PID vs. FID ETF Comparison

Comparison of PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID) to First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF (FID)
PID

PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers

PID Description

The PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (Fund) is based on the NASDAQ International Dividend AchieversTM Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in dividend paying common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index is designed to identify an international group of American Depository Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts and non-U.S. common or ordinary stocks that have qualified as International Dividend Achievers™. These companies have increased their annual dividend for five or more consecutive fiscal years. The Fund and the Index are reconstituted annually in January and rebalanced quarterly in January, April, July and October. Effective December 28, 2012, the NADAQ OMX Group, Inc., replaced Mergent, Inc., as the Index Provider of the Index. Effective February 25, 2013, the name of the Index changed from International Dividend Achievers Index to NASDAQ International Dividend Achievers Index. There will be no change to the methodology by which NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., the Index Provider, calculates the Index. Please see the Fund’s prospectus supplement for more information. On February 25, 2013, NASDAQ took the place of the NYSE as the official Index data source.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$17.96

Average Daily Volume

156,642

Number of Holdings *

24

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

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF

FID Description The fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the fund’s fees and expenses) of the S&P International Dividend Aristocrats Index (the “index”). The index is designed to measure the performance of high dividend-yielding, non-U.S. companies that have followed a managed-dividends policy of increasing or maintaining dividends for at least 10 consecutive years.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$15.59

Average Daily Volume

20,849

Number of Holdings *

2

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period PID FID
30 Days -2.58% -2.20%
60 Days 0.07% -0.21%
90 Days -0.78% -1.38%
12 Months 2.34% 1.74%
1 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in PID Weight in FID Overlap
TD B 3.39% 0.96% 0.96%
PID Overweight 23 Positions Relative to FID
Symbol Grade Weight
PHI B 4.3%
AY A 4.01%
BTI D 3.95%
NGG C 3.83%
GFI A 3.17%
SNY C 2.86%
SMFG D 2.45%
KOF B 2.45%
NVS B 2.29%
DEO F 1.81%
MUFG D 1.75%
OTEX D 1.73%
PSO D 1.71%
INFY F 1.38%
DOX D 1.32%
CNI D 1.32%
RELX C 1.12%
RBA C 1.02%
LOGI D 0.91%
WTW D 0.87%
SAP C 0.85%
NVO B 0.66%
WCN D 0.48%
PID Underweight 1 Positions Relative to FID
Symbol Grade Weight
UL B -1.13%
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