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FTXLFirst Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF

Grow my money9y track recordRanked #673 of 2,966 in this goal

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

By First Trust · Launched 2016

Annual Cost

0.60%

#3,113 of 5,568 · average

Fund Size

$2.5B

#647 of 5,568 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+218.8%

Track Record

9 years

#1,478 of 5,568 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$30,601+206.0%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Large

Strategy

Index tracking

Focus

Semiconductors

Index tracked

Nasdaq US Smart Semiconductor Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 65.7% of fundconcentrated

Micron Technology Inc
14.4%
Intel Corp
9.1%
Broadcom Inc
7.0%
NVIDIA Corp
6.4%
QUALCOMM Inc
6.4%
Lam Research Corp
5.1%
Applied Materials Inc
4.8%
Amkor Technology Inc
4.5%
KLA Corp
4.2%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
3.9%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

By sector

Technology
99.7%
Industrials
0.3%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
40.0%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-43.9%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.35Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
2.03Good downside protection

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 Semiconductor Index.
Strategy
Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the Index, using an indexing approach to replicate its performance. The Index includes top factor-ranked U.S. semiconductor companies and is rebalanced semi-annually.
Inception date
September 20, 2016
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-06-20