FTHI vs. SMHB ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust High Income ETF (FTHI) to ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Small Cap High Dividend ETN Series B (SMHB)

FTHI

First Trust High Income ETF

FTHI Description

The investment seeks current income; capital appreciation is a secondary objective. The fund will pursue its objectives by investing in large cap equity securities listed on U.S. exchanges and by utilizing an "option strategy" consisting of writing (selling) U.S. exchange-traded covered call options on the Standard & Poor's 500(c) Index (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 write will be limited to U.S. exchange-traded securities and options. It is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$23.68

Average Daily Volume

244,323

Number of Holdings ^*

165

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

SMHB

ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Small Cap High Dividend ETN Series B

SMHB Description

The investment seeks to provide a two times leveraged return linked to the compounded monthly performance of the Solactive US Small Cap High Dividend Index (the “index”). The index is designed to measure the performance of 100 relatively small capitalization, dividend yielding index constituent securities selected from a universe of qualifying U.S. listed equity securities. The Securities are two times leveraged with respect to the index and, as a result, will benefit from two times any beneficial, but will be exposed to two times any adverse, compounded monthly performance of the index.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$5.73

Average Daily Volume

39,542

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	FTHI	SMHB
30 Days	2.96%	-2.85%
60 Days	3.94%	-7.38%
90 Days	5.68%	0.84%
12 Months	18.62%	17.62%

7 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in FTHI	Weight in SMHB	Overlap
BXMT	C	1.55%	3.43%	1.55%
DTM	B	0.46%	3.81%	0.46%
HESM	B	0.34%	0.59%	0.34%
LADR	B	0.87%	0.62%	0.62%
NHI	D	0.12%	1.64%	0.12%
SBRA	C	0.3%	2.38%	0.3%
SLG	B	1.44%	4.87%	1.44%

FTHI Overweight 158 Positions Relative to SMHB

Symbol	Grade	Weight
NVDA	C	6.56%
MSFT	F	6.53%
AAPL	C	5.63%
AMZN	C	3.92%
META	D	2.55%
GOOGL	C	2.17%
GOOG	C	1.84%
BRK.A	B	1.73%
AVGO	D	1.65%
JPM	A	1.41%
TSLA	B	1.36%
LLY	F	1.18%
JXN	C	1.11%
UNH	C	1.08%
V	A	1.01%
XOM	B	1.0%
CRNX	C	0.99%
CCEP	C	0.98%
VST	B	0.97%
UL	D	0.94%
MO	A	0.9%
MA	C	0.88%
HD	A	0.88%
COST	B	0.83%
PG	A	0.79%
BRBR	A	0.77%
CALM	A	0.76%
NFLX	A	0.72%
WMT	A	0.69%
CRM	B	0.65%
INGR	B	0.64%
PTVE	B	0.64%
ABBV	D	0.62%
IDA	A	0.59%
BAC	A	0.56%
ALSN	B	0.53%
ORCL	B	0.53%
CCI	D	0.53%
WFC	A	0.49%
MRK	F	0.49%
NVS	D	0.49%
EXP	A	0.48%
SLM	A	0.48%
BMY	B	0.48%
CVLT	B	0.48%
GILD	C	0.47%
KO	D	0.46%
IDCC	A	0.45%
PEP	F	0.45%
AMD	F	0.45%
TOL	B	0.45%
SFM	A	0.45%
DELL	C	0.45%
MDT	D	0.45%
INSM	C	0.44%
HLI	B	0.44%
ADBE	C	0.44%
EWBC	A	0.43%
INTU	C	0.43%
UMBF	B	0.43%
MEDP	D	0.42%
ARES	A	0.42%
MMC	B	0.42%
NOW	A	0.42%
ITW	B	0.41%
LIN	D	0.41%
PPC	C	0.41%
CAT	B	0.41%
DECK	A	0.41%
EHC	B	0.39%
AM	A	0.38%
TMO	F	0.38%
USFD	A	0.38%
PM	B	0.37%
CME	A	0.37%
ISRG	A	0.37%
IBM	C	0.36%
TXN	C	0.36%
BKNG	A	0.36%
LANC	C	0.36%
SLVM	B	0.35%
FNF	B	0.35%
VZ	C	0.35%
KNSL	B	0.35%
GE	D	0.35%
T	A	0.35%
FTI	A	0.34%
SPGI	C	0.33%
WSO	A	0.33%
GS	A	0.33%
RTX	C	0.33%
ADP	B	0.33%
SCCO	F	0.33%
TJX	A	0.32%
MGEE	C	0.32%
QCOM	F	0.32%
BAH	F	0.31%
HON	B	0.31%
LOW	D	0.31%
AMGN	D	0.31%
DUK	C	0.31%
DHR	F	0.31%
VEEV	C	0.31%
AMAT	F	0.31%
KRC	C	0.31%
BKU	A	0.3%
LOPE	B	0.3%
PSA	D	0.3%
TMUS	B	0.3%
MATX	C	0.3%
AMT	D	0.29%
UNP	C	0.29%
GAP	C	0.27%
DHT	F	0.27%
IIPR	D	0.27%
GGG	B	0.27%
CVX	A	0.26%
LMT	D	0.26%
NVO	D	0.25%
ATR	B	0.25%
SBLK	F	0.24%
O	D	0.24%
NEE	D	0.24%
BLK	C	0.24%
COP	C	0.24%
CNA	B	0.23%
PFGC	B	0.22%
AMH	D	0.22%
STNG	F	0.22%
EQIX	A	0.21%
PAYX	C	0.21%
CVBF	A	0.2%
FLO	D	0.2%
SO	D	0.2%
OTTR	C	0.2%
MUSA	A	0.19%
XEL	A	0.19%
GEV	B	0.17%
MSI	B	0.17%
NEU	C	0.17%
REYN	D	0.16%
KAR	B	0.15%
WEC	A	0.15%
EXR	D	0.14%
SFNC	B	0.14%
OGN	D	0.13%
BX	A	0.13%
TGT	F	0.11%
PFE	D	0.1%
D	C	0.08%
BDX	F	0.07%
AJG	B	0.05%
SPG	B	0.05%
SYK	C	0.05%
CL	D	0.05%
MDLZ	F	0.03%
GIS	D	0.03%
ELV	F	0.03%

