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First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF

ETF
IFV
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$19.95 +0.08 +0.4%
primary theme
International Large-Cap Blend Equity
IFV (ETF)

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$19.95 +0.08 +0.4%
primary theme
International Large-Cap Blend Equity
IFV (ETF)

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$19.95 +0.08 +0.4%
primary theme
International Large-Cap Blend Equity

Name

As of 03/27/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$19.95

$194 M

3.57%

$0.71

1.03%

Vitals

YTD Return

2.5%

1 yr return

23.2%

3 Yr Avg Return

-1.9%

5 Yr Avg Return

3.6%

Net Assets

$194 M

Holdings in Top 10

99.9%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$19.9
$17.01
$19.99

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 1.03%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover N/A

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

N/A

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Exchange Traded Fund


Name

As of 03/27/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$19.95

$194 M

3.57%

$0.71

1.03%

IFV - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 2.5%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return -1.9%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 3.6%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency N/A
  • Net Income Ratio 0.87%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 3.6%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF
  • Fund Family Name
    First Trust Advisors L.P.
  • Inception Date
    Jul 22, 2014
  • Shares Outstanding
    9050002
  • Share Class
    N/A
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Daniel Lindquist

Fund Description

The Fund normally invests at least 90% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in the exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that comprise the Index. The Fund, using an indexing investment approach, attempts to replicate, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The ETFs comprising the Index selection universe are advised by First Trust Advisors L.P., the Fund’s investment advisor. The ETFs hold non-U.S. equity securities, including depositary receipts, of all market capitalization ranges. In general, “non-U.S.” shall mean securities issued or guaranteed by companies organized under the laws of countries other than the United States (including emerging markets). The Index is owned and was developed by Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”). The Index Provider has retained Nasdaq, Inc. to calculate and maintain the Index. Nasdaq, Inc. may, from time to time, exercise reasonable discretion as it deems appropriate in order to ensure Index integrity.The Index is constructed pursuant to the Index Provider’s proprietary methodology, which takes into account the performance of certain First Trust international ETFs relative to one another. The Index is designed to provide targeted exposure to the five First Trust country/region-based ETFs that the Index Provider believes offer the greatest potential to outperform the other ETFs in the selection universe. The Index Provider believes that the most adaptive tool to achieve the goal of discerning the strongest trends versus that of the weakest is relative strength. According to the Index Provider, relative strength measures the price performance of a security versus a market average, another security or universe of securities. A security’s relative strength can improve if it rises more than the market in an uptrend, or goes down less than the market in a downtrend. With respect to the Index, the Index Provider uses relative strength to evaluate the momentum of certain First Trust country/region-based ETFs to determine the five ETFs that have the highest level of momentum, which the Index Provider considers to have the greatest probability of outperforming the other First Trust country/region-based ETFs. The Index Provider selects the Index’s potential inventory and uses the price data of the selected First Trust ETFs to perform relative strength analysis. The Fund may invest in growth and value stocks and U.S. dollar denominated and non-U.S. dollar denominated securities.According to the Index Provider, security selection for the Index will be conducted in the following manner:1.The selection universe of the Index begins with all of the First Trust ETFs.2.The Index Provider then identifies the First Trust ETFs that are designed to target a specific country or region, or that have a significant overweight towards a particular country or region, excluding the U.S.3.The components of the Index’s potential inventory are then ranked using a relative strength methodology that is based upon each ETF’s market performance and characteristics that the Index Provider believes offer the greatest potential to outperform the other ETFs in the selection universe. Relative strength is a momentum technique that relies on unbiased, unemotional and objective data, rather than biased forecasting and subjective research. Relative strength is a way of recording historic performance patterns, and the Index Provider uses relative strength signals as a trend indicator for current momentum trends of a security versus another security.4.The Index Provider then selects the five top-ranking First Trust ETFs according to the proprietary relative strength methodology for inclusion in the Index.5.The Index is evaluated on a bi-monthly basis, and the five positions within the Index are held as long as those positions continue to suggest that they will outperform the majority of the inventory of other potential First Trust ETFs on a relative basis. An Index component will only be removed if it falls to the bottom half of the universe of First Trust ETFs according to the Index Provider’s proprietary relative strength methodology. An ETF is only added to the Index when a current member is removed. The Index will always be comprised of five First Trust ETFs. When an addition or deletion is made to the Index, the Index is rebalanced so that each position is equally weighted.The Index is rebalanced and reconstituted periodically and the Fund will make corresponding changes to its portfolio shortly after the Index changes are made public. The Index’s periodic rebalance and reconstitution schedule may cause the Fund to experience a higher rate of portfolio turnover. The Fund will be concentrated in an industry or a group of industries to the extent that the Index is so concentrated. To the extent the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a given jurisdiction or investment sector, the Fund may be exposed to the risks associated with that jurisdiction or investment sector. As of December 31, 2023, the Index was composed of the following First Trust ETFs:First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index FundFirst Trust India NIFTY 50 Equal Weight ETFFirst Trust Japan AlphaDEX® FundFirst Trust Latin America AlphaDEX® FundFirst Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX® FundThe Fund's investments will change as the Index changes and, as a result, the Fund may have significant investments in jurisdictions or investment sectors that it may not have had as of December 31, 2023.
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IFV - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period IFV Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 2.5% -1.4% 32.0% 88.86%
1 Yr 23.2% 0.7% 28.0% 6.04%
3 Yr -1.9%* -13.5% 48.7% 95.88%
5 Yr 3.6%* -33.8% 76.8% 95.72%
10 Yr N/A* -0.1% 16.8% 81.86%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period IFV Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 16.8% -7.3% 22.0% 11.50%
2022 -28.0% -43.6% 71.3% 97.75%
2021 4.5% -28.5% 18.9% 53.60%
2020 4.2% -90.1% 992.1% 87.74%
2019 22.4% -2.2% 38.8% 23.46%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period IFV Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 2.5% -1.4% 32.0% 88.86%
1 Yr 23.2% 0.7% 28.0% 6.04%
3 Yr -1.9%* -13.5% 48.7% 95.88%
5 Yr 3.6%* -33.8% 76.8% 95.72%
10 Yr N/A* -0.1% 16.8% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period IFV Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 20.4% 3.2% 41.4% 5.75%
2022 -25.4% -43.6% 144.8% 98.95%
2021 5.6% -22.6% 56.0% 90.20%
2020 6.1% -89.7% 1010.8% 85.85%
2019 26.3% 4.3% 38.8% 17.97%

