MARB vs. SBIO ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF (MARB) to ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF (SBIO)
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

$19.60

Average Daily Volume

25,255

Number of Holdings *

23

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

ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF

SBIO Description The investment seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) generally to the performance of its underlying index, the Poliwogg Medical Breakthroughs IndexSM. The fund employs a "passive management" - or indexing - investment approach designed to track the performance of the underlying index. It will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities that comprise the underlying index. The underlying index is comprised of small- and mid-cap stocks of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies that have one or more drugs in either Phase II or Phase III U.S. Food and Drug Administration clinical trials. It is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$34.45

Average Daily Volume

12,429

Number of Holdings *

84

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period MARB SBIO
30 Days -1.15% 0.25%
60 Days -0.75% -8.48%
90 Days -0.70% 2.87%
12 Months 1.04% 10.14%
1 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in MARB Weight in SBIO Overlap
CERE A 3.05% 4.98% 3.05%
MARB Overweight 22 Positions Relative to SBIO
Symbol Grade Weight
PXD B 5.82%
ACI D 4.96%
AMED D 4.57%
AXNX C 3.96%
ANSS D 3.6%
X F 3.53%
HES B 3.48%
JNPR D 3.3%
DFS B 3.26%
CTLT C 2.98%
VZIO D 2.93%
NS D 2.46%
LBAI B 2.39%
NWLI A 2.09%
SP B 1.53%
CPRI F 1.44%
SNPS D -2.02%
PFS B -2.45%
SUN D -2.47%
CVX B -3.65%
COF B -3.86%
XOM B -6.25%
MARB Underweight 83 Positions Relative to SBIO
Symbol Grade Weight
VKTX C -5.12%
PCVX D -4.5%
RVMD A -4.16%
ALPN A -2.73%
ALKS F -2.57%
CRNX A -2.35%
AXSM C -2.27%
XENE C -2.09%
SWTX D -2.06%
IDYA D -1.97%
IMCR D -1.91%
SMMT C -1.84%
ACLX D -1.81%
ACAD F -1.81%
MRUS C -1.77%
CLDX C -1.7%
CORT D -1.67%
RYTM C -1.59%
VERA C -1.54%
DNLI F -1.5%
VCEL C -1.49%
NTLA F -1.44%
ARVN D -1.42%
GERN B -1.39%
DCPH A -1.32%
KROS D -1.32%
RNA A -1.31%
GLPG F -1.26%
AGIO A -1.25%
SNDX D -1.2%
EWTX B -1.15%
CPRX D -1.14%
ZLAB F -1.06%
INBX D -1.04%
KURA D -1.01%
DAWN A -0.99%
PTGX D -0.96%
MORF F -0.93%
XNCR C -0.93%
RCUS F -0.9%
FDMT D -0.85%
TARS C -0.84%
IRWD F -0.84%
VRNA D -0.82%
VIR C -0.8%
MIRM D -0.77%
PRTA F -0.76%
MNKD D -0.76%
AKRO F -0.72%
MDXG D -0.71%
LQDA D -0.63%
MGNX D -0.61%
BCRX F -0.6%
SPRY C -0.59%
VRDN F -0.59%
OPK C -0.58%
ETNB F -0.53%
ZNTL F -0.51%
PLRX F -0.51%
KNSA C -0.5%
AUPH F -0.48%
ARCT F -0.46%
ANAB B -0.45%
IRON F -0.45%
SVRA D -0.41%
AVTE D -0.37%
OLMA F -0.36%
MLYS D -0.35%
CMPS D -0.34%
ALEC F -0.33%
ALLO F -0.32%
FULC D -0.31%
TVTX F -0.3%
ITOS C -0.27%
BMEA F -0.27%
REPL F -0.26%
AURA D -0.25%
AVXL F -0.2%
INZY D -0.19%
ENTA C -0.19%
RAPT F -0.18%
VNDA B -0.17%
RPHM D -0.04%
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