Summary
First Trust Intermediate Government Opportunities ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 205. The ten largest make up 29% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $95.8M
- Positions
- 205
- Dividend yield
- 4.85%
- Running since
- 2023
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 29% of the fund.
What to watch
- 103% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.50% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.20%).
- A small fund with $95.8M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $496.2K 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
- +0.6%
- 3 months
- -2.2%
- This year
- -5.3%
- 1 year
- -6.0%
- 3 years
- +3.0%
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac TBA, 5.50%, due 04/01/2056 5.1%
- 2 GNMA G2 MA7366, 2%, due 05/20/2051 4.2%
- 3 Fannie Mae FN MA4319, 2%, due 04/01/2051 3.0%
- 4 Fannie Mae FN MA4392, 2.50%, due 07/01/2051 2.8%
- 5 Fannie Mae FN MA4057, 2.50%, due 06/01/2050 2.8%
- 6 Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac TBA, 6%, due 06/01/2056 2.4%
- 7 Fannie Mae Series 2025-49, Class FA, Variable rate, due 06/25/2055 2.3%
- 8 Fannie Mae FN BM7521, 3.50%, due 10/01/2048 2.2%
- 9 U.S. Treasury Bond, 0%, due 05/15/2034 2.2%
- 10 Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac TBA, 3.50%, due 02/01/2052 2.0%
Positions in the fund: 205. The ten largest make up 29% of it.
Composition as of Oct 24, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 103%
- China 1.7%
Largest country: United States (103%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $50.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,416
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $50.00 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 $2,416.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 3 years
- +1.0%
- Deepest drop
- -9.9%
- Yearly volatility
- 4.9%
Average yearly growth over the last three years: 1.0%. Deepest drop in these years: 9.9% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 4.85%
- Payments a year
- 12
- Last payment
- $0.07
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.94 per share, which is 4.85% of today's price. The last payment was $0.07 on Oct 21, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $496.2K
- Shares a day
- 26K
On an average day about $496.2K of the fund changes hands.