IFV - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

IFV Category Low Category High IFV % Rank
Net Assets 194 M 1.97 M 366 B 75.04%
Number of Holdings 5 1 10801 98.54%
Net Assets in Top 10 197 M 0 36.8 B 42.71%
Weighting of Top 10 99.95% 2.5% 111.6% 3.53%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX Fund 21.99%
  2. First Trust India Nifty 50 Equ 20.82%
  3. First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund 20.15%
  4. First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund 19.89%
  5. First Trust DJ Global Select Dividend Index Fund 17.10%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High IFV % Rank
Stocks
99.95% 0.00% 122.60% 3.94%
Cash
0.05% -22.43% 100.00% 96.06%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% -0.01% 7.60% 59.33%
Other
0.00% -2.97% 43.01% 51.90%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 4.18% 24.42%
Bonds
0.00% -0.68% 71.30% 32.80%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High IFV % Rank
Financial Services
25.38% 0.00% 47.75% 2.39%
Basic Materials
16.61% 0.00% 23.86% 2.09%
Industrials
11.51% 5.17% 99.49% 83.58%
Consumer Cyclical
9.62% 0.00% 36.36% 67.46%
Consumer Defense
8.11% 0.00% 32.29% 72.84%
Utilities
7.87% 0.00% 13.68% 2.84%
Communication Services
6.46% 0.00% 21.69% 41.79%
Healthcare
4.82% 0.00% 21.01% 96.87%
Energy
4.28% 0.00% 16.89% 66.12%
Real Estate
2.87% 0.00% 14.59% 27.31%
Technology
2.46% 0.00% 36.32% 98.21%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High IFV % Rank
US
99.95% 0.00% 103.55% 1.60%
Non US
0.00% 0.00% 121.07% 94.02%

