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 46% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $38.2M
- Positions
- 51
- Dividend yield
- 0.09%
- Running since
- 2021
What speaks for it
- Average yearly growth over the last five years: 12%.
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 $38.2M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $170.6K 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
- -1.4%
- 3 months
- -0.5%
- This year
- +5.7%
- 1 year
- +3.9%
- 3 years
- +84%
- 5 years
- +77%
- Avg. market cap
- $1.15T
- P/E
- 34.6x
- Forward P/E
- 25.2x
- P/S
- 8.7x
- P/B
- 12.1x
- P/FCF
- 35.7x
- EV/EBITDA
- 24.3x
- Dividend yield
- 0.64%
- ROIC
- 23.4%
- ROE
- 60.8%
- Gross margin
- 62.2%
- Operating margin
- 35.1%
- Net margin
- 32.6%
- Payout ratio
- 22.3%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.5x
- Beta
- 1.26
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 AAApple AAPL 5.0%
- 2 VVisa V 4.9%
- 3 MAMastercard MA 4.9%
- 4 MSMicrosoft MSFT 4.8%
- 5 GOAlphabet GOOGL 4.7%
- 6 PLPalantir PLTR 4.6%
- 7 CSCisco CSCO 4.5%
- 8 NVNvidia NVDA 4.5%
- 9 PAPalo Alto Networks PANW 4.2%
- 10 AMApplied Materials AMAT 4.1%
Positions in the fund: 51. The ten largest make up 46% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 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 69%
- Large cap 31%
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 (69%).
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
- +12%
- Deepest drop
- -38%
- Yearly volatility
- 23%
Average yearly growth over the last five years: 12%. Deepest drop in these years: 38% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.09%
- Payments a year
- 2
- Last payment
- $0.00
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.03 per share, which is 0.09% 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
- $170.6K
- Shares a day
- 4.4K
On an average day about $170.6K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 34.6
- Average Bulios Score
- 72 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 6.2%
- Fairly valued 4.2%
- Overvalued 90%
On average the companies inside trade for 34.6 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 90% 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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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