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First Trust Intermediate Government Opportunities ETF (MGOV)

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Price: $19.61; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $101.2M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.49%; Category 0.82%
Yield: 4.43%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -0.2%-0.7%; Category 0.5%
3Y CAGR: 4.6%+0.2%; Category 4.4%
5Y CAGR: —; Category 0.1%

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First Trust Intermediate Government Opportunities 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	-1.0%	-1.6%	-1.7%	-1.2%	-0.2%	+4.6%	—	—	+4.1%
Government Mortgage-Backed Bond average	-1.4%	-1.8%	-1.3%	-0.8%	0.5%	4.4%	0.1%	1.1%	2.1%
Difference	+0.4%	+0.2%	-0.4%	-0.3%	-0.7%	+0.2%	—	—	+2.1%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government17.0%
AAA98.9%
AA0.1%
A0.4%
Other0.6%

Asset mix

Bonds97.8%
Cash2.3%

ETF details

Issuer: First Trust
Category: Fixed Income · Government Mortgage-Backed Bond
Ticker: MGOV
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 2 Aug 2023 (3.1 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.49% (category 0.82%)
Holdings turnover: 230% (category 321%)
Distribution yield: 4.43%
Beta, 3 years: 1.14
Total net assets: $101.2M
Average duration: 3.52 years
Average maturity: 8.70 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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