Summary
First Trust Natural Gas ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 42. The ten largest make up 42% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.59%
- Fund size
- $685.2M
- Positions
- 42
- Dividend yield
- 2.10%
- Running since
- 2007
What speaks for it
- Easy to buy and sell: about $25.4M changes hands a day.
- It has been running since 2007.
What to watch
- 98% of the fund is in one sector (Energy).
- 92% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.59% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 37% from its high.
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
- +3.0%
- 3 months
- +12%
- This year
- +34%
- 1 year
- +43%
- 3 years
- +15%
- 5 years
- +70%
- 10 years
- +20%
- Avg. market cap
- $29.4B
- P/E
- 11.8x
- Forward P/E
- 10.3x
- P/S
- 2.2x
- P/B
- 1.6x
- P/FCF
- 9.4x
- EV/EBITDA
- 6.0x
- Dividend yield
- 2.77%
- ROIC
- 9.0%
- ROE
- 11.9%
- Gross margin
- 52.0%
- Operating margin
- 6.5%
- Net margin
- -25.0%
- Payout ratio
- 32.6%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.5x
- Beta
- -0.11
Weighted average of the 41 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?
Moderately concentrated- 1 COConocoPhillips COP 4.9%
- 2 EOEOG Resources EOG 4.8%
- 3 DVDevon Energy DVN 4.5%
- 4 OXOccidental Petroleum OXY 4.3%
- 5 WEWestern Midstream Partners, LP WES 4.1%
- 6 FADiamondback Energy, Inc. FANG 4.1%
- 7 APAPA Corporation APA 3.9%
- 8 EQEQT Corporation EQT 3.9%
- 9 PRPermian Resources Corporation PR 3.9%
- 10 OVOvintiv Inc. OVV 3.8%
Positions in the fund: 42. The ten largest make up 42% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Energy 98%
- Technology 2.0%
By country
- United States 92%
- Canada 5.1%
- Australia 2.9%
- Other countries 0.2%
By company size
- Large cap 56%
- Mid cap 35%
- Small cap 8.3%
- Micro cap 0.8%
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: Energy (98%). Largest country: United States (92%). Largest size group: Large cap (56%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $59.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,828
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $59.00 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 $2,828.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +1.8%
- Deepest drop
- -37%
- Yearly volatility
- 28%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 1.8%. Deepest drop in these years: 37% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.10%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.19
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.66 per share, which is 2.10% of today's price. The last payment was $0.19 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $25.4M
- Shares a day
- 810K
On an average day about $25.4M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 11.8
- Average Bulios Score
- 65 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 43%
- Fairly valued 20%
- Overvalued 36%
On average the companies inside trade for 11.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 43% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (41), 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.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LN LNGX Global X - U.S. Natural Gas ETF | United States | 0.45% | $57.0M | - | Pays out | 59% |
PX PXE Invesco Energy Exploration & Production ETF | United States | 0.67% | $97.7M | +62% | Pays out | 58% |
XO XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF | United States | 0.35% | $3.29B | +62% | Pays out | 56% |
FX FXN First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund | United States | 0.63% | $386.9M | +58% | Pays out | 45% |
GU GUSH Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 2X ETF | United States | 0.94% | $306.4M | +135% | Pays out | 44% |
IE IEO iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF | United States | 0.37% | $629.3M | +74% | Pays out | 43% |
