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: 216
Average Expense Ratio: 0.79%
Average 1 Year Return: 18.73%
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
MMSC	First Trust Multi-Manager Small Cap Opportunities ...	Small Cap Growth Equities	Oct 13, 2021	0.95%	0.92%	—	0.00%	63
NFTY	First Trust India NIFTY 50 Equal Weight ETF	Asia Pacific Equities	Feb 14, 2012	0.80%	-11.77%	7.57%	2.01%	4
NXTG	First Trust IndXX NextG ETF	Technology Equities	Feb 17, 2011	0.70%	6.03%	13.72%	1.61%	86
QABA	First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund	Financials Equities	Jun 29, 2009	0.60%	4.83%	7.29%	2.47%	32
QCLN	First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index F...	Alternative Energy Equities	Feb 8, 2007	0.60%	4.31%	12.87%	0.22%	81
QCLN.DE	First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Green Energy UCITS E...	Energy Equities	Mar 5, 2021	0.60%	3.38%	—	0.00%	76
QCLN.L	First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Green Energy UCITS E...	Energy Equities	May 17, 2021	0.60%	5.30%	—	0.00%	82
QJUN	FT Cboe Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - June	Large Cap Blend Equities, Actively Managed	Jun 18, 2021	0.90%	-0.86%	—	0.00%	75
QMAR	FT Cboe Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - March	Large Cap Blend Equities, Actively Managed	Mar 19, 2021	0.90%	2.66%	—	0.00%	82
QQEW	First Trust Nasdaq-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund	Large Cap Growth Equities	Apr 19, 2006	0.58%	-10.22%	12.23%	0.35%	17
QQXT	First Trust Nasdaq-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index ...	Large Cap Growth Equities	Feb 8, 2007	0.60%	-1.59%	10.14%	1.23%	19
QTEC	First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index Fun...	Technology Equities	Apr 19, 2006	0.57%	-4.53%	18.24%	0.00%	46
RBLD	First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ET...	Industrials Equities	Oct 13, 2008	0.65%	10.26%	7.94%	1.10%	72
RDVY	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF	Large Cap Blend Equities, Dividend	Jan 6, 2014	0.50%	-0.57%	14.68%	1.02%	49
RFDI	First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Developed Internati...	Foreign Large Cap Equities, Actively Managed	Apr 13, 2016	0.83%	3.37%	—	3.41%	79
RFEM	First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ET...	Emerging Markets Equities, Actively Managed	Jun 14, 2016	0.95%	3.79%	—	1.97%	76
RFEU	First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Europe ETF	Europe Equities, Actively Managed	Apr 14, 2016	0.83%	1.50%	—	2.83%	78
RNDV	US Equity Dividend Select ETF	Large Cap Blend Equities, Dividend	Jun 20, 2017	0.50%	1.37%	—	2.68%	40
RNEM	First Trust Emerging Markets Equity Select ETF	Emerging Markets Equities	Jun 20, 2017	0.75%	-1.58%	—	2.79%	26
RNMC	First Trust Mid Cap US Equity Select ETF	Mid Cap Blend Equities	Jun 20, 2017	0.60%	-1.19%	—	0.91%	13

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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