FDMFirst Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index Fund

Grow my money20y track recordRanked #1,310 of 2,999 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index.

By First Trust · Launched 2005

Annual Cost

0.60%

#3,235 of 5,861 · average

Fund Size

$265M

#2,122 of 5,861 · mid-size

Return (1Y)Goal

+30.2%

Track Record

20 years

#238 of 5,861 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$12,932+29.3%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

North america

Cap

Micro

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 15.8% of fund✓ well diversified

Stoke Therapeutics Inc

2.4%

Dauch Corp.

2.0%

Deluxe Corporation

1.7%

GIGACLOUD TECHNOLOGY INC

1.6%

TETRA Technologies Inc.

1.6%

American Public Education Inc.

1.4%

Douglas Dynamics Inc.

1.4%

Business First Bancshares Inc.

1.2%

Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc.

1.2%

USA Today Co. Inc.

1.2%

Asset allocation

Stocks

100.0%

Cash

0.1%

By sector

Financial Services

43.4%

Industrials

14.3%

Consumer Cyclical

9.8%

Healthcare

6.6%

Technology

6.6%

Basic Materials

4.9%

Consumer Defensive

4.6%

Energy

4.3%

Other

5.4%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

18.5%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-47.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.68Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.03Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index.
Strategy: Invests at least 90% of net assets in U.S. micro-capitalization companies that comprise the Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index using an indexing investment approach. The Fund attempts to replicate the Index's performance before fees and expenses, which is rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually.
Inception date: September 27, 2005
Fund family: First Trust