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First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD)

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Price: $42.28; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $3.2B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.65%; Category 0.74%
Yield: 4.80%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -0.9%-0.7%; Category -0.2%
3Y CAGR: 3.9%-0.7%; Category 4.6%
5Y CAGR: -1.0%-1.0%; Category -0.1%

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First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed 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	-1.2%	-2.0%	-1.3%	-1.7%	-0.9%	+3.9%	-1.0%	—	+1.5%
Intermediate Core-Plus Bond average	-1.1%	-1.6%	-0.8%	-1.0%	-0.2%	4.6%	-0.1%	1.8%	2.4%
Difference	-0.1%	-0.4%	-0.4%	-0.7%	-0.7%	-0.7%	-1.0%	—	-0.9%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Utilities100.0%

Asset mix

Bonds96.0%
Preferred shares3.2%
Cash0.8%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government29.7%
AAA46.1%
AA1.4%
A11.2%
BBB24.0%
BB15.3%
B2.1%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Fixed Income · Intermediate Core-Plus Bond
Ticker: FIXD
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 14 Feb 2017 (9.6 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.65% (category 0.74%)
Holdings turnover: 384% (category 164%)
Distribution yield: 4.80%
Beta, 3 years: 1.13
Total net assets: $3.2B
Average duration: 4.89 years
Average maturity: 9.60 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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