Verified factor-similar pair

FAD vs XSMO

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 UMD
Similarity score
86
Verified similar

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

FAD

First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund
SMB UMD
Adj. R2
0.938
Rel. Sharpe
0.954
Mkt beta
1.06
AUM
US$421M
MER
0.63%
Valuation
515

XSMO

Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF
SMB UMD
Adj. R2
0.902
Rel. Sharpe
1.012
Mkt beta
0.99
AUM
US$2.5B
MER
0.36%
Valuation
128

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
FAD
+0.48
|t|
+12.1
XSMO
+0.83
|t|
+16.9
diff -0.35
HML
FAD
-0.13
|t|
-3.5
XSMO
+0.02
|t|
+0.4
diff -0.15
RMW
FAD
+0.00
|t|
+0.0
XSMO
+0.04
|t|
+0.7
diff -0.04
CMA
FAD
-0.05
|t|
-0.9
XSMO
-0.04
|t|
-0.6
diff -0.01
UMD
FAD
+0.19
|t|
+8.4
XSMO
+0.21
|t|
+7.2
diff -0.02

Why This Pair Matches

Exposure level
83
Exposure shape
98
Mkt beta diff
0.07
Rel. Sharpe diff
0.058

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.

FAD fund page XSMO fund page US ETF Leaders US Universe
Important context

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