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The First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF tracks an index composed of 30 U.S. banking companies. Holdings are selected by their liquidity, and weighted based on volatility, value, and growth factors.

FUND BASICS
Category	US Equities
Fund Sponsor	First Trust
Website	www.ftportfolios.com
Inception date	Sep 20, 2016
Assets (mns)	$139
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	60 bp
Distributions	Quarterly

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian
Weighting	Multi-Factor
Index replication
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	No

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	30
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$113,495
Large cap (>$10bn)	73.2%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	26.8%
Small cap (<$2bn)	0.0%
Developed mkts	100.0%
Emerging mkts	0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	60.3 %
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO	8.4 %
WELLS FARGO & CO	8.2 %
CITIGROUP INC	8.2 %
US BANCORP	8.0 %
FIRST HORIZON NATIONAL CORP	7.1 %
BANK OF AMERICA CORP	4.2 %
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP	4.2 %
KEYCORP	4.1 %
BB&T CORP	4.0 %
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	4.0 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	UNITED STATES	99.9 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru November 30)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
25.6%	6.0%	--	--	12.5%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	1.41	66%
MSCI EAFE	1.28	45%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.87	34%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$27.32
30d moving avg.	$27.13
Annualized volatility	21.0%
Short interest (ETF)	0.4%
Relative strength (RSI)	59

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	39
Turnover	0.8%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.08%
ADV underlying (mns)	$7,209

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

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

Benchmark ticker:

FTXO

Expense:

60 bp

ALTAR Score™:

7.7%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH FTXO
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs FTXO (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs FTXO (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs FTXO (%)
KBWB	Invesco KBW Bank Portfolio	72.1	35	25	7.6	-0.1
IAT	iShares DJ US Regional Banks	51.0	42	18	7.4	-0.3
KBE	KBW Bank ETF	46.5	35	25	8.2	+0.5
KRE	SPDR KBW Regional Banking	44.2	35	25	8.1	+0.5
IYG	iShares DJ US Financial Services	37.1	42	18	6.4	-1.3
XLF	Financials Select Sector SPDR	34.6	13	47	7.0	-0.7
VFH	Vanguard Financials	32.9	10	50	7.3	-0.3
FNCL	Fidelity MSCI Financials	32.8	8	52	7.3	-0.3
RWW	Invesco S&P Financials Revenue	32.5	45	15	7.3	-0.3
IEFN	iShares Evolved U.S. Financials	29.5	18	42	7.3	-0.3
JHMF	John Hancock Multifactor Financials	27.8	40	20	6.6	-1.1
DFNL	Davis Select Financial	27.6	64	-4	6.7	-1.0
RYF	Invesco S&P Equal Weight Financials	27.4	40	20	7.4	-0.3
IYF	iShares DJ US Financials	25.7	42	18	6.1	-1.6
IXG	iShares S&P Global Financial Sector	20.7	46	14	8.3	+0.6
SPVU	Invesco S&P 500 Value	18.4	13	47	11.0	+3.3
FXO	First Trust Financial Alphadex	16.7	63	-3	7.9	+0.2
KBWR	Invesco KBW Regional Bank	16.3	35	25	8.6	+0.9
CLRG	IQ Chaikin U.S. Large Cap	16.3	25	35	8.1	+0.4
DUSA	Davis Select U.S. Equity	15.0	63	-3	5.0	-2.7

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
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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 Nasdaq Bank
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

OVERWEIGHT

Above average appreciation potential. A rating of OVERWEIGHT is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the 4th quintile (ranking higher than 60%-80%) of their category. Typically, funds in this category consist of stocks trading at attractive valuations and/or having above-average fundamentals.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	9.8	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	1.2	x
Less: Expense ratio	60	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	7.7	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.61	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.56

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.