First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF (FICS)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the The International Developed Capital Strength Index. The FICS ETF contains 50 constituents. It is focused on holdings in the Europe region.
Price $26.66 as of 2022-10-21Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 2.23% |
| Expense ratio | 0.7% |
| Average spread | 0.15% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.85% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -8.0% | -3.5% | 2.3% | -0.7% | -6.1% | -7.1% | 6.5% | -7.0% | -7.3% | 2.7% | -28.3% | ||
| 2021 | -1.4% | -0.0% | 3.5% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 1.5% | 2.7% | 2.0% | -5.6% | 4.3% | -2.2% | 5.4% | 18.8% |
| -9.4% | -3.6% | 5.7% | 3.8% | -2.0% | -5.6% | 9.2% | -5.0% | -13.0% | 7.0% | -2.2% | 5.4% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.06 | 0.29 | 0.11 | 0.47 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.46 | ||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk A/S Class B | 2.18% |
| Capgemini SE | 2.16% |
| GlaxoSmithKline plc | 2.15% |
| Epiroc AB Class A | 2.14% |
| Merck KGaA | 2.13% |
| Hermes International SCA | 2.12% |
| Goodman Group | 2.11% |
| Bunzl plc | 2.11% |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 2.10% |
| Canadian National Railway Company | 2.09% |
| PUMA SE | 2.08% |
| Wesfarmers Limited | 2.08% |
| Nestle S.A. | 2.07% |
| Essity AB Class B | 2.06% |
| Akzo Nobel N.V. | 2.06% |
| Top 15 Weights | 31.64% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| FICS | FSZ | PIO | PIZ | QLS | TTAI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF | First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund | PowerShares Global Water Portfolio ETF | PowerShares DWA Developed Markets Momentum Portfolio ETF | IQ Hedge Long/Short Tracker ETF | TrimTabs All Cap International Free-Cash-Flow ETF |
| Issuer | First Trust | First Trust | Invesco | Invesco | IndexIQ | TrimTabs |
| Price | $26.66 | $47.25 | $28.85 | $24.68 | $22.63 | $24.661 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.7% |  0.8% | 0.75% | 0.8% |  0.59% | 0.61% |
| Average Spread | 0.150% | 0.825% | 0.277% | 0.486% | 0.133% | 0.365% |
| AUM | $10,532,400 | $70,804,800 | $222,188,000 | $150,031,000 | $14,644,400 | $57,338,800 |
| Shares | 395,062 | 1,498,514 | 7,701,478 | 6,079,049 | 647,122 | 2,325,081 |
| Average Daily Volume | 11,867 | 2,849 | 17,330 | 32,000 | 5,857 | 8,310 |
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| Inception Date | 2020-12-15 | 2012-02-14 | 2007-06-13 | 2007-12-28 | 2015-03-24 | 2017-06-28 |
| Index Tracked | The International Developed Capital Strength Index | Nasdaq AlphaDEX Switzerland Index | NASDAQ OMX Global Water Index | Dorsey Wright Developed Markets Technical Leaders Index | IQ Hedge Long/Short Index | No Underlying Index |
| Category | Global Equities | Europe Equities | Water Equities | Foreign Large Cap Equities | Long-Short | Foreign Large Cap Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Alternatives | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | |
| Value or Growth | Blend | Blend | Growth | Blend | ||
| Region | Europe | Europe | North America | Europe | Europe | |
| Countries | Broad | U.S. | Broad | Broad | Broad | Broad |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $0.595 | $2.179 | $0.436 | $0.767 | $0.155 | $0.734 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.022% | 0.046% | 0.015% | 0.031% | 0.007% | 0.030% |
| Number of Holdings | 50 | 42 | 41 | 99 | 0 | 124 |
| YTD Return | -25.89% | -31.33% | -33.04% | -37.59% | -18.61% | -32.51% |
| Beta | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 0.59 | 0.88 |
| Upside Beta | -0.68 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.34 | 0.46 |
| Downside Beta | -0.86 | -0.34 | -0.19 | -0.17 | -0.09 | 0.25 |
| Volatility 1Y | 26.96% | 28.55% | 22.22% | 25.09% | 12.96% | 21.10% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | -0.07 | 0.01 | -0.19 | 0.06 | -0.13 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |