Summary
First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 88. The ten largest make up 57% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $4.35B
- Positions
- 88
- Dividend yield
- 1.47%
- Running since
- 2012
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $4.35B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $17.6M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 14%.
- It has been running since 2012.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 57% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 84% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 82% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.50% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 33% 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
- -6.9%
- 3 months
- -7.8%
- This year
- +11%
- 1 year
- +11%
- 3 years
- +87%
- 5 years
- +79%
- 10 years
- +278%
- Avg. market cap
- $680.4B
- P/E
- 18.8x
- Forward P/E
- 16.0x
- P/S
- 2.7x
- P/B
- 3.6x
- P/FCF
- 17.4x
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.9x
- Dividend yield
- 8.21%
- ROIC
- 17.6%
- ROE
- 31.7%
- Gross margin
- 58.2%
- Operating margin
- 29.3%
- Net margin
- 24.9%
- Payout ratio
- 154.2%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.6x
- Beta
- 1.34
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 96% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 TXTexas Instruments TXN 9.3%
- 2 IBIBM IBM 8.9%
- 3 MSMicrosoft MSFT 8.3%
- 4 AVBroadcom AVGO 7.1%
- 5 OROracle ORCL 7.1%
- 6 TSTSMC TSM 3.9%
- 7 QCQualcomm QCOM 3.9%
- 8 ADAnalog Devices ADI 3.6%
- 9 TRThomson Reuters Corporation TRI 2.9%
- 10 VIVistance Networks, Inc. VISN 2.1%
Positions in the fund: 88. The ten largest make up 57% of it.
Composition as of Oct 31, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 84%
- Communication services 13%
- Industrials 2.8%
By country
- United States 82%
- Canada 6.1%
- Taiwan 4.2%
- China 1.9%
- Other countries 4.6%
By company size
- Mega cap 53%
- Large cap 41%
- Mid cap 3.5%
- Small cap 2.7%
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 (84%). Largest country: United States (82%). Largest size group: Mega cap (53%).
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 over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +14%
- Deepest drop
- -33%
- Yearly volatility
- 22%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 14%. Deepest drop in these years: 33% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.47%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.35
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.58 per share, which is 1.47% of today's price. The last payment was $0.35 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $17.6M
- Shares a day
- 163K
On an average day about $17.6M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 18.8
- Average Bulios Score
- 69 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 17%
- Fairly valued 11%
- Overvalued 72%
On average the companies inside trade for 18.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 72% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 96% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TD TDVI FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF | United States | 0.75% | $659.3M | +4.2% | Pays out | 100% |
HE HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF | United States | 0.58% | $36.6M | - | Pays out | 35% |
TD TDV ProShares - S&P Technology Dividend Aristocrats ETF | United States | 0.45% | $272.7M | +15% | Pays out | 33% |
SP SPDG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P Sector Neutral Dividend ETF | United States | 0.05% | $13.2M | +15% | Pays out | 31% |
TX TXF.TO CI Tech Giants Covered Call ETF Common Units | Canada | 0.71% | $553.5M | -6.5% | Pays out | 30% |
KN KNGZ First Trust S&P 500 Diversified Dividend Aristocrats ETF | United States | 0.50% | $69.4M | +21% | Pays out | 30% |