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FTCS

First Trust Capital Strength ETF

Passive ETF Equity

The FTCS Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is provided by First Trust. It is built to track an index: The Capital Strength Index. The FTCS ETF provides physical exposure, so by buying it you actually own parts of all the 50 underlying holdings. This share class generates a stream of income by distributing dividends.

$99.53

+$0.74 (+0.75%) 2 days ago

1:30 PM 10/16/26 Closed

1D price range

$99.02$99.95

52W price range

$89.76$102.93

YTD Perf.

+7.83%

YTD Flows

Annualized volatility

Fund AuM

€6.84B

Share class AuM

€6.84B

TTM Yield

Tracking Error

Tracking Difference

Characteristics

ISIN

US33733E1047

TER

0.52%

Inception date

7/6/2006

Issuer

First Trust

Benchmark

The Capital Strength Index

Replication method

Dividend policy

Distributing

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PerformanceDec 31, 2025 - Oct 15, 2026

Flows

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Sector exposures

Data as of 08/31/26

Finance

23.30%

Consumer Non-Cyclicals

18.84%

Industrials

15.51%

Healthcare

15.20%

Technology

6.16%

Business Services

6.03%

Energy

4.26%

Consumer Cyclicals

4.11%

Non-Energy Materials

3.90%

Unavailable

0.27%

Other

2.42%

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FAQ about FTCS

FTCS is a Passive ETF. This ETF provides exposure to Equally Weighted Large Cap US Equities.

FTCS tracks the The Capital Strength Total Return Index - USD, through a full replication replication method.

FTCS carries a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.52%, indicating the annual cost for holding the fund.

FTCS was introduced to the market on July 6, 2006. It trades on United States

First Trust Capital Strength ETF, FTCS, is provided by First Trust. Learn more about First Trust here.

FTCS oversees €6.84B in assets as of October 15, 2026.

FTCS follows a distributing dividend policy, meaning it pays out income to investors. As of October 15, 2026, its 12-month trailing yield was 1.16%.

As of August 31, 2026, FTCS has significant geographic allocations in USA, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

As of August 31, 2026, FTCS focuses largely on Finance, Consumer Non-Cyclicals and Industrials.

As of August 31, 2026, FTCS holds 50 positions in its portfolio, with 33.03% of assets concentrated in its top 15 holdings.

As of August 31, 2026, FTCS top three holdings include Airbnb, Inc., Amgen, Inc. and Merck & Co., Inc..

The base currency of FTCS is USD.

Top 10 holdings

Data as of 08/31/26

Airbnb, Inc.

2.42%

Amgen, Inc.

2.32%

Merck & Co., Inc.

2.28%

Copart, Inc.

2.28%

CME Group, Inc.

2.27%

ResMed, Inc.

2.25%

Expand Energy Corp.

2.20%

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2.19%

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

2.16%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

2.15%

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