First Trust Competition

FINT Etf

CAD 33.94 -0.61 -1.77%

First Trust International operates alongside Fidelity High, First Trust, Brompton North, Global X, and RBC Quant and other firms in the same space. Peer context helps frame relative positioning. Peer analytics here show whether First Trust outperforms competitors on quality and value.

First Trust and TD Active Correlation Snapshot

Very poor diversification

For the present investment horizon, the measured correlation between FINT and TUEX stands at 0.85, or Very poor diversification. In portfolio terms, the overlap visualization shows how much shared movement remains after both positions are combined.

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0.95	XEF	iShares Core MSCI	Pair Corr
0.95	ZEA	BMO MSCI EAFE	Pair Corr
0.97	VIU	Vanguard FTSE Developed	Pair Corr
0.96	XIN	iShares MSCI EAFE	Pair Corr
0.97	XFH	iShares Core MSCI	Pair Corr

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Investors who believe in mean reversion view First Trust's price extremes not as permanent states but as temporary dislocations that create opportunities for disciplined, contrarian capital allocation.

Hype

Prediction

Low	Estimated	High
33.02	33.94	34.86

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Intrinsic

Valuation

Low	Real	High
33.19	34.11	35.03

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Naive

Forecast

Low	Next	High
31.37	32.29	33.21

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Bollinger

Band Projection (param)

Lower	Middle Band	Upper
33.60	35.35	37.09

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A complete picture of First Trust's investment merit requires comparative analysis. How First Trust's growth rates, profitability, and capital efficiency stack up against peers is often the deciding factor in investment decisions.

First Trust Competition Correlation Matrix

Correlation analysis between First Trust International and its competitors helps investors understand whether diversification is real or only superficial inside the same peer group. This matrix is most informative when investors want to know whether adding another peer would improve diversification, increase crowding, or leave total risk largely unchanged.

	FCUH	FHH	CNDI	BLOV	USSL	FDL	CNCL	RPDH	TUEX
FCUH		-0.49	-0.59	0.91	-0.52	0.89	0.53	0.81	0.64	FCUH
FHH	-0.49		0.02	-0.45	0.86	-0.45	-0.03	-0.27	0.09	FHH
CNDI	-0.59	0.02		-0.77	0.16	-0.76	-0.97	-0.85	-0.72	CNDI
BLOV	0.91	-0.45	-0.77		-0.56	0.98	0.72	0.94	0.65	BLOV
USSL	-0.52	0.86	0.16	-0.56		-0.56	-0.14	-0.4	0.03	USSL
FDL	0.89	-0.45	-0.76	0.98	-0.56		0.7	0.95	0.64	FDL
CNCL	0.53	-0.03	-0.97	0.72	-0.14	0.7		0.78	0.65	CNCL
RPDH	0.81	-0.27	-0.85	0.94	-0.4	0.95	0.78		0.77	RPDH
TUEX	0.64	0.09	-0.72	0.65	0.03	0.64	0.65	0.77		TUEX
	FCUH	FHH	CNDI	BLOV	USSL	FDL	CNCL	RPDH	TUEX

High positive correlations

FDL	+ 0.98	BLOV
RPDH	+ 0.95	FDL
RPDH	+ 0.94	BLOV
BLOV	+ 0.91	FCUH
FDL	+ 0.89	FCUH
USSL	+ 0.86	FHH

High negative correlations

CNCL	- 0.97	CNDI
RPDH	- 0.85	CNDI
BLOV	- 0.77	CNDI
FDL	- 0.76	CNDI
TUEX	- 0.72	CNDI
CNDI	- 0.59	FCUH

First Trust Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Etf performing well and First Trust ETF doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze First Trust's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.

