Summary
First Trust SMID Growth Strength ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 101. The ten largest make up 10% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $29.2M
- Positions
- 101
- Dividend yield
- 0.03%
- Running since
- 2017
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 10% of the fund.
What to watch
- 97% 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 small fund with $29.2M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $41.9K 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
- +0.2%
- 3 months
- +0.9%
- This year
- +6.6%
- 1 year
- +4.4%
- 3 years
- +33%
- 5 years
- +11%
- Avg. market cap
- $9.75B
- P/E
- 15.7x
- Forward P/E
- 15.8x
- P/S
- 2.4x
- P/B
- 3.6x
- P/FCF
- 12.4x
- EV/EBITDA
- 13.7x
- Dividend yield
- 1.59%
- ROIC
- 18.8%
- ROE
- 34.1%
- Gross margin
- 61.1%
- Operating margin
- 22.8%
- Net margin
- 19.6%
- Payout ratio
- 24.9%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.4x
- Beta
- 0.99
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 50% 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 ACArch Capital Group ACGL 1.0%
- 2 BOBoot Barn BOOT 1.0%
- 3 CICincinnati Financial CINF 1.0%
- 4 DODigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. DOCN 1.0%
- 5 ESElastic ESTC 1.0%
- 6 FIFIGS, Inc. FIGS 1.0%
- 7 GWGuidewire GWRE 1.0%
- 8 HLHamilton Lane HLNE 1.0%
- 9 MCMercury General Corporation MCY 1.0%
- 10 PAPaycom Software PAYC 1.0%
Positions in the fund: 101. The ten largest make up 10% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Technology 25%
- Healthcare 22%
- Financials 19%
- Industrials 12%
- Consumer cyclical 9.6%
- Other 12%
By country
- United States 97%
- Netherlands 1.5%
- Bermuda 1.0%
- Other countries 0.2%
By company size
- Large cap 40%
- Mid cap 48%
- Small 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: Technology (25%). Largest country: United States (97%). Largest size group: Mid cap (48%).
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 slowly- A year on average, 5 years
- +2.1%
- Deepest drop
- -25%
- Yearly volatility
- 15%
Average yearly growth over the last five years: 2.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 25% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.03%
- Last payment
- $0.01
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.01 per share, which is 0.03% of today's price. The last payment was $0.01 on Jun 25, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $41.9K
- Shares a day
- 1.3K
On an average day about $41.9K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 15.7
- Average Bulios Score
- 73 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 28%
- Fairly valued 10.0%
- Overvalued 62%
On average the companies inside trade for 15.7 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 62% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 50% 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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