First TrustIntermediate Core BondFTCB · NYSE Arca

First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF (FTCB)

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Price: $20.16; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $2.6B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.56%; Category 0.54%
Yield: 5.23%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -0.7%-0.7%; Category -0.0%
3Y CAGR: —; Category 5.5%
5Y CAGR: —; Category -0.1%

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First Trust Core Investment Grade 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	+2.5%	-0.5%	-1.5%	-1.1%	-0.7%	—	—	—	+5.1%
Intermediate Core Bond average	2.2%	-0.1%	-0.9%	-0.5%	-0.0%	5.5%	-0.1%	1.5%	1.8%
Difference	+0.3%	-0.4%	-0.6%	-0.6%	-0.7%	—	—	—	+3.4%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 1.5% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
MISXX	Morgan Stanley Instl Lqudty Trs Instl	1.50%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government30.2%
AAA74.6%
AA2.4%
A5.9%
BBB17.0%
Other0.2%

Asset mix

Bonds95.0%
Cash5.1%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Fixed Income · Intermediate Core Bond
Ticker: FTCB
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 7 Nov 2023 (3.0 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.56% (category 0.54%)
Holdings turnover: 136% (category 124%)
Distribution yield: 5.23%
Beta, 3 years: 0.00
Total net assets: $2.6B
Average duration: 4.63 years
Average maturity: 8.85 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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