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First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF FICS · NASDAQ

$41.72 -1.41% (-$0.59)

Summary

First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 56. The ten largest make up 21% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.70%
Fund size
$204.5M
Positions
56
Dividend yield
1.87%
Running since
2020

What speaks for it

Nothing stands out in its favour.

What to watch

  • Costs of 0.70% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
  • In the last five years its price once dropped by 30% from its high.
  • It trades little: only about $423.5K 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
+5.2%
3 months
-3.4%
This year
+4.0%
1 year
+8.4%
3 years
+38%
5 years
+15%
Avg. market cap
$95.4B
P/E
16.7x
Forward P/E
17.8x
P/S
1.8x
P/B
3.7x
P/FCF
13.1x
EV/EBITDA
11.6x
Dividend yield
2.20%
ROIC
13.2%
ROE
25.6%
Gross margin
46.7%
Operating margin
18.1%
Net margin
17.2%
Payout ratio
36.8%
Net debt/EBITDA
1.7x
Beta
0.71

Weighted average of the 39 largest companies, which make up 79% 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. 1
    SC
    Schindler Holding AG SCHP.SW 2.3%
  2. 2
    OR
    L'Oréal S.A. OR.PA 2.2%
  3. 3
    HN
    Hannover Rück SE HNR1.DE 2.2%
  4. 4
    AE
    Aena S.M.E., S.A. AENA.MC 2.1%
  5. 5
    SA
    Sampo Oyj SAMPO.HE 2.1%
  6. 6
    MU
    Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München MUV2.DE 2.1%
  7. 7
    45
    Shionogi & Co., Ltd. 4507.T 2.1%
  8. 8
    AL
    Allianz ALV.DE 2.1%
  9. 9
    NO
    Novartis AG NOVN.SW 2.1%
  10. 10
    SL
    Swiss Life Holding AG SLHN.SW 2.1%

Positions in the fund: 56. The ten largest make up 21% of it.

Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.

Where is it spread?

Spread out

By sector

By country

By company size

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. Counted from the companies that make up 79% of the fund.

Largest sector: Financials (30%). Largest country: Switzerland (23%). Largest size group: Large cap (82%).

What does it cost me?

Expensive
A year from $10,000
$70.00
Over 20 years
$3,322

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $70.00 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 $3,322.

How has it done?

Growing slowly
A year on average, 5 years
+2.8%
Deepest drop
-30%
Yearly volatility
14%

Average yearly growth over the last five years: 2.8%. Deepest drop in these years: 30% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
1.87%
Payments a year
4
Last payment
$0.10

Over the last 12 months it paid $0.78 per share, which is 1.87% of today's price. The last payment was $0.10 on Sep 24, 2026.

Is it easy to buy and sell?

It trades little
Traded a day
$423.5K
Shares a day
10K

On an average day about $423.5K of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Usual valuation
P/E of the companies inside
16.7
Average Bulios Score
67 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 16.7 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 51% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (39), which make up 79% 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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Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.

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CE
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ID
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IQ
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EU
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