	Mean Deviation	Jensen Alpha	Sortino Ratio	Treynor Ratio	Semi Deviation	Expected Shortfall	Potential Upside	Value @Risk	Maximum Drawdown
FCUH	0.46	0.03	0.10	-3.15	0.66	-0.48	1.05	-0.98	3.65
FHH	0.80	-0.12	0.00	-0.67	0.00	0.00	1.23	-1.60	5.62
CNDI	0.60	-0.09	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.00	1.26	-1.08	4.76
BLOV	0.37	0.10	0.29	2.36	0.21	-0.45	0.92	-0.72	2.65
USSL	0.52	-0.07	0.00	-0.17	0.00	0.00	1.17	-1.64	4.27
FDL	0.58	0.19	0.34	0.83	0.24	-0.67	1.83	-1.06	5.02
CNCL	0.61	0.07	0.09	0.10	0.85	-0.67	1.60	-1.36	4.54
RPDH	0.53	0.13	0.19	0.56	0.65	-0.62	1.47	-0.87	4.80
TUEX	0.68	0.00	0.00	-0.04	0.00	0.00	1.24	-1.83	7.04

First Trust Competitive Analysis

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	FINT	FCUH	FHH	CNDI	BLOV	USSL	FDL	CNCL	RPDH	TUEX
	1.77 33.94 First	0.11 35.31 Fidelity	1.48 39.81 First	0.42 19.18 BetaPro	0.30 26.21 Brompton	0.30 26.51 Global	0.20 40.45 First	0.70 22.57 Global	0.43 34.55 RBC	0.76 28.88 TUEX
Market Volatility (90 Days Market Risk)	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low
Market Performance (90 Days Performance)	Moderate	Mild	Weak	Weak	Constructive	Weak	Constructive	Mild	Balanced	Soft
Odds of Financial Distress (Probability Of Bankruptcy)	Low	Low	Low	Fair	Low	Fair	Fair	Low	Low	Low
Current Valuation (Equity Enterprise Value)	Fairly Valued	Over Valued	Fairly Valued	Over Valued	Under Valued	Fairly Valued	Under Valued	Fairly Valued	Under Valued	Fairly Valued
Buy or Sell Analysis (Average Analysts Consensus)	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
Trade Advice (90 Days Macroaxis Advice)	Strong Hold	Sell	Cautious Hold	Strong Sell	Strong Buy	Strong Hold	Strong Buy	Strong Hold	Strong Buy	Strong Hold
Equity Positions Weight	99.45	N/A	90.56	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	98.32	N/A
Three Year Return	13.9	13.9	2.0	N/A	11.6	N/A	N/A	N/A	18.2	N/A
Net Asset	5.34 M	25.17 M	10.8 M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	43.09 M	N/A
Five Year Return	8.2	9.0	3.0	N/A	9.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	13.7	N/A
One Year Return	20.5	15.1	1.1	N/A	14.4	N/A	N/A	29.9	27.7	22.1
Last Dividend Paid	0.06	0.0543	0.1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.11	N/A
Ten Year Return	N/A	N/A	7.6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9.3	N/A
Beta	1.11	0.64	1.09	N/A	0.34	N/A	0.45	N/A	0.78	N/A
Price To Earning	N/A	N/A	19.16	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Day Typical Price	33.94	35.28	39.81	19.13	26.24	26.51	40.45	22.6	34.55	28.88
Accumulation Distribution	N/A	0.0023	N/A	0.0083	0.0038	N/A	N/A	0.004	N/A	N/A
Market Facilitation Index	N/A	0.08	N/A	0.16	0.1	N/A	N/A	0.09	N/A	N/A
Daily Balance Of Power	0	-0.50	0	0.5	-0.80	9.2 T	0	-1.78	0	0
Period Momentum Indicator	-0.61	-0.04	-0.60	0.08	-0.08	0.08	-0.08	-0.16	-0.15	-0.22
Rate Of Daily Change	0.98	1.0	0.99	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.99	1.0	0.99
Day Median Price	33.94	35.27	39.81	19.1	26.26	26.51	40.45	22.62	34.55	28.88
Price Action Indicator	-0.30	0.02	-0.30	0.12	-0.09	0.04	-0.04	-0.12	-0.07	-0.11
