Contrasting iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF (NASDAQ:COMT) and First Trust International IPO ETF (NASDAQ:FPXI)

First Trust International IPO ETF (NASDAQ:FPXI) and iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF (NASDAQ:COMT) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

Dividends

First Trust International IPO ETF pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF pays out -59.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.8% of iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for First Trust International IPO ETF and iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Trust International IPO ETF	0	2	1	0	2.75
iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF	0	0	0	0	0.00

First Trust International IPO ETF currently has a consensus target price of $50.81, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given First Trust International IPO ETF’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Trust International IPO ETF is more favorable than iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF.

Profitability

This table compares First Trust International IPO ETF and iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Trust International IPO ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A
iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares First Trust International IPO ETF and iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Trust International IPO ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	($2.07)	-12.81

Volatility & Risk

First Trust International IPO ETF has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Trust International IPO ETF beats iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About First Trust International IPO ETF

The First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF (FPXI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the IPOX International index, a market-cap-weighted index of the 50 largest developed markets ex-US IPOs over the first 1,000 trading days for each stock. FPXI was launched on Nov 5, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.

About iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF

The iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF (COMT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll index. The fund tracks a broad-market commodity index that utilizes a flexible dynamic roll strategy. COMT was launched on Oct 16, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.