Summary
First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 48. The ten largest make up 25% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.55%
- Fund size
- $4.41B
- Positions
- 48
- Dividend yield
- 0.01%
- Running since
- 2006
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $4.41B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $96.7M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 20%.
- It has been running since 2006.
What to watch
- 86% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 83% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.55% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 46% 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
- -3.8%
- 3 months
- +0.3%
- This year
- +31%
- 1 year
- +30%
- 3 years
- +107%
- 5 years
- +80%
- 10 years
- +500%
- Avg. market cap
- $681.2B
- P/E
- 24.3x
- Forward P/E
- 16.8x
- P/S
- 6.0x
- P/B
- 7.2x
- P/FCF
- 18.3x
- EV/EBITDA
- 15.9x
- Dividend yield
- 0.55%
- ROIC
- 22.1%
- ROE
- 44.0%
- Gross margin
- 66.3%
- Operating margin
- -12.3%
- Net margin
- -116.9%
- Payout ratio
- 13.3%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.6x
- Beta
- 1.43
Weighted average of the 47 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?
Widely spread- 1 MEMeta META 2.8%
- 2 SHShopify SHOP 2.6%
- 3 AMAMD AMD 2.5%
- 4 ADAnalog Devices ADI 2.5%
- 5 AAApple AAPL 2.5%
- 6 MRMarvell MRVL 2.4%
- 7 TXTexas Instruments TXN 2.4%
- 8 MSMicrosoft MSFT 2.4%
- 9 DDDatadog DDOG 2.4%
- 10 SNSynopsys SNPS 2.3%
Positions in the fund: 48. The ten largest make up 25% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 86%
- Communication services 9.0%
- Consumer cyclical 3.6%
- Industrials 1.9%
By country
- United States 83%
- Netherlands 6.3%
- Canada 4.8%
- United Kingdom 2.2%
- Other countries 4.0%
By company size
- Mega cap 43%
- Large cap 57%
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 (86%). Largest country: United States (83%). Largest size group: Large cap (57%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $55.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,646
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $55.00 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 $2,646.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +20%
- Deepest drop
- -46%
- Yearly volatility
- 29%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 20%. Deepest drop in these years: 46% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.01%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $0.03
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.03 per share, which is 0.01% of today's price. The last payment was $0.03 on Jun 25, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $96.7M
- Shares a day
- 321K
On an average day about $96.7M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 24.3
- Average Bulios Score
- 66 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 18%
- Fairly valued 5.5%
- Overvalued 77%
On average the companies inside trade for 24.3 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 77% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (47), 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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