First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund (QTEC)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the NASDAQ-100 Technology Index. The QTEC ETF contains 40 constituents. It is focused on growth holdings in the North America region.
Price $102.53 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 0.09% |
| Expense ratio | 0.57% |
| Average spread | 0.068% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.638% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -10.8% | -3.0% | 0.7% | -14.8% | -0.8% | -11.3% | 12.5% | -6.9% | -12.5% | -2.2% | -49.0% | ||
| 2021 | 0.6% | 3.8% | -0.0% | 3.2% | -0.7% | 7.6% | 2.3% | 2.8% | -5.7% | 7.6% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 24.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -6.1% | -10.1% | 13.5% | 7.5% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 5.6% | -3.6% | -1.0% | 13.3% | 5.1% | 36.1% |
| 2019 | 11.6% | 5.5% | 3.0% | 8.4% | -12.9% | 10.0% | 3.3% | -2.4% | 1.8% | 3.4% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 42.3% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | -0.3% | -1.6% | -1.7% | 5.3% | -1.9% | 3.0% | 2.3% | -2.2% | -9.9% | 3.7% | -8.0% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 6.9% | 4.0% | 2.9% | 1.8% | 6.1% | -3.8% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 6.9% | -0.5% | -0.5% | 33.0% |
| 2016 | -7.8% | 1.3% | 8.7% | -4.8% | 7.5% | -1.1% | 7.8% | 5.3% | 3.7% | 0.1% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 24.2% |
| 2015 | -6.1% | 8.5% | -2.4% | 0.7% | 3.6% | -6.2% | -0.1% | -5.4% | -1.6% | 10.1% | 1.2% | -2.5% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | -0.6% | 6.4% | 0.0% | -2.4% | 4.7% | 4.7% | -0.8% | 4.3% | -0.4% | 2.0% | 6.2% | -1.1% | 23.1% |
| 2013 | 6.8% | -0.2% | 2.7% | -0.0% | 3.8% | -1.4% | 6.8% | -0.8% | 6.2% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 5.2% | 33.2% |
| 2012 | 9.4% | 4.9% | 3.6% | -4.4% | -11.2% | 3.4% | -0.6% | 3.4% | 0.1% | -5.8% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 9.5% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | 3.2% | -1.8% | 2.8% | -1.4% | -5.5% | -4.7% | -6.5% | -5.4% | 15.7% | -1.8% | -2.2% | -4.1% |
| 21.8% | 28.0% | 5.6% | 2.4% | 11.7% | 0.6% | 38.4% | 4.5% | -16.1% | 28.6% | 37.5% | 6.9% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.08 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.61 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.68 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.62 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.57 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.37 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.68 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.42 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 0.53 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.26 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.22 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 0.08 | 0.08 | |||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.46 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Xilinx, Inc. | 2.92% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 2.92% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 2.86% |
| Atlassian Corp. Plc Class A | 2.71% |
| Marvell Technology, Inc. | 2.69% |
| Splunk Inc. | 2.67% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 2.67% |
| Autodesk, Inc. | 2.65% |
| Intuit Inc. | 2.63% |
| Workday, Inc. Class A | 2.62% |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 2.58% |
| Baidu Inc Sponsored ADR Class A | 2.56% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 2.54% |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation Class A | 2.52% |
| ANSYS, Inc. | 2.51% |
| Top 15 Weights | 40.05% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| QTEC | IGM | IXN | JHMT | QQQ | VGT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund | iShares North American Tech ETF | iShares Global Tech ETF | John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF | PowerShares QQQ ETF | Vanguard Information Technology ETF |
| Issuer | First Trust | iShares | iShares | John Hancock | Invesco | Vanguard |
| Price | $102.53 | $280.82 | $43.06 | $66.4 | $269.11 | $312.17 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.57% |  0.43% | 0.43% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Average Spread | 0.068% | 0.061% | 0.093% | 0.211% | 0.004% | 0.026% |
| AUM | $2,364,490,000 | $2,530,070,000 | $3,950,020,000 | $48,647,100 | $139,688,000,000 | $38,227,300,000 |
| Shares | 23,061,404 | 9,009,583 | 91,733,025 | 732,637 | 519,074,875 | 122,456,520 |
| Average Daily Volume | 106,923 | 80,207 | 366,510 | 14,839 | 66,968,870 | 1,020,163 |
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| Inception Date | 2006-04-19 | 2001-03-13 | 2001-11-12 | 2015-09-29 | 1999-03-10 | 2004-01-26 |
| Index Tracked | NASDAQ-100 Technology Index | S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index | S&P Global 1200 Information Technology Sector Index | John Hancock Dimensional Technology Index | NASDAQ-100 Index | MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Index |
| Category | Technology Equities | Technology Equities | Technology Equities | Technology Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | Technology Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps |
| Value or Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth |
| Region | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America |
| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $0.092 | $0.959 | $0.342 | $0.433 | $1.971 | $2.858 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.001% | 0.003% | 0.008% | 0.007% | 0.007% | 0.009% |
| Number of Holdings | 40 | 325 | 126 | 151 | 100 | 341 |
| YTD Return | -41.42% | -35.87% | -32.89% | -35.25% | -32.02% | -31.46% |
| Beta | 1.25 | 1.23 | 1.18 | 1.28 | 1.20 | 1.13 |
| Upside Beta | 0.26 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.73 | 0.37 | 0.32 |
| Downside Beta | -0.20 | 0.07 | 0.07 | -0.01 | 0.11 | 0.02 |
| Volatility 1Y | 38.46% | 33.10% | 29.96% | 33.28% | 30.17% | 31.50% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.19 | 0.45 | 0.67 | 0.56 | 0.75 | 0.79 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |