FIWFirst Trust Water ETF
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the ISE Clean Edge Water Index.
By First Trust · Launched 2007
Annual Cost
0.50%
#2,668 of 5,861 · average
Fund Size
$1.9B
#799 of 5,861 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+0.3%
Track Record
19 years
#475 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$9,895-1.1%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
ISE Clean Edge Water TM Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 40.5% of fundmoderately concentrated
Roper Technologies Inc
4.5%
American Water Works Company, Inc.
4.4%
Agilent Technologies Inc.
4.1%
Waters Corporation
4.1%
Xylem, Inc.
4.1%
Veralto Corp.
4.0%
Ferguson Enterprises Inc
3.9%
Pentair PLC
3.9%
Ecolab Inc.
3.8%
IDEXX Laboratories Inc.
3.8%
Asset allocation
Stocks
100.0%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Industrials
60.8%
Healthcare
12.7%
Utilities
11.3%
Technology
7.9%
Basic Materials
5.0%
Consumer Defensive
2.2%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
16.5%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-36.6%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.25Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.37Moderate downside risk
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the ISE Clean Edge Water Index.
- Strategy
- Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the ISE Clean Edge Water Index using an indexing investment approach. Focuses on companies in the potable water and wastewater industry, with various market capitalizations listed on U.S. exchanges.
- Inception date
- May 8, 2007
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-08-04