNA	C	-0.06%
CVGW	D	-0.06%
CENT	C	-0.05%
BYND	F	-0.05%
SENEA	B	-0.04%
NUS	D	-0.04%
MED	F	-0.03%
OLPX	D	-0.03%
SKIN	D	-0.02%