First Trust ETF List

Here you can find all ETFs issued by First Trust and compare their essential indicators like expense ratio or rate of return to see which one suits your portfolio best.

First Trust is a U.S.-based asset manager offering a broad range of actively managed and rules-based ETFs. First Trust ETFs span equities, fixed income, sector strategies, dividend income, and alternative approaches, with a mix of index-tracking and actively managed products. The First Trust ETF list includes funds across multiple asset classes and investment styles. This page lets you compare First Trust ETFs on expense ratio, historical returns, dividend yield, max drawdown, Sharpe ratio, Sortino ratio, and Risk/Return Score — useful for evaluating funds for portfolio construction, income generation, diversification, or long-term investing research.

Number of ETFs: 215
Average Expense Ratio: 0.79%
Average 1 Year Return: 18.76%
Average 5 Year Return: 6.78%
Median Risk/Return Score: 57 / 100

Issuer is First Trust

Symbol	Full Name	Category	Inception	Expense Ratio	YTD Return	10Y Return (Annualized)	Dividend Yield	Risk / Return Rank
FPEI	First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities & I...	Preferred Stock/Convertible Bonds, Actively Managed	Aug 22, 2017	0.85%	-0.43%	—	5.75%	78
FPX	First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF	Large Cap Growth Equities	Apr 12, 2006	0.57%	-0.28%	13.15%	0.58%	78
FPX.L	First Trust US IPO Index UCITS ETF	Large Cap Growth Equities	Aug 14, 2015	0.65%	0.45%	—	0.00%	80
FPXE	First Trust IPOX Europe Equity Opportunities ETF	Europe Equities	Oct 4, 2018	0.70%	0.96%	—	1.14%	60
FPXI	First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF	Foreign Large Cap Equities	Nov 5, 2014	0.70%	5.89%	10.29%	0.75%	71
FRI	First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund	REIT	May 8, 2007	0.50%	6.13%	5.14%	2.74%	24
FSCS	First Trust SMID Capital Strength ETF	Mid Cap Blend Equities	Jun 20, 2017	0.60%	-1.19%	—	0.91%	13
FSGS	First Trust SMID Growth Strength ETF	Small Cap Growth Equities	Jun 20, 2017	0.60%	-2.90%	—	0.00%	20
FSIG	First Trust Limited Duration Investment Grade Corp...	Short-Term Bond	Nov 17, 2021	0.55%	-0.01%	—	4.79%	89
FSKY.L	First Trust Cloud Computing UCITS ETF Class A USD ...	Technology Equities	Dec 27, 2018	0.60%	-13.39%	—	0.00%	17
FSMB	First Trust Short Duration Managed Municipal ETF	Municipal Bonds, Actively Managed	Nov 1, 2018	0.45%	0.49%	—	3.13%	79
FSZ	First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund	Europe Equities	Feb 14, 2012	0.80%	-0.18%	9.42%	2.44%	62
FTA	First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund	Large Cap Value Equities	May 8, 2007	0.60%	7.56%	10.86%	1.73%	67
FTAG	First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF	Large Cap Blend Equities	Mar 12, 2010	0.70%	12.78%	5.90%	1.35%	68
FTC	First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund	Large Cap Growth Equities	May 8, 2007	0.60%	-2.04%	12.98%	0.22%	42
FTCB	First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF	Intermediate Core Bond	Nov 7, 2023	0.55%	0.19%	—	5.14%	51
FTCS	First Trust Capital Strength ETF	Large Cap Growth Equities	Jul 6, 2006	0.56%	0.90%	10.34%	1.11%	20
FTDS	First Trust Dividend Strength ETF	Mid Cap Blend Equities	Dec 5, 2006	0.70%	7.34%	11.06%	1.65%	57
FTEU.L	First Trust Eurozone AlphaDEX® UCITS ETF Class A S...	Europe Equities	Oct 21, 2014	0.80%	2.86%	—	0.00%	90
FTGC	First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fun...	Commodities, Actively Managed	Oct 23, 2013	0.95%	26.15%	8.55%	15.20%	87

Risk vs. Return Scatterplot

The Risk vs. Return Scatterplot allows you to quickly compare funds, stocks, and ETFs in one view. It displays the yearly return of an instrument on one axis and the risk (volatility) on the other.

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