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Contrarian ETFs look to invest in underpriced securities or those that have fallen out of favor with the market but still possess comeback potential.

Click on the tabs below to see more information on Contrarian ETFs, including historical performance, dividends, holdings, expense ratios, technical indicators, analysts reports and more. Click on an ETF ticker or name to go to its detail page, for in-depth news, financial data and graphs. By default the list is ordered by descending total market capitalization.

Note that the table below may include leveraged and inverse ETFs. Exclude Leveraged and Inverse ETFs

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Contrarian Investment Style Power Rankings New

Investment style power rankings are rankings between Contrarian and all other U.S.-listed investment style ETFs on certain investment-related metrics, including 3-month fund flows, 3-month return, AUM, average ETF expenses and average dividend yields. The metric calculations are based on U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to a specific investment style. If an ETF changes its investment style classification, it will also be reflected in the investment metric calculations. The calculations exclude inverse ETFs.

Fund Flow Leaderboard

Contrarian and all other investment styles are ranked based on their aggregate 3-month fund flows for all U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective investment styles. 3-month fund flows is a metric that can be used to gauge the perceived popularity amongst investors of Contrarian relative to other investment styles. All values are in U.S. dollars.

Return Leaderboard

Contrarian and all other investment styles are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average 3-month return for all the U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective investment styles. In addition to price performance, the 3-month return assumes the reinvestment of all dividends during the last 3 months.

AUM Leaderboard

Contrarian and all other investment styles are ranked based on their aggregate assets under management (AUM) for all the U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective investment styles. All values are in U.S. dollars.

Expense Leaderboard

Contrarian and all other investment styles are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average expense ratios for all the U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective investment styles. The lower the average expense ratio for all U.S.-listed ETFs in a investment style, the higher the rank.

Dividend Leaderboard

Contrarian and all other investment styles are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average dividend yield for all the U.S.-listed ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective investment styles.

Investment Style	Fund Flow Rank	+/-	Return Rank	+/-	AUM Rank	+/-	Expense Rank	+/-	Dividend Rank	+/-	# of ETFs
Low Beta	1	2	18	2	2	1	6	-	2	-	543
Socially Responsible	2	1	15	3	1	1	1	1	6	-	349
Consistent Growth	3	1	14	6	5	4	3	2	10	1	88
Dividend	4	2	12	1	3	1	4	-	7	-	190
Low Volatility	5	-	16	1	7	-	5	-	8	-	74
Low Carbon	6	2	19	1	4	1	2	1	11	1	156
Low Valuation	7	1	7	1	10	1	16	1	3	-	60
Low P/E	8	1	6	1	9	1	15	1	4	-	60
Aggressive Growth	9	-	2	-	14	6	10	1	20	2	5
Wide Moat	10	1	5	5	15	-	14	-	12	-	5
Quant-based	11	1	10	1	13	1	9	1	9	-	50
Volatility Hedged Equity	12	-	17	2	16	-	13	-	13	-	19
Contrarian	13	1	11	6	18	1	18	-	15	-	13
Guru Replication	14	1	4	-	20	-	19	-	18	1	3
BuyWrite	15	2	20	-	17	-	17	2	1	-	12
130/30	16	-	8	6	19	1	11	-	14	-	1
High Momentum	17	1	9	2	12	1	7	-	16	-	43
High Beta	18	1	1	-	8	1	20	-	19	1	89
Currency-hedged	19	1	13	8	11	1	12	-	5	-	57
Growth At A Reasonable Price	20	3	3	-	6	-	8	-	17	-	55
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* Ranks are updated on a weekly basis. Last updated on Mar 18, 2019

ETF Issuer League Tables - Contrarian Investment Style New

ETF issuers who have ETFs with exposure to Contrarian are ranked on certain investment-related metrics, including estimated revenue, 3-month fund flows, 3-month return, AUM, average ETF expenses and average dividend yields. The metric calculations are based on U.S.-listed Contrarian ETFs and every Contrarian ETF has one issuer. If an issuer changes its ETFs, it will also be reflected in the investment metric calculations.

