Summary
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 38. The ten largest make up 60% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $1.16B
- Positions
- 38
- Dividend yield
- 0.11%
- Running since
- 2016
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $1.16B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $53.3M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 27%.
- It has been running since 2016.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 60% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 99% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 95% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.60% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 44% 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
- -7.2%
- 3 months
- -2.9%
- This year
- +70%
- 1 year
- +86%
- 3 years
- +234%
- 5 years
- +223%
- 10 years
- +997%
- Avg. market cap
- $748.5B
- P/E
- 30.5x
- Forward P/E
- 26.3x
- P/S
- 5.9x
- P/B
- 6.8x
- P/FCF
- 33.4x
- EV/EBITDA
- 21.9x
- Dividend yield
- 0.79%
- ROIC
- 22.3%
- ROE
- 36.3%
- Gross margin
- 55.6%
- Operating margin
- 30.9%
- Net margin
- 26.0%
- Payout ratio
- 24.2%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.2x
- Beta
- 2.30
Weighted average of the 37 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?
Concentrated- 1 QCQualcomm QCOM 8.1%
- 2 INIntel INTC 8.1%
- 3 NVNvidia NVDA 7.8%
- 4 MUMicron MU 7.4%
- 5 AVBroadcom AVGO 7.1%
- 6 AMAMD AMD 4.5%
- 7 ADAnalog Devices ADI 4.4%
- 8 MRMarvell MRVL 4.3%
- 9 TXTexas Instruments TXN 4.3%
- 10 NXNXP NXPI 4.1%
Positions in the fund: 38. The ten largest make up 60% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 99%
- Industrials 0.5%
By country
- United States 95%
- Netherlands 4.1%
- Cayman Islands 0.8%
- Other countries 0.2%
By company size
- Mega cap 50%
- Large cap 43%
- Mid cap 7.4%
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 (99%). Largest country: United States (95%). Largest size group: Mega cap (50%).
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- A year on average, 10 years
- +27%
- Deepest drop
- -44%
- Yearly volatility
- 48%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 27%. Deepest drop in these years: 44% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.11%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.04
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.25 per share, which is 0.11% of today's price. The last payment was $0.04 on Jun 25, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $53.3M
- Shares a day
- 242K
On an average day about $53.3M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 30.5
- Average Bulios Score
- 63 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 9.1%
- Fairly valued 8.2%
- Overvalued 83%
On average the companies inside trade for 30.5 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 83% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (37), 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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