VPU vs. RBLD ETF Comparison

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

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

$176.73

Average Daily Volume

210,461

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

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

$72.14

Average Daily Volume

559

Number of Holdings ^*

100

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	VPU	RBLD
30 Days	0.94%	5.43%
60 Days	3.03%	8.27%
90 Days	9.04%	12.46%
12 Months	35.77%	36.88%

30 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in VPU	Weight in RBLD	Overlap
AEE	A	1.75%	1.01%	1.01%
AEP	C	3.93%	0.93%	0.93%
AES	F	0.88%	0.78%	0.78%
ATO	A	1.58%	1.01%	1.01%
AWK	C	2.03%	0.94%	0.94%
CEG	C	6.26%	0.83%	0.83%
CMS	C	1.57%	0.94%	0.94%
CNP	A	1.32%	0.99%	0.99%
D	C	3.77%	0.98%	0.98%
DTE	C	1.94%	0.94%	0.94%
DUK	C	6.71%	0.95%	0.95%
ED	C	2.65%	0.91%	0.91%
EIX	B	2.39%	0.96%	0.96%
ES	C	1.75%	0.93%	0.93%
ETR	B	2.49%	1.1%	1.1%
EVRG	A	1.05%	1.03%	1.03%
EXC	C	2.97%	0.94%	0.94%
FE	C	1.73%	0.93%	0.93%
LNT	A	1.16%	0.98%	0.98%
NEE	C	12.29%	0.9%	0.9%
NI	A	1.19%	1.03%	1.03%
NRG	B	1.42%	1.01%	1.01%
PCG	A	3.1%	1.04%	1.04%
PEG	A	3.36%	0.95%	0.95%
PPL	A	1.81%	1.02%	1.02%
SO	C	7.22%	0.95%	0.95%
SRE	A	3.98%	1.08%	1.08%
VST	A	3.28%	1.08%	1.08%
WEC	A	2.28%	0.99%	0.99%
XEL	A	2.8%	1.07%	1.07%

VPU Overweight 36 Positions Relative to RBLD

Symbol	Grade	Weight
WTRG	B	0.76%
PNW	A	0.75%
OGE	A	0.61%
IDA	A	0.4%
NFG	A	0.4%
UGI	C	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	B	0.28%
MGEE	B	0.25%
NWE	B	0.25%
CWT	C	0.23%
AWR	B	0.23%
OTTR	C	0.22%
AVA	A	0.22%
AGR	A	0.21%
CPK	A	0.2%
CWEN	C	0.18%
NEP	F	0.14%
HE	C	0.13%
SJW	F	0.13%
NWN	A	0.11%
MSEX	C	0.08%
CWEN	C	0.07%
UTL	B	0.07%
NOVA	F	0.05%
YORW	F	0.04%
AMPS	C	0.02%
MNTK	F	0.02%
ARTNA	F	0.02%

VPU Underweight 70 Positions Relative to RBLD

Symbol	Grade	Weight
SNA	A	-1.21%
GEV	B	-1.2%
TRGP	A	-1.14%
EMR	B	-1.13%
VMC	B	-1.12%
GDDY	A	-1.11%
AME	A	-1.11%
BKR	A	-1.11%
OKE	A	-1.1%
DLR	B	-1.09%
WMB	A	-1.09%
VRT	B	-1.09%
EME	A	-1.09%
KMI	A	-1.09%
PCAR	B	-1.08%
LNG	A	-1.07%
PNR	A	-1.07%
IEX	C	-1.07%
PH	A	-1.07%
JCI	B	-1.07%
OC	A	-1.07%
CMI	A	-1.06%
MLM	C	-1.06%
HON	C	-1.05%
FIX	A	-1.05%
RS	B	-1.05%
DOV	A	-1.05%
WAB	B	-1.04%
ROK	C	-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	B	-1.01%
IR	B	-1.01%
EQIX	A	-1.0%
ACM	B	-1.0%
CSX	C	-1.0%
ITT	A	-0.99%
NDSN	B	-0.98%
MDB	B	-0.97%
UNP	C	-0.96%
VRSN	C	-0.96%
OKTA	C	-0.96%
HUBB	B	-0.96%
MMM	D	-0.96%
NET	B	-0.96%
CAT	B	-0.95%
ALLE	C	-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	C	-0.91%
SBAC	D	-0.91%
CARR	C	-0.9%
XYL	D	-0.88%
AMT	C	-0.87%
FCX	F	-0.85%
WMS	F	-0.84%
AKAM	D	-0.83%
SWK	D	-0.78%