IFV - Expenses

Operational Fees

IFV Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 1.03% 0.01% 18.22% 49.20%
Management Fee 0.30% 0.00% 1.65% 17.81%
12b-1 Fee 0.00% 0.00% 1.00% 4.15%
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 1.00% N/A

Sales Fees

IFV Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 3.50% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 5.00% N/A

Trading Fees

IFV Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 1.00% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

IFV Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover N/A 2.00% 247.00% 55.72%

IFV - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

IFV Category Low Category High IFV % Rank
Dividend Yield 3.57% 0.00% 24.61% 17.42%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

IFV Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly Annually SemiAnnual SemiAnnual

Net Income Ratio Analysis

IFV Category Low Category High IFV % Rank
Net Income Ratio 0.87% -0.93% 6.38% 79.70%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

IFV Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Semi-Monthly Annually

Distributions History

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IFV - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Daniel Lindquist


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jul 22, 2014

7.86

7.9%

Daniel J. Lindquist, CFA, was born in 1970. Mr. Lindquist earned a B.A. in Business Economics from Wheaton College and has an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. He has been with First Trust Advisors L.P. since 2004 and is a Managing Director. Mr. Lindquist is the Chairman of the Investment Committee and is responsible for the overall supervision of the Separate Managed Accounts.

David McGarel


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jul 22, 2014

7.86

7.9%

David G. McGarel, CFA, was born in 1966. Mr. McGarel earned a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame. He has been with First Trust Advisors L.P. since 1997 and he is a Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Investment Officer. As head of FTA’s Strategy Research Group, Mr. McGarel shall be responsible for developing and implementing quantitative investment strategies for those Funds that have investment policies that require them to follow such strategies, on behalf of the Investment Committee.

Stan Ueland


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jul 22, 2014

7.86

7.9%

Mr. Ueland joined First Trust Advisors as a Vice President in August 2005 and has been a Senior Vice President of First Trust and FTP since September 2012. At First Trust, he plays an important role in executing the investment strategies of each portfolio of exchange-traded funds advised by First Trust. Before joining First Trust, he was vice president of sales at BondWave LLC from May 2004 through August 2005, an account executive for Mina Capital Management LLC and Samaritan Asset Management LLC from January 2003 through May 2004, and a sales consultant at Oracle Corporation from January 1997 through January 2003.

Roger Testin


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jul 22, 2014

7.86

7.9%

Roger F. Testin, CFA, was born in 1966. Mr. Testin earned a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois and has an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. He has been with First Trust Advisors L.P. since 2001 and he is a Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President. As Product Manager for the VA’s, SMA’s and International Managed Products, Mr. Testin shall be responsible for the daily implementation and execution of the strategies for these product vehicles on behalf of the Investment Committee.

Jon Erickson


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jul 22, 2014

7.86

7.9%

Jon C. Erickson, CFA, was born in 1966. Mr. Erickson earned a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois and has an MBA from the University of Illinois in Finance. He has been with First Trust Advisors L.P. since 1994 and he is a Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President. As the head of FTA’s Equity Research Group, Mr. Erickson shall be responsible for determining the securities to be purchased and sold by Funds that do not utilize quantitative investment strategies on behalf of the Investment Committee.

Chris Peterson


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Mar 18, 2016

6.21

6.2%

Chris A. Peterson, CFA was born in 1975. Mr. Peterson earned a B.S in Finance from Bradley University and has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with concentrations in Analytic Finance & Accounting. He has been with First Trust Advisors L.P. since 2000. As head of FTA’s Portfolio Advisor’s Strategy Research Group, Mr. Peterson shall be responsible for developing and implementing quantitative equity strategies on behalf of the Investment Committee.

Erik Russo


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Feb 01, 2021

1.33

1.3%

Mr. Russo is a Vice President of First Trust. He is responsible for implementing the investment strategies of each portfolio of exchange-traded funds advised by First Trust in his role as a Portfolio Manager. Mr. Russo joined First Trust in January of 2010.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.08 30.35 6.22 3.25