Summary
First Trust Active Factor Mid Cap ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 268. The ten largest make up 12% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.68%
- Fund size
- $247.2M
- Positions
- 268
- Dividend yield
- 0.72%
- Running since
- 2019
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 12% of the fund.
- Average yearly growth over the last five years: 7.7%.
What to watch
- 98% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.68% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -2.8%
- 3 months
- -6.1%
- This year
- +14%
- 1 year
- +16%
- 3 years
- +69%
- 5 years
- +45%
- Avg. market cap
- $11.8B
- P/E
- 12.2x
- Forward P/E
- 10.9x
- P/S
- 0.4x
- P/B
- 0.1x
- P/FCF
- 1.2x
- EV/EBITDA
- 8.4x
- Dividend yield
- 1.52%
- ROIC
- 14.4%
- ROE
- 36.4%
- Gross margin
- 39.4%
- Operating margin
- 20.5%
- Net margin
- 16.8%
- Payout ratio
- 18.6%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.4x
- Beta
- 0.97
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 42% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 RSReliance Steel & Aluminum Co. RS 1.8%
- 2 EXExelixis EXEL 1.4%
- 3 DIHF Sinclair Corporation DINO 1.3%
- 4 RNRenaissanceRe RNR 1.2%
- 5 CACasey's General Stores, Inc. CASY 1.2%
- 6 HAHalozyme Therapeutics HALO 1.1%
- 7 FHFederated Hermes, Inc. FHI 1.1%
- 8 APApple Hospitality REIT, Inc. APLE 1.1%
- 9 HRH&R Block HRB 1.1%
- 10 CHOasis Petroleum CHRD 1.0%
Positions in the fund: 268. The ten largest make up 12% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Technology 20%
- Industrials 17%
- Consumer cyclical 14%
- Financials 14%
- Healthcare 11%
- Other 23%
By country
- United States 98%
- United Kingdom 0.7%
- India 0.6%
- Mexico 0.4%
By company size
- Large cap 43%
- Mid cap 55%
- Small cap 2.1%
- Micro cap 0.3%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Technology (20%). Largest country: United States (98%). Largest size group: Mid cap (55%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $68.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,233
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $68.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $3,233.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 5 years
- +7.7%
- Deepest drop
- -26%
- Yearly volatility
- 15%
Average yearly growth over the last five years: 7.7%. Deepest drop in these years: 26% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.72%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.02
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.28 per share, which is 0.72% of today's price. The last payment was $0.02 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $1.50M
- Shares a day
- 38K
On an average day about $1.50M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 12.2
- Average Bulios Score
- 70 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 37%
- Fairly valued 19%
- Overvalued 44%
On average the companies inside trade for 12.2 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 44% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 42% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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