RBLD vs. VPU ETF Comparison

Comparison of First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF (RBLD) to Vanguard Utilities ETF - DNQ (VPU)
RBLD

First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF

RBLD Description

Traded Fund II - First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. The fund invests in public equity markets of global region. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across industrials, capital goods, construction and engineering, construction and engineering, commercial construction and engineering, commercial construction, general contractors and operative builders, industrial buildings and warehouses, commercial and institutional buildings, hotel and motel construction, heavy construction, construction support services, engineering and surveying services, engineering services, machinery, construction machinery and heavy trucks, trading companies and distributors, machinery distribution, construction machinery distribution, machinery rental and leasing, construction machinery rental and leasing, commercial and professional services, commercial services and supplies, diversified support services, government related services, civil services, consumer discretionary, consumer durables and apparel, household durables, homebuilding, residential construction, general contractors and operative builders, information technology, software and services, software, application software, enterprise software, industry specific software, construction industry software sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. The fund seeks to track the performance of the Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure Index, by using full replication technique. First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF was formed on October 13, 2008 and is domiciled in the United States.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$72.51

Average Daily Volume

563

Number of Holdings *

100

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

Vanguard Utilities ETF - DNQ

VPU Description The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the utilities sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). It attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$176.05

Average Daily Volume

210,094

Number of Holdings *

66

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period RBLD VPU
30 Days 6.11% -0.29%
60 Days 7.98% 1.64%
90 Days 13.04% 8.63%
12 Months 37.58% 35.25%
30 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in RBLD Weight in VPU Overlap
AEE A 1.01% 1.75% 1.01%
AEP D 0.93% 3.93% 0.93%
AES F 0.78% 0.88% 0.78%
ATO A 1.01% 1.58% 1.01%
AWK D 0.94% 2.03% 0.94%
CEG D 0.83% 6.26% 0.83%
CMS C 0.94% 1.57% 0.94%
CNP B 0.99% 1.32% 0.99%
D C 0.98% 3.77% 0.98%
DTE C 0.94% 1.94% 0.94%
DUK C 0.95% 6.71% 0.95%
ED D 0.91% 2.65% 0.91%
EIX B 0.96% 2.39% 0.96%
ES D 0.93% 1.75% 0.93%
ETR B 1.1% 2.49% 1.1%
EVRG A 1.03% 1.05% 1.03%
EXC C 0.94% 2.97% 0.94%
FE C 0.93% 1.73% 0.93%
LNT A 0.98% 1.16% 0.98%
NEE D 0.9% 12.29% 0.9%
NI A 1.03% 1.19% 1.03%
NRG B 1.01% 1.42% 1.01%
PCG A 1.04% 3.1% 1.04%
PEG A 0.95% 3.36% 0.95%
PPL B 1.02% 1.81% 1.02%
SO D 0.95% 7.22% 0.95%
SRE A 1.08% 3.98% 1.08%
VST B 1.08% 3.28% 1.08%
WEC A 0.99% 2.28% 0.99%
XEL A 1.07% 2.8% 1.07%
RBLD Overweight 70 Positions Relative to VPU
Symbol Grade Weight
SNA A 1.21%
GEV B 1.2%
TRGP B 1.14%
EMR A 1.13%
VMC B 1.12%
GDDY A 1.11%
AME A 1.11%
BKR B 1.11%
OKE A 1.1%
DLR B 1.09%
WMB A 1.09%
VRT B 1.09%
EME C 1.09%
KMI A 1.09%
PCAR B 1.08%
LNG B 1.07%
PNR A 1.07%
IEX B 1.07%
PH A 1.07%
JCI C 1.07%
OC A 1.07%
CMI A 1.06%
MLM B 1.06%
HON B 1.05%
FIX A 1.05%
RS B 1.05%
DOV A 1.05%
WAB B 1.04%
ROK B 1.04%
ETN A 1.04%
STLD B 1.04%
NSC B 1.04%
GGG B 1.02%
ITW B 1.02%
PWR A 1.02%
LII A 1.01%
TT A 1.01%
SNOW C 1.01%
IR B 1.01%
EQIX A 1.0%
ACM A 1.0%
CSX B 1.0%
ITT A 0.99%
NDSN B 0.98%
MDB C 0.97%
UNP C 0.96%
VRSN F 0.96%
OKTA C 0.96%
HUBB B 0.96%
MMM D 0.96%
NET B 0.96%
CAT B 0.95%
ALLE D 0.95%
FTV C 0.95%
CSL C 0.95%
HAL C 0.95%
OTIS C 0.94%
NUE C 0.94%
SLB C 0.94%
BLDR D 0.92%
MAS D 0.92%
CCI D 0.91%
SBAC D 0.91%
CARR D 0.9%
XYL D 0.88%
AMT D 0.87%
FCX D 0.85%
WMS D 0.84%
AKAM D 0.83%
SWK D 0.78%
RBLD Underweight 36 Positions Relative to VPU
Symbol Grade Weight
WTRG B -0.76%
PNW B -0.75%
OGE B -0.61%
IDA A -0.4%
NFG A -0.4%
UGI A -0.38%
POR C -0.37%
NJR A -0.34%
SWX B -0.32%
ORA B -0.32%
BKH A -0.31%
OGS A -0.3%
SR A -0.28%
ALE A -0.28%
PNM F -0.28%
MGEE C -0.25%
NWE B -0.25%
CWT D -0.23%
AWR B -0.23%
OTTR C -0.22%
AVA A -0.22%
AGR B -0.21%
CPK A -0.2%
CWEN C -0.18%
NEP F -0.14%
HE C -0.13%
SJW D -0.13%
NWN A -0.11%
MSEX B -0.08%
CWEN C -0.07%
UTL B -0.07%
NOVA F -0.05%
YORW D -0.04%
AMPS C -0.02%
MNTK F -0.02%
ARTNA D -0.02%
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