Key Stats

Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
0.60% -0.02% 4.726B 427241.8
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (All)
0.24% 54.00% 88.23M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the fund's fees and expenses) of an equity index called the Nasdaq CTA Cybersecurity Index TM (the "index"). The fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in the common stocks and depositary receipts that comprise the index. The index includes securities of companies classified as "cyber security" companies by CTA. The fund is non-diversified.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Equity Style Mid Cap/Growth
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Sector Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Technology
Category Index Morningstar US Tech TR USD
Global Category Name Technology Sector Equity
YCharts Categorization Technology Equity
YCharts Benchmark S&P 1500 Information Technology (Sector) Total Return (^SP15IFTSTR)
Prospectus Objective Specialty - Technology
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Nasdaq CTA Cybersecurity Index TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^MSWNTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Daniel Lindquist 7.65 yrs
David McGarel 7.65 yrs
Jon Erickson 7.65 yrs
Roger Testin 7.65 yrs
Stan Ueland 7.65 yrs
Chris Peterson 6.96 yrs
Erik Russo 2.08 yrs

Net Fund Flows Versus Category

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-1.996B Category Low
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As of February 28, 2023

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of March 23, 2023. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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Name
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
YTD
10.88%
18.61%
1.47%
28.52%
50.41%
19.67%
-26.45%
6.82%
7.51%
22.40%
-8.71%
27.67%
15.90%
21.82%
-18.14%
3.98%
29.38%
25.21%
-6.34%
64.65%
61.94%
42.54%
-30.92%
23.07%
15.22%
33.47%
6.62%
25.25%
57.77%
10.62%
-44.68%
10.40%
0.84%
32.06%
0.02%
46.71%
82.06%
18.10%
-31.75%
11.82%
44.12%
40.16%
-11.54%
52.49%
56.74%
46.55%
-34.43%
21.62%
As of March 23, 2023.

Fundamentals

General
Distribution Yield Upgrade
Dividend Yield TTM (3-24-23) 0.24%
30-Day SEC Yield (2-28-23) Upgrade
7-Day SEC Yield --
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Stock
Weighted Average PE Ratio 26.60
Weighted Average Price to Sales Ratio Upgrade
Weighted Average Price to Book Ratio Upgrade
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As of March 22, 2023

Growth Estimates

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As of March 22, 2023

Asset Allocation

As of March 22, 2023.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash -0.02% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 100.0% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Top 10 Holdings

Name % Weight Price % Change
Broadcom Inc 6.42% 636.34 -0.45%
Fortinet Inc 6.23% 63.02 -0.36%
Cisco Systems Inc 6.18% 50.52 1.59%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 6.13% 191.50 -1.23%
Infosys Ltd ADR 5.77% 16.80 -0.83%
Okta Inc Class A 3.49% 82.27 -2.36%
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc Class A 3.34% 131.51 -2.25%
Open Text Corp 3.25% 50.79 -0.53%
Thales 3.15% 142.41 -4.10%
Trend Micro Inc 3.10% 48.35 0.00%

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the fund's fees and expenses) of an equity index called the Nasdaq CTA Cybersecurity Index TM (the "index"). The fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in the common stocks and depositary receipts that comprise the index. The index includes securities of companies classified as "cyber security" companies by CTA. The fund is non-diversified.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Equity Style Mid Cap/Growth
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Sector Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Technology
Category Index Morningstar US Tech TR USD
Global Category Name Technology Sector Equity
YCharts Categorization Technology Equity
YCharts Benchmark S&P 1500 Information Technology (Sector) Total Return (^SP15IFTSTR)
Prospectus Objective Specialty - Technology
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Nasdaq CTA Cybersecurity Index TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^MSWNTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Daniel Lindquist 7.65 yrs
David McGarel 7.65 yrs
Jon Erickson 7.65 yrs
Roger Testin 7.65 yrs
Stan Ueland 7.65 yrs
Chris Peterson 6.96 yrs
Erik Russo 2.08 yrs

Fundamentals

General
Distribution Yield Upgrade
Dividend Yield TTM (3-24-23) 0.24%
30-Day SEC Yield (2-28-23) Upgrade
7-Day SEC Yield --
Number of Holdings Upgrade
Stock
Weighted Average PE Ratio 26.60
Weighted Average Price to Sales Ratio Upgrade
Weighted Average Price to Book Ratio Upgrade
Weighted Median ROE Upgrade
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As of March 22, 2023

Growth Estimates

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As of March 22, 2023

Fund Details

Key Dates
Inception Date 7/7/2015
Last Annual Report Date 9/30/2022
Last Prospectus Date 2/1/2023
Attributes
Index Fund Yes
Inverse Fund No
Leveraged Fund No
Fund of Funds No
Currency Hedged Fund No
Synthetic Replication Fund No
Has Dividend Investment Plan No
Socially Responsible Fund No

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