Coefficient Of Variation	1269.19	1832.74	-871.59	-1,413	460.29	-952.18	463.57	1606.91	596.61	-9,141
Mean Deviation	0.6275	0.4572	0.8014	0.6032	0.3706	0.5219	0.583	0.6136	0.5251	0.6824
Jensen Alpha	0.078	0.0261	-0.12	-0.09	0.0977	-0.07	0.1886	0.0675	0.1303	0.0035
Total Risk Alpha	0.113	0.0642	-0.07	-0.02	0.1234	-0.05	0.2283	0.0965	0.1646	0.0406
Sortino Ratio	0.1043	0.0952	N/A	N/A	0.2948	N/A	0.3388	0.088	0.1858	N/A
Downside Variance	1.04	0.5618	N/A	N/A	0.228	N/A	0.4361	1.06	0.7936	N/A
Standard Deviation	0.9096	0.6689	1.02	0.8081	0.4876	0.8187	0.8759	0.8982	0.7795	1.11
Kurtosis	2.46	3.7	0.9986	1.68	0.6639	1.41	4.76	3.46	4.56	7.28
Potential Upside	1.64	1.05	1.23	1.26	0.9213	1.17	1.83	1.6	1.47	1.24
Treynor Ratio	0.1691	-3.15	-0.67	0.1296	2.36	-0.17	0.8307	0.0952	0.5594	-0.04
Maximum Drawdown	5.29	3.65	5.62	4.76	2.65	4.27	5.02	4.54	4.8	7.04
Variance	0.8274	0.4474	1.04	0.653	0.2377	0.6703	0.7671	0.8068	0.6077	1.24
Market Risk Adjusted Performance	0.1791	-3.14	-0.66	0.1396	2.37	-0.16	0.8407	0.1052	0.5694	-0.03
Risk Adjusted Performance	0.0639	0.0415	-0.09	-0.06	0.1664	-0.08	0.1724	0.0506	0.1331	-0.01
Skewness	-0.76	-0.58	0.3812	0.7625	0.0551	-0.42	1.53	-0.57	-1.06	0.9537
Semi Deviation	0.913	0.6606	N/A	N/A	0.2133	N/A	0.2445	0.8505	0.6527	N/A
Information Ratio	0.1171	0.1066	-0.08	-0.03	0.2887	-0.06	0.2555	0.101	0.2123	0.0203
Value At Risk	-1.31	-0.98	-1.60	-1.08	-0.72	-1.64	-1.06	-1.36	-0.87	-1.83
Expected Short fall	-0.66	-0.48	N/A	N/A	-0.45	N/A	-0.67	-0.67	-0.62	N/A
Downside Deviation	1.02	0.7495	N/A	N/A	0.4775	N/A	0.6604	1.03	0.8909	N/A
Semi Variance	0.8335	0.4364	N/A	N/A	0.0455	N/A	0.0598	0.7234	0.426	N/A

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How to Analyze First Trust Against Peers

First Trust's peer analysis compares First Trust with related companies to put valuation, quality, and risk metrics in context. This helps determine whether recent performance is company-specific or broadly sector-driven. A practical workflow includes:

Set a relevant peer group: Include direct competitors and close alternatives with comparable business exposure.
Benchmark core financials: Compare profitability, growth, capital structure, and cash flow quality.
Check valuation dispersion: Review whether First Trust trades at a premium or discount versus peers and why.
Evaluate risk profile: Compare volatility, drawdowns, and correlation to avoid false diversification assumptions.
Document the thesis: Record where First Trust leads or lags and what catalysts could close or widen the gap.

Use this as an educational baseline, then validate conclusions with current filings, market conditions, and portfolio objectives.

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First Trust Competition

First Trust and TD Active Correlation Snapshot

Very poor diversification

Moving together with First Etf

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First Trust Competition Correlation Matrix

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First Trust Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

First Trust Competitive Analysis

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