FTXR vs. PPA ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF (FTXR) to PowerShares Aerospace & Defense (PPA)
FTXR

First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF

FTXR Description

The First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF is an exchange-traded fund. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield, before the Fund's fees and expenses, of an index called the Nasdaq US Smart Transportation Index. The Fund seeks to replicate the holdings and weightings of the Nasdaq US Smart Transportation Index so as to generate performance results 95% correlated to that of the Nasdaq US Smart Transportation Index.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$36.56

Average Daily Volume

4,485

Number of Holdings *

40

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
PPA

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense

PPA Description The PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (Fund) is based on the SPADE™ Defense Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index is designed to identify a group of companies involved in the development, manufacturing, operations and support of US defense, homeland security and aerospace operations. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$120.78

Average Daily Volume

185,461

Number of Holdings *

48

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period FTXR PPA
30 Days 9.38% 1.92%
60 Days 14.33% 5.31%
90 Days 15.43% 7.32%
12 Months 33.30% 38.04%
1 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in FTXR Weight in PPA Overlap
OSK C 0.44% 0.29% 0.29%
FTXR Overweight 39 Positions Relative to PPA
Symbol Grade Weight
TSLA B 10.88%
GM C 7.77%
UPS C 7.23%
UAL A 7.05%
F C 6.89%
UNP C 6.29%
DAL B 5.12%
PCAR B 4.0%
URI C 3.86%
NSC B 3.52%
CSX C 3.51%
FDX B 3.4%
R B 2.74%
WAB B 2.13%
ODFL C 2.1%
AL B 1.91%
HRI C 1.87%
APTV F 1.8%
JBHT C 1.72%
BWA D 1.56%
GPC D 1.53%
LKQ F 1.14%
SKYW C 1.12%
LUV C 1.11%
ALSN B 1.11%
XPO B 1.1%
EXPD C 0.75%
MATX C 0.74%
KEX B 0.73%
GATX A 0.59%
GNTX C 0.56%
TRN B 0.56%
DORM B 0.52%
INSW F 0.51%
CHRW B 0.46%
LSTR D 0.44%
RXO D 0.42%
FSS B 0.42%
VC F 0.39%
FTXR Underweight 47 Positions Relative to PPA
Symbol Grade Weight
RTX D -7.09%
GE D -6.71%
LMT D -6.64%
BA F -6.23%
NOC D -5.36%
GD D -4.93%
HON C -4.88%
HWM A -4.44%
AXON A -4.43%
PH A -4.28%
LHX C -4.07%
TDG D -3.35%
ETN A -3.16%
PLTR B -2.72%
LDOS C -2.05%
BAH F -1.92%
APH A -1.91%
HEI A -1.83%
TXT D -1.74%
CW C -1.37%
BWXT B -1.36%
CACI D -1.26%
HII F -1.07%
WWD C -0.92%
TDY B -0.91%
KBR F -0.88%
AVAV C -0.84%
ATI C -0.81%
SAIC F -0.71%
HXL F -0.66%
MOG.A B -0.66%
KEYS A -0.62%
PSN D -0.61%
KTOS B -0.56%
RKLB A -0.56%
SPR D -0.51%
AIR B -0.35%
MRCY C -0.35%
OSIS A -0.27%
TGI B -0.2%
B A -0.19%
IRDM D -0.17%
CDRE F -0.16%
TTMI C -0.16%
DCO C -0.14%
AI B -0.13%
VSAT F -0.1%
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