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First Trust Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index Fund seeks to track the performance of the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index.

FUND BASICS
Category	International Equities
Fund Sponsor	First Trust Advisors LP
Website	www.ftportfolios.com
Inception date	Aug 30, 2007
Assets (mns)	$310
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	57 bp
Distributions	Quarterly

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian	Bank of New York Mellon
Weighting	Dividend
Index replication	Full
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	Yes

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	31
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$40,216
Large cap (>$10bn)	76.8%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	19.7%
Small cap (<$2bn)	0.0%
Developed mkts	100.0%
Emerging mkts	0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	41.8 %
SSE PLC	5.8 %
INTESA SANPAOLO S.P.A.	4.9 %
SOCIETE GENERALE	4.2 %
GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC	4.0 %
BAE SYSTEMS PLC	3.9 %
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC-B SHS	3.9 %
SWISS PRIME SITE-REG	3.9 %
UBS GROUP AG	3.8 %
NATIONAL GRID PLC	3.8 %
PROXIMUS SA DE DROIT PUBLIC	3.6 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	BRITAIN	24.6 %
	FRANCE	16.7 %
	SWITZERLAND	15.9 %
	GERMANY	12.2 %
	ITALY	10.9 %
	BELGIUM	3.6 %
	NETHERLANDS	3.5 %
	PORTUGAL	3.4 %
	FINLAND	2.9 %
	SWEDEN	2.6 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

	Custom date range	Compare to
	thru

Standardized Annual Returns (thru October 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
17.7%	13.5%	4.4%	4.6%	-2.0%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	0.64	43%
MSCI EAFE	0.97	83%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.63	57%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$13.52
30d moving avg.	$13.27
Annualized volatility	11.8%
Short interest (ETF)	0.0%
Relative strength (RSI)	75

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	79
Turnover	0.3%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.12%
ADV underlying (mns)	$2,962

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the First Trust STOXX European Select Dividend ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with FDD. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

FDD

Expense:

57 bp

ALTAR Score™:

7.6%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH FDD
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs FDD (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs FDD (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs FDD (%)
EUFN	iShares MSCI Europe Financial Sector	22.3	48	9	9.0	+1.4
HDEF	Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Div Yld Hedged	20.6	20	37	8.5	+0.9
IDV	iShares DJ Int'l Select Dividend	18.2	49	8	8.5	+0.9
RIDV	Invesco International Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF	17.7	42	15	9.0	+1.4
EUMV	iShares MSCI Europe Min Volatility	17.4	25	32	5.2	-2.4
EFAS	Global X MSCI SuperDividend EAFE	16.6	55	2	8.4	+0.8
IDHD	Invesco S&P Intl Developed High Div Low Volatility	15.7	30	27	6.4	-1.2
FID	First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats	15.3	60	-3	7.2	-0.4
EFV	iShares MSCI EAFE Value	13.9	38	19	9.0	+1.4
HDAW	Xtrackers MSCI All World ex US High Div Yield	13.5	20	37	9.8	+2.2
LVHI	Legg Mason International Low Volatility High Dividend	13.2	40	17	9.1	+1.5
OEUR	O'Shares FTSE Europe Quality Dividend	13.1	48	9	6.3	-1.3
FGD	First Trust DJ Global Select Dividend	12.9	58	-1	9.2	+1.7
DTH	WisdomTree DEFA Equity Income	12.6	58	-1	8.5	+1.0
IDOG	ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs	12.5	50	7	7.4	-0.2
DOO	WisdomTree Int'l Dividend Ex-Financials	12.0	58	-1	8.0	+0.4
FEZ	SPDR DJ Euro Stoxx 50	12.0	29	28	6.9	-0.7
EWL	iShares MSCI Switzerland	11.9	47	10	5.0	-2.6
DOL	WisdomTree Int'l Large Cap Dividend	11.8	48	9	7.7	+0.1
EWU	iShares MSCI United Kingdom	11.7	47	10	7.4	-0.2

¹Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019E	2020E
Sales per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Earnings per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Dividends per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Book value per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

Compound annual growth rates

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
Price-to-sales	**	**	**
Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
Price-to-book value	**	**	**
Yield	**	**	**

Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	First Trust STOXX European Select Dividend
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

NEUTRAL

Average appreciation potential. A rating of NEUTRAL is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the middle quintile (ranking between 40%-60%) of their category. This indicates that valuations adequately reflect the fundamentals of stocks in these funds.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	9.7	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	1.2	x
Less: Expense ratio	57	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	7.6	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.72	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.63

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.