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First Trust Dividend Strength ETF (FTDS)

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Price: $67.27; —12 Nov 2026
Assets: $40.5M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.70%; Category 0.94%
Yield: 1.57%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 23.3%+2.1%; Category 21.2%
3Y CAGR: 19.6%+1.3%; Category 18.3%
5Y CAGR: 7.5%-1.7%; Category 9.2%

$67.27—12 Nov 2026

Fund

Assets: $40.5M
Expense: 0.70%
Categ. exp: 0.94%
Yield: 1.57%

ReturnFundCateg.

1Y23.3%21.2%

3Y19.6%18.3%

5Y7.5%9.2%

Launch10.0%—

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First Trust Dividend Strength ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

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	+4.9%	+1.8%	+15.3%	+20.7%	+23.3%	+19.6%	+7.5%	+11.5%	+10.0%
Mid-Cap Value average	4.2%	-0.3%	10.9%	18.9%	21.2%	18.3%	9.2%	10.8%	11.7%
Difference	+0.8%	+2.1%	+4.4%	+1.8%	+2.1%	+1.3%	-1.7%	+0.6%	-1.7%

Holdings

The 10 largest positions make up 23.6% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
CTSH	Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A	2.64%
PSX	Phillips 66	2.54%
DINO	HF Sinclair Corp	2.49%
APA	APA Corp	2.42%
GRMN	Garmin Ltd	2.36%
ALLE	Allegion PLC	2.30%
DGX	Quest Diagnostics Inc	2.27%
BR	Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc	2.21%
QCOM	Qualcomm Inc	2.20%
AVY	Avery Dennison Corp	2.19%

Portfolio valuation

Weighted averages of what the fund holds.

P/E: 13.6
P/B: 2.5
P/S: 1.7
P/CF: 9.4

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Financial services26.4%
Energy21.1%
Industrials17.3%
Technology15.3%
Health care6.3%
Materials5.7%
Consumer discretionary4.3%
Consumer staples3.6%

Asset mix

Stocks99.9%
Cash0.1%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Equity · Mid-Cap Value
Ticker: FTDS
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 5 Dec 2006 (19.9 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.70% (category 0.94%)
Holdings turnover: 132% (category 60%)
Distribution yield: 1.57%
Beta, 3 years: 0.53
Total net assets: $40.5M

Prices and returns as of 12 Nov 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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