First TrustDiversified Emerging MarketsAFEM · Nasdaq

First Trust Active Factor Emerging Markets ETF (AFEM)

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Price: $100.64; —21 Sept 2026
Assets: —; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.85%; Per year
Yield: —; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 35.1%+5.4%; Category 29.7%
3Y CAGR: 27.0%+5.6%; Category 21.4%
5Y CAGR: 12.5%+3.9%; Category 8.6%

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First Trust Active Factor Emerging Markets ETF

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	+3.2%	+5.7%	+22.8%	+28.7%	+35.1%	+27.0%	+12.5%	+9.3%	+10.6%
Diversified Emerging Markets average	2.2%	-1.6%	18.5%	24.2%	29.7%	21.4%	8.6%	7.7%	13.9%
Difference	+1.0%	+7.3%	+4.3%	+4.6%	+5.4%	+5.6%	+3.9%	+1.6%	-3.3%

Holdings

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ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Equity · Diversified Emerging Markets
Ticker: AFEM
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 15 Jun 2016 (10.3 years)
Structure: Exchange traded fund
Expense ratio: 0.85%
Distribution yield: —
Total net assets: —

Prices and returns as of 21 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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