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FTXHFirst Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals ETF

Grow my money9y track recordRanked #1,286 of 2,999 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Nasdaq US Smart Pharmaceuticals Index.

By First Trust · Launched 2016

Annual Cost

0.60%

#3,235 of 5,861 · average

Fund Size

$36M

#3,971 of 5,861 · small

Return (1Y)Goal

+49.6%

Track Record

9 years

#1,451 of 5,861 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$14,865+48.7%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Focus

Biotech & Genomics

Index tracked

Nasdaq US Smart Pharmaceuticals Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 54.1% of fundmoderately concentrated

Johnson & Johnson
7.5%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
7.4%
Merck & Co., Inc
7.4%
AbbVie Inc.
7.1%
Eli Lilly & Co.
6.6%
Pfizer Inc.
3.8%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
3.7%
Biogen Inc
3.6%
Gilead Sciences Inc.
3.5%
Cardinal Health, Inc.
3.5%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

By sector

Healthcare
100.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
17.2%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-32.0%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.71Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.03Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Nasdaq US Smart Pharmaceuticals Index.
Strategy
Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the Nasdaq US Smart Pharmaceuticals Index using an indexing investment approach. The Index provides exposure to the top factor-ranked securities from U.S. pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, with a market capitalization-weighted structure.
Inception date
September 20, 2016
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-08-04