First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF

FTXG

Market cap $19.7M

XLP has nearly doubled FTXG's price return within the last 12 months. FTXG has lagged compared to XLP in both recent returns and five-year growth.

FTXG charges a nearly identical fee to PBJ but offers a higher dividend yield. PBJ has a significantly higher five-year return.

RSPS charges a lower expense ratio and has gathered more assets under management than FTXG. FTXG offers a slightly higher dividend yield but has lagged RSPS on one-year and five-year returns.

VDC offers an expense ratio of 0.09% and an asset under management (AUM) of $8.5 billion, while FTXG has an expense ratio of 0.60%, an AUM of $19.8 million, and a higher dividend yield of 2.6% versus VDC's 2.0%. FTXG has a 5-year growth of $925 per $1,000 invested, lagging VDC's $1,385, and has a maximum drawdown of -21.71% versus VDC's -16.55%.

FSTA charges a much lower expense ratio, while FTXG boasts a higher dividend yield. FSTA has outperformed FTXG in both one- and five-year total returns and also has a shallower maximum drawdown.

KXI is less expensive to own, significantly larger, and more diversified FTXG offers a higher dividend yield but holds a much narrower portfolio focused on U.S. food and beverage stocks KXI provides broader global exposure across nearly 100 holdings, which may reduce risk and concentration CEO says this is worth 18 Nvidias. Will this make the world's first trillionaire?

As the U.S. government shutdown deepens economic uncertainty, investors may turn to consumer staples ETFs like XLP, FTXG and PBJ for stability.

FTXG holds 30 U.S. Food & Beverage stocks selected for their size, profitability, and momentum characteristics. Its expense ratio is 0.60% and the ETF has $28 million in assets. FTXG's Index applies the same screens as Indexes tracking completely different industries, including banks, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors. As such, these screens don't always make sense. My analysis reveals FTXG scores below average on the quality and momentum factors compared to peers like PBJ, PSL, RSPS, and XLP.

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