KRE vs. MARB ETF Comparison

Comparison of SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) to First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF (MARB)

KRE

SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF

KRE Description

The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of an index derived from the regional banking segment of the U.S. banking industry. In seeking to track the performance of the S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index (the "index"), the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index represents the regional banks industry group of the S&P Total Market Index ("S&P TMI"). The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$46.12

Average Daily Volume

12,406,544

Number of Holdings ^*

138

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

MARB

First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF

MARB Description

The investment seeks to provide investors with capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by establishing long and short positions in the equity securities of companies that are involved in a publicly-announced significant corporate event, such as a merger or acquisition. It's portfolio may include equity securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies, including American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), and derivatives, including total return swaps. The fund may invest in securities issued by small, mid and large capitalization issuers. It is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$19.61

Average Daily Volume

24,450

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	KRE	MARB
30 Days	-9.69%	-0.15%
60 Days	-0.47%	0.00%
90 Days	-2.87%	-0.60%
12 Months	9.27%	0.88%

3 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in KRE	Weight in MARB	Overlap
HTLF	B	0.44%	3.33%	0.44%
PFS	F	0.43%	-0.05%	-0.05%
UMBF	D	0.86%	-3.54%	-3.54%

KRE Overweight 135 Positions Relative to MARB

Symbol	Grade	Weight
MTB	D	2.62%
CFG	D	2.61%
FHN	D	2.6%
ZION	D	2.55%
WAL	D	2.5%
TFC	D	2.5%
HBAN	D	2.43%
SNV	D	2.41%
EWBC	D	2.4%
RF	C	2.4%
NYCB	F	2.34%
OZK	F	2.26%
WBS	F	2.19%
CADE	D	2.16%
COLB	F	2.05%
PB	D	1.83%
CFR	D	1.83%
PNFP	D	1.77%
AX	D	1.76%
WTFC	D	1.73%
BPOP	D	1.63%
ONB	D	1.59%
VLY	F	1.55%
SSB	D	1.51%
ASB	D	1.47%
BKU	C	1.43%
BANC	D	1.38%
TCBI	D	1.35%
CBSH	D	1.3%
FNB	D	1.21%
HOMB	D	1.19%
GBCI	D	1.18%
HWC	D	1.11%
BOH	F	1.03%
UBSI	D	1.03%
FBP	D	1.02%
ABCB	D	0.98%
FIBK	D	0.93%
FULT	D	0.88%
TBBK	C	0.85%
UCBI	D	0.81%
CVBF	F	0.78%
FHB	D	0.73%
INDB	F	0.68%
CBU	D	0.67%
CUBI	D	0.67%
FFIN	D	0.67%
BOKF	D	0.67%
WSFS	D	0.65%
PPBI	F	0.59%
IBOC	D	0.58%
SFBS	D	0.55%
EBC	D	0.52%
CATY	D	0.52%
IBTX	D	0.51%
HTH	D	0.51%
SBCF	F	0.51%
CASH	B	0.47%
AUB	D	0.46%
BANR	B	0.45%
WAFD	D	0.44%
SFNC	D	0.42%
NWBI	D	0.41%
OFG	D	0.4%
TRMK	D	0.39%
VBTX	D	0.39%
FFBC	D	0.38%
HOPE	D	0.38%
FRME	D	0.37%
WABC	D	0.35%
CHCO	D	0.34%
NBTB	D	0.34%
RNST	D	0.34%
FCF	D	0.33%
LKFN	D	0.32%
PRK	B	0.31%
NBHC	B	0.3%
PFBC	D	0.3%
EFSC	D	0.29%
TOWN	D	0.29%
BANF	F	0.28%
LOB	F	0.28%
STBA	D	0.26%
WSBC	D	0.25%
CFFN	C	0.25%
SASR	B	0.25%
FBK	D	0.25%
MCB	F	0.24%
BHLB	D	0.23%
OCFC	D	0.23%
FBNC	D	0.23%
DCOM	F	0.22%
TFSL	D	0.21%
BRKL	F	0.21%
FFWM	F	0.21%
EGBN	F	0.2%
HAFC	F	0.2%
AMAL	B	0.19%
PEBO	D	0.18%
BUSE	D	0.18%
HFWA	F	0.17%
TCBK	C	0.17%
SYBT	B	0.17%
TMP	F	0.16%
CNOB	F	0.16%
FBMS	F	0.16%
SBSI	D	0.16%
SRCE	D	0.15%
OBK	D	0.15%
CPF	C	0.15%
NIC	D	0.14%
HTBK	F	0.14%
WASH	F	0.13%
OSBC	D	0.13%
MBWM	D	0.13%
PFC	D	0.13%
QCRH	D	0.13%
KRNY	F	0.12%
UVSP	C	0.12%
BY	B	0.12%
TRST	D	0.11%
FFIC	D	0.11%
CCB	B	0.1%
CTBI	D	0.1%
IBCP	D	0.1%
HBNC	D	0.1%
CFB	D	0.1%
PGC	D	0.09%
AMTB	D	0.09%
GSBC	D	0.08%
THFF	D	0.08%
MSBI	F	0.07%
CAC	D	0.07%
HONE	D	0.07%
CLBK	F	0.06%

KRE Underweight 26 Positions Relative to MARB

Symbol	Grade	Weight
ACI	F	-5.07%
AMED	F	-4.6%
EDR	A	-4.57%
AXNX	C	-4.0%
X	F	-3.65%
HCP	A	-3.59%
AMK	C	-3.52%
ANSS	C	-3.5%
JNPR	B	-3.36%
HES	D	-3.12%
DFS	D	-3.11%
ETRN	B	-3.06%
CTLT	D	-3.01%
VZIO	B	-2.98%
CERE	C	-2.92%
CHX	F	-2.64%
PRFT	B	-2.52%
MGRC	D	-2.36%
NWLI	A	-2.12%
CPRI	F	-1.41%
WSC	F	--0.99%
SNPS	B	--2.2%
EQT	C	--3.17%
CVX	D	--3.46%
COF	D	--3.61%
SLB	F	--3.96%