Verified factor-similar pair

BFOR vs SIXS

These two ETFs pass the same FF6 US similarity lane: US-listed equity ETFs, same USD model basis, at least one material non-market factor, and 100% overlap in statistically significant material factor exposure.

SMB RMW
Similarity score
81
Verified similar

Score blends exposure-level distance, factor-vector shape, market-beta closeness, and a small backtested relative-Sharpe term.

BFOR

ALPS Barron's 400 ETF
SMB RMW
Adj. R2
0.951
Rel. Sharpe
0.980
Mkt beta
0.99
AUM
US$207M
MER
0.65%
Valuation
104

SIXS

ETC 6 Meridian Small Cap Equity ETF
SMB RMW
Adj. R2
0.906
Rel. Sharpe
0.899
Mkt beta
0.72
AUM
US$124M
MER
0.52%
Valuation
69

Factor Exposure Match

Blue bars compare raw factor beta magnitude. Green bars compare absolute t-stat strength. Dim bars indicate the t-stat is below 1.96.

SMB
BFOR
+0.53
|t|
+13.0
SIXS
+0.93
|t|
+11.7
diff -0.39
HML
BFOR
+0.17
|t|
+4.5
SIXS
+0.27
|t|
+3.8
diff -0.10
RMW
BFOR
+0.26
|t|
+5.3
SIXS
+0.42
|t|
+5.0
diff -0.16
CMA
BFOR
-0.07
|t|
-1.3
SIXS
-0.04
|t|
-0.4
diff -0.03
UMD
BFOR
+0.05
|t|
+1.7
SIXS
+0.00
|t|
+0.1
diff +0.04

Why This Pair Matches

Exposure level
80
Exposure shape
100
Mkt beta diff
0.27
Rel. Sharpe diff
0.081

This comparison focuses on measured factor exposure, not a qualitative review of each fund's portfolio-construction process. Backtested relative Sharpe is included as a secondary signal, while we continue refining a comparison metric that separates factor payoff from alpha. See methodology.

BFOR fund page SIXS fund page US ETF Leaders US Universe
Important context

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