FTXLFirst Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
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%
#3,235 of 5,861 · average
Fund Size
$2.8B
#628 of 5,861 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+116.5%
Track Record
9 years
#1,451 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$22,428+124.3%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Large
Strategy
Index tracking
Sector
Information technologyFocus
Semiconductors
Index tracked
Nasdaq US Smart Semiconductor Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 60.0% of fundconcentrated
NVIDIA Corp.
8.2%
Broadcom Inc
8.1%
Intel Corporation
8.1%
QUALCOMM Inc.
7.6%
Micron Technology Inc.
6.9%
Marvell Technology Inc
5.1%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
4.3%
KLA Corp.
4.0%
ON Semiconductor Corp.
3.9%
Applied Materials Inc.
3.8%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Technology
99.6%
Industrials
0.4%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
46.3%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-43.9%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.04Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.52Good 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 Semiconductor Index.
- Strategy
- Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the Nasdaq US Smart Semiconductor Index using an indexing investment approach. Focuses on U.S. semiconductor companies with various market capitalizations, aiming to replicate the Index's performance.
- Inception date
- September 20, 2016
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-08-04