Summary
First Trust Expanded Technology ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 51. The ten largest make up 49% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $36.7M
- Positions
- 51
- Dividend yield
- 0.10%
- Running since
- 2021
What speaks for it
- Average yearly growth over the last five years: 8.6%.
What to watch
- 82% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.65% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 38% from its high.
- A small fund with $36.7M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $141.9K 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
- -16%
- 3 months
- -14%
- This year
- -4.2%
- 1 year
- -4.9%
- 3 years
- +63%
- 5 years
- +51%
- Avg. market cap
- $1.10T
- P/E
- 29.3x
- Forward P/E
- 21.9x
- P/S
- 7.6x
- P/B
- 10.4x
- P/FCF
- 31.8x
- EV/EBITDA
- 21.2x
- Dividend yield
- 0.71%
- ROIC
- 25.8%
- ROE
- 64.6%
- Gross margin
- 62.7%
- Operating margin
- 36.6%
- Net margin
- 33.7%
- Payout ratio
- 20.7%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.3x
- Beta
- 1.28
Weighted average of the 50 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?
Moderately concentrated- 1 VVisa V 5.8%
- 2 MAMastercard MA 5.8%
- 3 AAApple AAPL 5.6%
- 4 MSMicrosoft MSFT 5.5%
- 5 CSCisco CSCO 4.5%
- 6 TXTexas Instruments TXN 4.3%
- 7 PLPalantir PLTR 4.3%
- 8 GOAlphabet GOOGL 4.3%
- 9 PAPalo Alto Networks PANW 4.3%
- 10 NVNvidia NVDA 4.3%
Positions in the fund: 51. The ten largest make up 49% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 82%
- Communication services 9.7%
- Financials 8.3%
By country
- United States 100%
By company size
- Mega cap 67%
- Large cap 33%
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 (82%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Mega cap (67%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $65.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,099
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $65.00 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 $3,099.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 5 years
- +8.6%
- Deepest drop
- -38%
- Yearly volatility
- 24%
Average yearly growth over the last five years: 8.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 38% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.10%
- Payments a year
- 2
- Last payment
- $0.00
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.03 per share, which is 0.10% of today's price. The last payment was $0.00 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $141.9K
- Shares a day
- 4.1K
On an average day about $141.9K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 29.3
- Average Bulios Score
- 74 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 8.6%
- Fairly valued 3.8%
- Overvalued 88%
On average the companies inside trade for 29.3 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 88% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), 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.
Similar funds
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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