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HISF vs FTSM

First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF vs First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF

HISF

First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF

First Trust

Annual cost

0.83%

Fund size

$91M

FTSM

First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF

First Trust

Annual cost

0.29%

Fund size

$6.4B

Key differences

  • FTSM costs 0.54% less per year.
  • FTSM is significantly larger than HISF — larger funds tend to be more liquid and less likely to close.

Side-by-side comparison

HISFFTSM
Annual cost (TER)0.83%0.29%
Fund size (AUM)$91M$6.4B
Since20142014
Dividend yield4.94%4.20%
Asset classfixed incomefixed income
Regionnorth americanorth america
Strategyindex trackingindex tracking
CAGR 1Y+6.1%+4.3%
CAGR 3Y+4.7%+4.9%
CAGR 5Y+1.7%+3.5%
Sharpe 3Y0.282.51
Volatility 1Y3.36%0.48%
Max drawdown-27.86%-4.12%

Green dot indicates the better value for that metric. Performance data is historical and does not predict future results.

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