XDAT vs. MARB ETF Comparison

Comparison of Franklin Exponential Data ETF (XDAT) to First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF (MARB)

XDAT

Franklin Exponential Data ETF

XDAT Description

XDAT provides exposure to companies that may benefit from exponential data or the use of large data sets and/or the growth of data, including systems, services, hardware, software and other digital and physical infrastructure related to data creation, amplification, collection, cleaning, recording, analysis, processing, transmission, delivery, storage, encryption and security. These may include firms that either monetize data or have the potential in the future to monetize data, such as those offering cloud computing technologies and services, data supporting infrastructure, data analytics solutions, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented and virtual reality. In constructing the portfolio the investment managers use a proprietary fundamental, bottom-up research and analysis which leverages insights from diverse sources. The Fund may invest across economic sectors but it leans heavily towards information technology related industries.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$26.73

Average Daily Volume

1,830

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

MARB

First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF

MARB Description

The investment seeks to provide investors with capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by establishing long and short positions in the equity securities of companies that are involved in a publicly-announced significant corporate event, such as a merger or acquisition. It's portfolio may include equity securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies, including American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), and derivatives, including total return swaps. The fund may invest in securities issued by small, mid and large capitalization issuers. It is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$19.80

Average Daily Volume

7,130

Number of Holdings ^*

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	XDAT	MARB
30 Days	9.18%	0.41%
60 Days	13.21%	0.05%
90 Days	17.41%	-1.29%
12 Months	32.35%	-1.31%

0 Overlapping Holdings

	Symbol	Grade	Weight in XDAT	Weight in MARB	Overlap

XDAT Overweight 40 Positions Relative to MARB

Symbol	Grade	Weight
MSFT	D	7.67%
FICO	B	6.54%
NOW	B	6.31%
PANW	C	5.9%
CRWD	B	5.34%
DDOG	A	4.91%
GOOGL	C	4.61%
ANET	C	4.4%
META	D	4.37%
EQIX	A	3.89%
MDB	C	3.59%
TMUS	A	3.52%
MNDY	C	2.55%
TTD	B	2.31%
NFLX	B	2.28%
IT	C	2.27%
NET	B	2.23%
FTNT	C	2.05%
SPGI	C	1.92%
CRM	B	1.9%
HUBS	B	1.8%
MSCI	C	1.68%
ZS	C	1.57%
ACN	B	1.55%
FDS	B	1.4%
SNOW	C	1.35%
S	B	1.35%
VRT	B	1.2%
CCI	D	1.09%
SBAC	D	1.0%
KEYS	B	0.89%
CFLT	B	0.62%
MCO	A	0.61%
TRU	D	0.47%
VRSK	A	0.46%
GTLB	C	0.41%
AKAM	F	0.37%
GLOB	B	0.33%
ADBE	C	0.32%
QLYS	C	0.32%

XDAT Underweight 32 Positions Relative to MARB

Symbol	Grade	Weight
HTLF	B	-7.67%
HCP	B	-5.59%
EDR	A	-4.99%
ACI	C	-4.78%
DFS	B	-4.54%
AMED	F	-4.52%
NAPA	B	-4.02%
ANSS	B	-3.82%
B	A	-3.79%
EVRI	A	-3.48%
JNPR	F	-3.38%
K	A	-3.27%
HES	C	-3.22%
ESGR	B	-3.18%
CTLT	B	-3.15%
VZIO	A	-3.08%
LBPH	A	-2.78%
MGRC	B	-2.71%
CHX	C	-2.7%
FYBR	D	-2.57%
ENV	B	-2.38%
SRDX	B	-2.33%
IBTX	B	-2.15%
MRO	B	-2.07%
WSC	D	--0.93%
COP	D	--2.07%
SSB	B	--2.14%
SNPS	B	--2.16%
CVX	B	--3.7%
SLB	C	--4.08%
COF	B	--4.96%
UMBF	B	--7.96%