First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index Fund FDM · AMEX
$90.64 -0.49% (-$0.45)
Summary
First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 136. The ten largest make up 15% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $261.7M
- Positions
- 136
- Dividend yield
- 1.51%
- Running since
- 2005
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 15% of the fund.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.7%.
- It has been running since 2005.
What to watch
- 57% of the fund is in one sector (Financials).
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.65% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- It trades little: only about $845.9K 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
- +2.4%
- 3 months
- -0.5%
- This year
- +14%
- 1 year
- +19%
- 3 years
- +73%
- 5 years
- +46%
- 10 years
- +152%
- Avg. market cap
- $810.5M
- P/E
- 8.7x
- Forward P/E
- 9.4x
- P/S
- 1.3x
- P/B
- 1.4x
- P/FCF
- 8.2x
- EV/EBITDA
- -
- Dividend yield
- 3.20%
- ROIC
- -
- ROE
- 36.1%
- Gross margin
- -
- Operating margin
- 25.1%
- Net margin
- 22.5%
- Payout ratio
- 27.9%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- -
- Beta
- 0.98
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 57% 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 PDPagerDuty, Inc. PD 2.1%
- 2 QNQuinStreet QNST 1.5%
- 3 APApogee Enterprises, Inc. APOG 1.4%
- 4 RIRigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. RIGL 1.4%
- 5 HRHeritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. HRTG 1.4%
- 6 RERiley Exploration Permian, Inc. REPX 1.4%
- 7 PAPhibro Animal Health Corporation PAHC 1.4%
- 8 OROrrstown Financial Services, Inc. ORRF 1.4%
- 9 IBIndependent Bank Corporation IBCP 1.3%
- 10 SMStandard Motor Products, Inc. SMP 1.3%
Positions in the fund: 136. The ten largest make up 15% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Financials 57%
- Healthcare 6.9%
- Real estate 6.0%
- Industrials 6.0%
- Consumer cyclical 5.8%
- Other 19%
By country
- United States 100%
- Other countries 0.3%
By company size
- Mid cap 0.6%
- Small cap 89%
- Micro cap 11%
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: Financials (57%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Small cap (89%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $65.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,099
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $65.00 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 $3,099.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +9.7%
- Deepest drop
- -26%
- Yearly volatility
- 17%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.7%. Deepest drop in these years: 26% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.51%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.38
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.37 per share, which is 1.51% of today's price. The last payment was $0.38 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $845.9K
- Shares a day
- 9.3K
On an average day about $845.9K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 8.7
- Average Bulios Score
- 70 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 62%
- Fairly valued 15%
- Overvalued 23%
On average the companies inside trade for 8.7 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 62% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 57% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.