VDC vs. SMHB ETF Comparison

Comparison of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF - DNQ (VDC) to ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Small Cap High Dividend ETN Series B (SMHB)

VDC

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF - DNQ

VDC 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)/Consumer Staples 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the consumer staples 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

$208.27

Average Daily Volume

95,705

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

SMHB

ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Small Cap High Dividend ETN Series B

SMHB Description

The investment seeks to provide a two times leveraged return linked to the compounded monthly performance of the Solactive US Small Cap High Dividend Index (the “index”). The index is designed to measure the performance of 100 relatively small capitalization, dividend yielding index constituent securities selected from a universe of qualifying U.S. listed equity securities. The Securities are two times leveraged with respect to the index and, as a result, will benefit from two times any beneficial, but will be exposed to two times any adverse, compounded monthly performance of the index.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$6.21

Average Daily Volume

39,957

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	VDC	SMHB
30 Days	5.09%	10.55%
60 Days	2.94%	2.25%
90 Days	6.27%	11.22%
12 Months	10.20%	57.62%

3 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in VDC	Weight in SMHB	Overlap
BGS	F	0.1%	2.41%	0.1%
UVV	C	0.12%	0.54%	0.12%
VGR	C	0.12%	0.79%	0.12%

VDC Overweight 96 Positions Relative to SMHB

Symbol	Grade	Weight
PG	A	12.27%
COST	A	10.06%
WMT	A	7.97%
KO	B	7.62%
PEP	B	7.18%
PM	B	4.62%
MDLZ	C	3.61%
MO	A	2.9%
CL	A	2.71%
TGT	D	2.7%
KMB	C	1.73%
STZ	D	1.6%
MNST	F	1.58%
GIS	C	1.55%
KR	D	1.45%
SYY	D	1.44%
KDP	B	1.37%
EL	F	1.28%
ADM	D	1.22%
KVUE	D	1.21%
DG	D	1.14%
HSY	C	1.09%
KHC	D	1.06%
CHD	B	1.03%
DLTR	F	0.92%
MKC	C	0.75%
TSN	B	0.71%
K	B	0.63%
BG	C	0.63%
CLX	F	0.61%
CAG	C	0.59%
CASY	B	0.53%
SJM	F	0.52%
WBA	F	0.51%
LW	F	0.49%
PFGC	D	0.47%
USFD	B	0.47%
TAP	F	0.46%
HRL	C	0.45%
BJ	B	0.44%
CELH	B	0.44%
ELF	D	0.43%
SFM	B	0.38%
BRBR	C	0.38%
CPB	C	0.38%
INGR	C	0.35%
DAR	D	0.3%
FRPT	B	0.3%
ACI	D	0.3%
POST	C	0.29%
FLO	C	0.25%
COKE	B	0.24%
COTY	F	0.23%
SMPL	C	0.2%
WDFC	D	0.2%
LANC	D	0.2%
SPB	B	0.2%
CALM	C	0.17%
CENTA	B	0.17%
PSMT	C	0.16%
PPC	B	0.16%
SAM	F	0.16%
ANDE	F	0.16%
KLG	D	0.15%
GO	F	0.15%
REYN	B	0.14%
JJSF	C	0.14%
IPAR	F	0.14%
THS	F	0.13%
EPC	C	0.13%
ENR	D	0.13%
UTZ	C	0.12%
FDP	F	0.11%
WMK	C	0.11%
CHEF	B	0.11%
MGPI	F	0.1%
JBSS	C	0.1%
FIZZ	D	0.1%
IMKTA	F	0.1%
VITL	A	0.1%
HLF	D	0.09%
SPTN	D	0.08%
USNA	D	0.07%
AVO	C	0.07%
TR	F	0.07%
NUS	D	0.07%
TPB	C	0.07%
HAIN	D	0.06%
BYND	F	0.06%
NAPA	F	0.06%
CVGW	D	0.06%
UNFI	D	0.05%
CENT	C	0.05%
SKIN	F	0.04%
MED	F	0.04%
OLPX	F	0.03%

VDC Underweight 88 Positions Relative to SMHB

Symbol	Grade	Weight
SLG	C	-4.87%
XRX	F	-4.09%
DTM	B	-3.81%
BXMT	F	-3.43%
DSS	F	-2.87%
TWO	C	-2.87%
CIM	D	-2.62%
ETRN	B	-2.49%
BDN	C	-2.41%
SBRA	B	-2.38%
EPR	D	-2.34%
ABR	C	-2.21%
APAM	A	-2.02%
PAGP	B	-1.88%
UNIT	F	-1.86%
UWMC	C	-1.84%
ARR	C	-1.65%
NHI	C	-1.64%
ORC	C	-1.51%
CCOI	F	-1.51%
PSEC	C	-1.47%
IVR	C	-1.43%
DEA	C	-1.35%
PMT	D	-1.35%
MFA	D	-1.27%
RWT	D	-1.24%
CTRE	B	-1.16%
PETS	F	-1.13%
MAIN	C	-1.09%
HTGC	A	-1.03%
ARI	D	-1.02%
GNL	D	-1.01%
FCPT	C	-1.0%
EFC	B	-1.0%
PDM	B	-0.99%
GSBD	C	-0.94%
NEWT	C	-0.94%
NYMT	F	-0.93%
LTC	A	-0.91%
DX	B	-0.89%
KREF	F	-0.8%
NWBI	C	-0.77%
GBDC	C	-0.73%
CODI	D	-0.72%
VNOM	C	-0.65%
SCS	C	-0.65%
RC	F	-0.65%
ACRE	F	-0.64%
LADR	B	-0.62%
TSLX	B	-0.62%
HESM	B	-0.59%
OCSL	D	-0.54%
AROC	B	-0.53%
GMRE	D	-0.5%
ILPT	C	-0.49%
BRSP	F	-0.49%
WSR	B	-0.46%
ALX	C	-0.45%
GTY	C	-0.44%
OPI	D	-0.4%
RMR	C	-0.38%
NMFC	C	-0.38%
UHT	D	-0.36%
GPMT	F	-0.34%
CSWC	C	-0.34%
GOOD	C	-0.33%
FSP	F	-0.29%
TRTX	B	-0.29%
TCPC	C	-0.27%
AHH	C	-0.27%
CGBD	B	-0.25%
BCSF	C	-0.24%
TPVG	D	-0.23%
PFLT	C	-0.23%
SLRC	A	-0.23%
UVE	C	-0.22%
BBDC	A	-0.22%
KRO	A	-0.2%
EBF	C	-0.18%
GAIN	C	-0.17%
PNNT	A	-0.16%
OLP	B	-0.16%
FDUS	C	-0.16%
GLAD	A	-0.15%
BFS	B	-0.14%
TRIN	C	-0.12%
CCAP	B	-0.1%
REPX	F	-0.07%

SMHB: Top Represented Industries & Keywords

Industries: Asset Management REIT - Diversified REIT - Office REIT - Healthcare Facilities REIT - Retail Oil & Gas Midstream REIT - Residential Credit Services Business Equipment REIT - Industrial Specialty Finance Tobacco Business Services Conglomerates Information Technology Services Insurance - Property & Casualty Oil & Gas E&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Packaged Foods Pharmaceutical Retailers