FTXHFirst Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals ETF
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%
#3,108 of 5,562 · average
Fund Size
$35M
#3,889 of 5,562 · small
Return (1Y)Goal
+40.2%
Track Record
9 years
#1,477 of 5,562 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$14,013+40.1%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
Classification
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Sector
Health careFocus
Biotech & Genomics
Index tracked
Nasdaq US Smart Pharmaceuticals Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 55.3% of fundmoderately concentrated
Merck & Co Inc
7.7%
Johnson & Johnson
7.2%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
7.0%
AbbVie Inc
6.7%
Pfizer Inc
6.2%
Eli Lilly & Co
4.5%
Cardinal Health Inc
4.3%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc
4.1%
Biogen Inc
4.0%
Viatris Inc
3.6%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Healthcare
100.0%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
17.1%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-32.1%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.55Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.79Moderate downside risk
Where to buy
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 primarily in securities that comprise the Nasdaq US Smart Pharmaceuticals Index, aiming to replicate its performance. The Index includes top factor-ranked U.S. pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, rebalanced semi-annually.
- Inception date
- September 20, 2016
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-06-19