PID vs. FRDM ETF Comparison

Comparison of PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID) to Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF (FRDM)
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

$17.40

Average Daily Volume

156,679

Number of Holdings *

24

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

Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF

FRDM Description The investment seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Freedom 100 Emerging Markets Index (the index). Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in the component securities of the index or in depositary receipts representing such component securities. The index is designed to track the performance of a portfolio of approximately 100 equity securities listed in emerging market countries. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$32.09

Average Daily Volume

96,911

Number of Holdings *

16

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period PID FRDM
30 Days -4.02% -0.90%
60 Days -2.33% 3.52%
90 Days -2.97% 7.72%
12 Months -1.52% 12.09%
1 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in PID Weight in FRDM Overlap
GFI A 3.01% 0.85% 0.85%
PID Overweight 23 Positions Relative to FRDM
Symbol Grade Weight
PHI B 4.19%
AY C 4.09%
BTI D 3.94%
NGG D 3.78%
TD D 3.37%
SNY D 2.79%
SMFG B 2.39%
KOF B 2.38%
NVS D 2.22%
DEO F 1.81%
OTEX F 1.78%
MUFG D 1.72%
PSO B 1.68%
INFY D 1.37%
DOX D 1.3%
CNI C 1.29%
RELX D 1.08%
RBA C 1.0%
LOGI D 0.94%
WTW D 0.86%
SAP C 0.86%
NVO C 0.65%
WCN A 0.47%
PID Underweight 15 Positions Relative to FRDM
Symbol Grade Weight
TSM B -9.08%
SQM C -4.28%
BCH B -2.55%
VALE F -1.74%
UMC C -1.22%
PKX F -1.15%
CHT C -1.08%
ITUB D -0.97%
BSBR D -0.67%
FMX D -0.43%
CCU B -0.41%
SSL C -0.32%
CX B -0.22%
BBD D -0.14%
ASR B -0.09%
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