Verified factor-similar pair

FYC 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
91
Near substitute

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

FYC

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund
SMB UMD
Adj. R2
0.958
Rel. Sharpe
1.110
Mkt beta
1.06
AUM
US$951M
MER
0.70%
Valuation
61

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
FYC
+0.94
|t|
+22.6
XSMO
+0.83
|t|
+16.9
diff +0.11
HML
FYC
-0.04
|t|
-1.0
XSMO
+0.02
|t|
+0.4
diff -0.06
RMW
FYC
-0.06
|t|
-1.3
XSMO
+0.04
|t|
+0.7
diff -0.11
CMA
FYC
-0.04
|t|
-0.8
XSMO
-0.04
|t|
-0.6
diff +0.00
UMD
FYC
+0.22
|t|
+7.9
XSMO
+0.21
|t|
+7.2
diff +0.02

Why This Pair Matches

Exposure level
90
Exposure shape
100
Mkt beta diff
0.07
Rel. Sharpe diff
0.098

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.

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

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