MARB vs. KRE ETF Comparison

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

$19.77

Average Daily Volume

7,012

Number of Holdings *

32

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
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

$67.79

Average Daily Volume

14,327,645

Number of Holdings *

140

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period MARB KRE
30 Days -0.74% 15.58%
60 Days -0.73% 19.24%
90 Days -1.43% 18.21%
12 Months -0.69% 57.72%
4 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in MARB Weight in KRE Overlap
HTLF B 7.67% 0.42% 0.42%
IBTX B 2.15% 0.41% 0.41%
SSB B -2.14% 1.59% -2.14%
UMBF B -7.96% 1.34% -7.96%
MARB Overweight 28 Positions Relative to KRE
Symbol Grade Weight
HCP B 5.59%
EDR A 4.99%
ACI C 4.78%
DFS B 4.54%
AMED F 4.52%
NAPA B 4.02%
ANSS B 3.82%
B B 3.79%
EVRI A 3.48%
JNPR F 3.38%
K A 3.27%
HES B 3.22%
ESGR B 3.18%
CTLT B 3.15%
VZIO A 3.08%
LBPH A 2.78%
MGRC B 2.71%
CHX C 2.7%
FYBR D 2.57%
ENV B 2.38%
SRDX B 2.33%
MRO B 2.07%
WSC D -0.93%
COP C -2.07%
SNPS B -2.16%
CVX A -3.7%
SLB C -4.08%
COF B -4.96%
MARB Underweight 136 Positions Relative to KRE
Symbol Grade Weight
MTB A -5.01%
HBAN A -4.87%
RF A -4.72%
CFG B -4.57%
TFC A -4.4%
FHN A -3.88%
ZION B -3.08%
WBS A -2.45%
SNV B -2.3%
OZK B -2.28%
WAL B -2.26%
EWBC A -2.09%
COLB A -1.86%
CFR B -1.86%
PNFP B -1.58%
VLY B -1.5%
CADE B -1.48%
AX A -1.45%
WTFC A -1.44%
PB A -1.31%
ONB B -1.16%
FNB A -1.15%
CBSH A -1.14%
BPOP B -1.1%
ASB B -1.05%
TBBK B -0.95%
BANC A -0.93%
HWC B -0.89%
FULT A -0.86%
TCBI B -0.86%
GBCI B -0.85%
BKU A -0.84%
HOMB A -0.79%
FFIN B -0.78%
CUBI C -0.77%
BOH B -0.75%
FBP B -0.69%
ABCB B -0.65%
UBSI B -0.62%
FIBK A -0.59%
AUB B -0.55%
EBC B -0.55%
PFS B -0.54%
CVBF A -0.54%
CBU B -0.53%
CATY B -0.52%
INDB B -0.52%
BOKF B -0.5%
SFBS B -0.48%
UCB A -0.48%
FHB A -0.47%
IBOC A -0.47%
WAFD B -0.45%
RNST B -0.44%
WSFS A -0.43%
PPBI B -0.42%
TFIN A -0.42%
BANR B -0.4%
SBCF A -0.39%
CASH A -0.38%
NBHC B -0.36%
SFNC B -0.34%
TRMK B -0.33%
FFBC A -0.33%
HTH B -0.31%
FRME B -0.3%
SASR B -0.3%
OFG B -0.29%
VBTX B -0.28%
PRK B -0.28%
NWBI B -0.28%
FCF A -0.28%
HOPE B -0.27%
BHLB B -0.26%
EGBN B -0.25%
NBTB B -0.25%
WSBC A -0.24%
TOWN B -0.24%
LKFN B -0.24%
BANF B -0.24%
FBMS B -0.23%
LOB B -0.22%
EFSC B -0.21%
FBK B -0.21%
CHCO B -0.2%
PFBC B -0.2%
FBNC A -0.2%
WABC B -0.19%
OCFC B -0.19%
BRKL B -0.19%
DCOM A -0.19%
QCRH A -0.18%
MCB B -0.16%
PFC A -0.16%
STBA B -0.16%
CPF A -0.15%
HAFC A -0.15%
TCBK B -0.15%
AMAL B -0.15%
SYBT B -0.15%
CFFN B -0.15%
FFWM C -0.14%
HFWA B -0.14%
BUSE B -0.14%
SRCE B -0.14%
NIC B -0.13%
PEBO A -0.13%
CFB B -0.13%
HTBK A -0.13%
NFBK B -0.13%
BY B -0.13%
OSBC A -0.13%
CNOB B -0.12%
IBCP B -0.12%
TMP B -0.12%
CCB A -0.11%
KRNY B -0.11%
TFSL A -0.11%
SBSI B -0.11%
HIFS B -0.1%
OBK B -0.1%
WASH C -0.1%
PGC C -0.1%
FFIC B -0.09%
AMTB B -0.09%
MBWM B -0.09%
UVSP B -0.08%
CTBI B -0.08%
TRST A -0.08%
HBNC B -0.07%
THFF B -0.06%
CAC B -0.06%
MSBI B -0.06%
GSBC B -0.05%
CLBK B -0.04%
HONE B -0.04%
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