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First Trust Flexible Income ETF (FFLX)

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Price: $9.48; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $173.8M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.65%; Category 0.92%
Yield: 1.04%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: —; Category 1.3%
3Y CAGR: —; Category 6.7%
5Y CAGR: —; Category 1.5%

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First Trust Flexible Income 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	+1.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4%
Multisector Bond average	1.1%	-0.6%	-0.5%	0.4%	1.3%	6.7%	1.5%	2.9%	2.7%
Difference	+0.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3.2%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 1.8% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
MISXX	Morgan Stanley Instl Lqudty Trs Instl	1.76%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government20.9%
AAA20.2%
AA1.2%
A7.4%
BBB28.3%
BB25.6%
B11.1%
Below B1.6%
Other4.6%

Asset mix

Bonds96.0%
Cash2.4%
Preferred shares1.6%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Fixed Income · Multisector Bond
Ticker: FFLX
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 25 May 2004 (22.4 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.65% (category 0.92%)
Holdings turnover: 0% (category 148%)
Distribution yield: 1.04%
Beta, 3 years: 0.00
Total net assets: $173.8M
Average duration: 5.86 years

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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