Summary
First Trust S&P 500 Economic Moat ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 51. The ten largest make up 25% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $2.66M
- Positions
- 51
- Dividend yield
- 1.03%
- Running since
- 2024
What speaks for it
Nothing stands out in its favour.
What to watch
- 98% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.60% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- A young fund: it has been running only since 2024.
- A small fund with $2.66M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $19.4K changes hands a day.
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
- +1.9%
- 3 months
- +2.1%
- This year
- +13%
- 1 year
- +12%
- Avg. market cap
- $695.7B
- P/E
- 23.0x
- Forward P/E
- 19.9x
- P/S
- 2.0x
- P/B
- 10.2x
- P/FCF
- 21.6x
- EV/EBITDA
- 16.5x
- Dividend yield
- 1.53%
- ROIC
- 29.9%
- ROE
- 75.1%
- Gross margin
- 55.1%
- Operating margin
- 29.6%
- Net margin
- 24.4%
- Payout ratio
- 35.3%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.2x
- Beta
- 0.82
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 100% 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 MTMettler-Toledo MTD 2.8%
- 2 MSMicrosoft MSFT 2.6%
- 3 MCMcKesson MCK 2.5%
- 4 MAMastercard MA 2.5%
- 5 ADAutomatic Data Processing, Inc. ADP 2.4%
- 6 MEMeta META 2.4%
- 7 VVisa V 2.4%
- 8 FTFortinet FTNT 2.4%
- 9 HPHP HPQ 2.4%
- 10 COCoreSite Realty COR 2.4%
Positions in the fund: 51. The ten largest make up 25% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Technology 35%
- Consumer cyclical 22%
- Consumer defensive 14%
- Healthcare 13%
- Financials 6.6%
- Other 10%
By country
- United States 98%
- Canada 1.6%
- Other countries 0.2%
By company size
- Mega cap 39%
- Large cap 61%
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 (35%). Largest country: United States (98%). Largest size group: Large cap (61%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $60.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,873
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $60.00 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 $2,873.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- Over the last year
- +12%
- Deepest drop
- -16%
- Yearly volatility
- 12%
Growth over the last year: 12%. Deepest drop in these years: 16% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.03%
- Payments a year
- 3
- Last payment
- $0.04
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.28 per share, which is 1.03% of today's price. The last payment was $0.04 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $19.4K
- Shares a day
- 724
On an average day about $19.4K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 23.0
- Average Bulios Score
- 72 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 12%
- Fairly valued 10%
- Overvalued 78%
On average the companies inside trade for 23.0 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 78% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 100% 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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