ETF Issuer Revenue League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their estimated revenue from their ETFs with exposure to Contrarian. Estimated revenue for an ETF issuer is calculated by aggregating the estimated revenue of the respective issuer ETFs with exposure to Contrarian. To get the estimated issuer revenue from a single Contrarian ETF, the AUM is multiplied by the ETF’s expense ratio. All values are in U.S. dollars.

ETF Issuer Fund Flow League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their aggregate 3-month fund flows of their ETFs with exposure to Contrarian. 3-month fund flows is a metric that can be used to gauge the perceived popularity amongst investors of different ETF issuers with ETFs that have exposure to Contrarian. All values are in U.S. dollars.

ETF Issuer Return League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average 3-month return of their ETFs with exposure to Contrarian. In addition to price performance, the 3-month return assumes the reinvestment of all dividends during the last 3 months.

ETF Issuer AUM League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their aggregate assets under management (AUM) of their ETFs with exposure to Contrarian. All values are in U.S. dollars.

ETF Issuer Expense League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average expense ratios of their ETFs with exposure to Contrarian. The lower the average expense ratio of all U.S.-listed Contrarian ETFs for a given issuer, the higher the rank.

ETF Issuer Dividend League Table

ETF issuers are ranked based on their AUM-weighted average dividend yield of their ETFs with exposure to Contrarian.

Issuer	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	# of ETFs	issuer_power_ranking_sort_text
AdvisorShares	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	AdvisorShares
Davis Advisors	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	Davis Advisors
Direxion	2	-	-	1	-	-	2	Direxion
Inspire Investing	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	Inspire Investing
ProShares	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	ProShares
State Street SPDR	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	State Street SPDR
Virtus	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	Virtus
WisdomTree	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	WisdomTree
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* Ranks are updated on a weekly basis. Last updated on Mar 18, 2019

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Symbol	ETF Name	Asset Class	Total Assets ($MM)	YTD	Avg Volume	Previous Closing Price	1-Day Change	1 Week	4 Week	1 year	3 year	5 year	ETFdb.com Category	Inception	ER	Commission Free	Annual Dividend Rate	Dividend Date	Dividend	Annual Dividend Yield %	P/E Ratio	Beta	# of Holdings	% In Top 10	Complete	ST Cap Gain Rate	LT Cap Gain Rate	Tax Form	Lower Bollinger	Upper Bollinger	Support 1	Resistance 1	RSI	Advanced	Fact Sheet	ETF Holdings	Chart	ETF Home Page	Head-To-Head	Liquidity Rating	Expenses Rating	ESG Score	ESG Score Peer Percentile (%)	ESG Score Global Percentile (%)	Carbon Intensity (Tons of CO2e / $M Sales)	SRI Exclusion Criteria (%)	Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
DWLD	Davis Select Worldwide ETF	Equity	$200.01	16.42%	74,595	$22.76	-2.61%	-1.17%	-0.52%	-12.84%	N/A	N/A	Large Cap Growth Equities	2017-01-11	0.64%	N/A	$0.13	2018-12-26	$0.13	0.57%	11.70	1.21	33	55.78%	View	39%	20%	1099	$22.62	$23.56	$22.58	$23.09	51.39	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	4.4	1.85%	16.55%	218.64	17.03%	5.99%
DUSA	Davis Select U.S. Equity ETF	Equity	$180.24	12.15%	51,969	$22.45	-2.14%	-1.18%	0.64%	-2.29%	N/A	N/A	Large Cap Blend Equities	2017-01-11	0.63%	N/A	$0.19	2018-12-26	$0.19	0.81%	14.60	1.18	26	65.89%	View	39%	20%	1099	$22.14	$23.05	$22.29	$22.72	52.00	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	4.7	9.76%	25.44%	186.03	36.43%	3.88%
DFNL	Davis Select Financial ETF	Equity	$140.44	7.37%	24,468	$22.01	-2.35%	-3.68%	-1.57%	-6.68%	N/A	N/A	Financials Equities	2017-01-11	0.64%	N/A	$0.27	2018-12-26	$0.27	1.18%	12.30	1.08	29	55.49%	View	39%	20%	1099	$21.97	$23.03	$21.93	$22.10	45.31	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	4.73	35.57%	26.26%	32.15	7.82%	1.86%
BLES	Inspire Global Hope Large Cap ETF	Equity	$135.91	13.35%	42,637	$27.48	-2.07%	-1.33%	-0.68%	-0.67%	N/A	N/A	Large Cap Blend Equities	2017-02-28	0.61%	N/A	$0.58	2018-12-14	$0.22	2.07%	15.27	0.78	301	9.41%	View	20%	39%	1099	$27.37	$28.18	$27.28	$27.81	52.32	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	5.74	39.53%	57.32%	427.22	4.97%	5.77%
ISMD	Inspire Small/Mid Cap Impact ETF	Equity	$77.12	12.64%	32,373	$25.73	-3.42%	-2.32%	-5.52%	0.58%	N/A	N/A	Small Cap Blend Equities	2017-02-28	0.61%	N/A	$0.76	2018-12-14	$0.59	2.86%	15.80	1.18	501	3.99%	View	20%	39%	1099	$25.85	$27.35	$25.55	$26.09	44.91	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	4.13	27.13%	10.64%	163.67	2.02%	3.68%
GLDW	SPDR Long Dollar Gold Trust	Multi-Asset	$29.93	3.53%	1,116	$130.19	0.49%	0.90%	-0.85%	8.04%	N/A	N/A	Precious Metals	2017-01-30	0.50%	N/A	$0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00%	0.00	-0.30	8	100.00%	View	39%	28%	1099	$127.23	$131.23	$130.12	$130.33	57.02	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DWSH	AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF	Equity	$16.58	-16.75%	34,010	$25.45	3.62%	2.38%	5.80%	N/A	N/A	N/A	Global Equities	2018-07-10	0.99%	N/A	$0.04	2018-12-27	$0.04	0.15%	0.00	-1.12	N/A	N/A	View	39%	20%	1099	$23.91	$25.51	$24.84	$25.79	52.22	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SPDN	Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 1x Shares	Equity	$12.77	-10.36%	33,340	$28.39	1.94%	0.74%	-0.20%	-6.00%	N/A	N/A	Inverse Equities	2016-06-08	0.49%	N/A	$0.52	2019-03-19	$0.15	1.83%	0.00	-0.97	50	35.23%	View	39%	20%	1099	$27.87	$28.92	$28.10	$28.54	44.07	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	A-	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EMTY	ProShares Decline of the Retail Store ETF	Equity	$5.34	-3.79%	4,029	$35.52	1.95%	1.20%	5.39%	-0.91%	N/A	N/A	Inverse Equities	2017-11-14	0.65%	N/A	$0.25	2019-03-20	$0.06	0.71%	0.00	-0.90	N/A	N/A	View	39%	20%	1099	$32.61	$35.64	$35.23	$35.68	59.37	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HYDD	Direxion Daily High Yield Bear 2x Shares	Bond	$3.48	-12.93%	2,369	$17.40	0.75%	0.04%	-1.46%	-9.05%	N/A	N/A	Leveraged Bonds	2016-06-16	0.88%	N/A	$0.21	2019-03-19	$0.06	1.23%	0.00	-0.50	68	32.00%	View	39%	20%	1099	$17.05	$18.06	$17.39	$17.42	38.54	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GDXS	ProShares UltraShort Gold Miners	Equity	$3.17	-16.24%	7,884	$12.04	-0.74%	-4.37%	1.41%	-22.59%	-68.98%	N/A	Leveraged Equities	2015-02-12	0.95%	N/A	$0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00%	0.00	0.39	67	43.56%	View	20%	39%	1099	$11.78	$13.56	$11.97	$12.18	41.79	View	View	View	View	View	View	B-	B+	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XMX	WisdomTree Global ex-Mexico Equity Fund	Equity	$2.91	11.18%	12,723	$29.01	-1.86%	-0.93%	-0.01%	1.43%	N/A	N/A	Large Cap Blend Equities	2017-02-10	0.20%	N/A	$1.06	2018-12-24	$0.58	3.61%	17.88	0.84	630	13.32%	View	39%	20%	1099	$28.53	$29.59	$28.96	$29.11	54.79	View	View	View	View	View	View	N/A	N/A	5.82	46.96%	60.35%	197.93	11.80%	6.38%
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