FTHI Underweight 83 Positions Relative to SMHB

Symbol	Grade	Weight
XRX	F	-4.09%
DSS	F	-2.87%
TWO	D	-2.87%
CIM	D	-2.62%
BDN	C	-2.41%
BGS	F	-2.41%
EPR	D	-2.34%
ABR	C	-2.21%
APAM	B	-2.02%
PAGP	A	-1.88%
UNIT	B	-1.86%
UWMC	D	-1.84%
ARR	D	-1.65%
ORC	B	-1.51%
CCOI	B	-1.51%
PSEC	D	-1.47%
IVR	F	-1.43%
DEA	D	-1.35%
PMT	D	-1.35%
MFA	D	-1.27%
RWT	D	-1.24%
CTRE	D	-1.16%
PETS	C	-1.13%
MAIN	A	-1.09%
HTGC	D	-1.03%
ARI	C	-1.02%
GNL	F	-1.01%
FCPT	C	-1.0%
EFC	C	-1.0%
PDM	D	-0.99%
GSBD	F	-0.94%
NEWT	B	-0.94%
NYMT	C	-0.93%
LTC	B	-0.91%
DX	B	-0.89%
KREF	D	-0.8%
VGR	D	-0.79%
NWBI	B	-0.77%
GBDC	C	-0.73%
CODI	B	-0.72%
VNOM	A	-0.65%
SCS	C	-0.65%
RC	D	-0.65%
ACRE	C	-0.64%
TSLX	C	-0.62%
UVV	B	-0.54%
OCSL	F	-0.54%
AROC	B	-0.53%
GMRE	F	-0.5%
ILPT	D	-0.49%
BRSP	B	-0.49%
WSR	A	-0.46%
ALX	D	-0.45%
GTY	B	-0.44%
OPI	F	-0.4%
RMR	F	-0.38%
NMFC	D	-0.38%
UHT	D	-0.36%
GPMT	C	-0.34%
CSWC	D	-0.34%
GOOD	B	-0.33%
FSP	C	-0.29%
TRTX	B	-0.29%
TCPC	C	-0.27%
AHH	D	-0.27%
CGBD	D	-0.25%
BCSF	C	-0.24%
TPVG	C	-0.23%
PFLT	D	-0.23%
SLRC	A	-0.23%
UVE	B	-0.22%
BBDC	A	-0.22%
KRO	D	-0.2%
EBF	F	-0.18%
GAIN	C	-0.17%
PNNT	B	-0.16%
OLP	B	-0.16%
FDUS	A	-0.16%
GLAD	B	-0.15%
BFS	C	-0.14%
TRIN	A	-0.12%
CCAP	A	-0.1%
REPX	A	-0.07%

SMHB: Top Represented Industries & Keywords

Industries: Asset Management REIT - Diversified REIT - Office REIT - Healthcare Facilities REIT - Retail REIT - Residential Oil & Gas Midstream Credit Services Business Equipment REIT - Industrial Specialty Finance Tobacco Business Services Conglomerates Information Technology Services Insurance - Property & Casualty Oil & Gas E&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Packaged Foods Pharmaceutical Retailers