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First Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals ETF (FTXH)

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Price: $40.47; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $1.1B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.60%; Category 1.00%
Yield: 1.03%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 44.0%+12.8%; Category 31.2%
3Y CAGR: 16.6%+3.0%; Category 13.5%
5Y CAGR: 10.8%+8.9%; Category 1.9%

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First Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals 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	+1.2%	+12.6%	+20.8%	+23.4%	+44.0%	+16.6%	+10.8%	—	+8.4%
Health average	-1.4%	12.4%	20.6%	14.7%	31.2%	13.5%	1.9%	9.5%	10.7%
Difference	+2.6%	+0.2%	+0.3%	+8.7%	+12.8%	+3.0%	+8.9%	—	-2.3%

Holdings

The 10 largest positions make up 52.5% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
MRK	Merck & Co Inc	7.57%
ABBV	AbbVie Inc	7.01%
LLY	Eli Lilly and Co	6.96%
BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb Co	6.80%
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	6.79%
BIIB	Biogen Inc	3.58%
AMGN	Amgen Inc	3.52%
VTRS	Viatris Inc	3.51%
VRTX	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc	3.49%
PFE	Pfizer Inc	3.27%

Portfolio valuation

Weighted averages of what the fund holds.

P/E: 27.8
P/B: 4.9
P/S: 2.9
P/CF: 16.7

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Health care100.0%

Asset mix

Stocks99.9%
Cash0.1%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Equity · Health
Ticker: FTXH
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 20 Sept 2016 (10.0 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.60% (category 1.00%)
Holdings turnover: 35% (category 51%)
Distribution yield: 1.03%
Beta, 3 years: 0.48
Total net assets: $1.1B

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

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