First Trust Funds
£2.9B combined fund size · 6 asset classes · average OCF 0.51%.
How First Trust funds have returned on average.
Average 1Y return to September 2026 end, GBP net total return.
The headline is the average return of the funds, to September 2026 end. The chart follows the largest funds, equal weighted, weekly points built from daily prices, to 16 Oct 2026. They measure different things, so the numbers differ.
Source: FE fundinfo. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns.
Composite of the largest funds with 1Y of history, equal weight, GBP total return, NAV to 16 Oct 2026. 10 funds.
Funds in this line
The funds used in the chart above.
- First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity UCITS ETF
- First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund
- First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF
- First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index Fund
- First Trust Dow 30 Equal Weight ETF
- First Trust Water ETF
- First Trust Capital Strength ETF
- First Trust NYSE® Arca® Biotechnology Index Fund
- First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund
- First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund
First Trust funds are covered on Funds Benchmark, with £2.9B in combined fund size, in GBP (funds that disclose size). The range is concentrated in Equity, Bonds, Alternatives, with smaller allocations across other asset classes. The average ongoing charge (OCF) across the range is 0.51%. Every fund below links to a detail page with its latest price, performance over 1Y / 3Y / 5Y where available, fees and holdings, comparable side by side against benchmark and peers.
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Asset class mix
- Equity100.0%
- Commodities0.0%
- Alternatives0.0%
Asset classes within this manager
Fund counts here are a separate set from the Funds figure above.
Dots: last Friday of each month, GBP total return, ten most exposed funds with the sub-category at 10% or more (at least five funds), equal weighted, against the whole category (small grey dots). Bars: average portfolio share, relative to the largest.
Largest First Trust funds
Top First Trust funds by assets under management, one share class per fund.
First Trust holdings
Positions that appear most often among the ten largest holdings of the funds we list. Bar = average weight among the funds that have the position in their ten largest holdings.
First Trust funds by 1Y return
Fund data from FE fundinfo. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns. Funds Benchmark provides information only and does not give investment advice.
All First Trust funds (199)
Structure and passive flags come from FE fundinfo where a fund is classified. A fund without a flag is unclassified: it is not necessarily active, and not necessarily outside ETF or ETC.
Equity (155)
- First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure UCITS ETF
- First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity UCITS ETF
- First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
- First Trust NYSE® Arca® Biotechnology Index Fund
- First Trust Indxx NextG ETF
- First Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals ETF
- First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund
- First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF
- First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF
- First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund
- First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund
- First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX® Fund
- First Trust STOXX® European Select Dividend Index Fund
- First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund
- First Trust Natural Gas ETF
- First Trust Japan AlphaDEX® Fund
- First Trust Cloud Computing ETF
- First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund
- First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX® Fund
- First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund
- First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF
- First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
- FT Energy Income Partners Strategy ETF
- First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX® Fund
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100® Buffer ETF - March
- First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF
- First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Smart Infrastructure Index Fund
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100® Buffer ETF - December
- First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100® Buffer ETF - September
- First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund
- First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index Fund
- First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
- First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF
- FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF
- First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund
- FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF
- First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - February
- FT Vest Emerging Markets Buffer ETF - September
- First Trust WCM International Equity ETF
- FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF
- FT Vest DJIA® Dogs 10 Target Income ETF
- First Trust Active Factor Large Cap ETF
- First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund
- FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF
- First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - October
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - November
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - February
- First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - August
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - September
- First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - January
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March
- FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - February
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - November
- First Trust Dow 30 Equal Weight ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - November
- FT Vest Fund of Buffer ETFs
- First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - March
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100® Conservative Buffer ETF - July
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - July
- First Trust Europe AlphaDEX® Fund
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - October
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - October
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - March
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December
- FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - August
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - February
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - February
- First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - September
- FT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – March
- FT Vest International Equity Buffer ETF - September
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - September
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - January
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - January
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - November
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Moderate Buffer ETF (May)
- First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
- First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund
- First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100® Buffer ETF - June
- FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - November
- First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance® ETF
- FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF
- FT Vest Fund of Deep Buffer ETFs
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - April
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - July
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - May
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - July
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Equal Weight Buffer ETF - September
- First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - October
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100® Conservative Buffer ETF - April
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - June
- FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - February
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Equal Weight Buffer ETF - June
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - December
- FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August
- FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May
- First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - January
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - August
- FT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December
- First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF
- First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - July
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - April
- FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - August
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - May
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - May
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - April
- First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - June
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - August
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - April
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF (May)
- FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - June
- FT Vest International Equity Buffer ETF - June
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - June
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - September
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - March
- FT Vest S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF®
- First Trust Growth Strength ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - June
- First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - July
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - August
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - March
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - June
- First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - September
- First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund
- First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund
- First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF
- First Trust Capital Strength ETF
- FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF
- First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund
- First Trust Long Duration Opportunities ETF
- First Trust Water ETF
- First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF
- First Trust SkyBridge Crypto Industry and Digital Economy ETF
Bonds (19)
- First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF
- First Trust Senior Loan Fund
- First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF
- First Trust Structured Credit Income Opportunities ETF
- First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF
- First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF
- FT Vest High Yield & Target Income ETF
- First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF
- First Trust Short Duration Managed Municipal ETF
- First Trust Limited Duration Investment Grade Corporate ETF
- First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF
- First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF
- First Trust Municipal High Income ETF
- First Trust Managed Municipal ETF
- First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF
- First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF
- First Trust Intermediate Duration Investment Grade Corporate ETF
- FT Vest Investment Grade & Target Income ETF
- FT Vest 20+ Year Treasury & Target Income ETF
Alternatives (6)
Commodities (5)
Multi-asset (1)
Unclassified (13)
- FT Vest Emerging Markets Buffer ETF - December
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100® Moderate Buffer ETF - November
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly 2.5 to 15 Buffer ETF
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100® Conservative Buffer ETF - January
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Equal Weight Buffer ETF - March
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Equal Weight Buffer ETF - December
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Max Buffer ETF
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - November
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - October
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - December
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - January
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - February
- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - April
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About First Trust
Where can I find First Trust fund prices and factsheets?
Every First Trust fund's detail page on Funds Benchmark shows its latest price (NAV), performance, ongoing charge, fund size and holdings where available. The data comes from FE fundinfo and is shown alongside the fund's benchmark and peers.
Which First Trust funds does Funds Benchmark cover?
Funds Benchmark covers the First Trust funds listed on this page, grouped by asset class. Funds differ in domicile and legal structure, and whether you can buy a given fund depends on your country, your platform and the fund's own documentation. Check each fund's details before investing.
What asset classes does First Trust cover?
First Trust's largest group on Funds Benchmark is Equity, alongside other asset classes. The groups are listed in the all funds section on this page, and you can filter the firm's funds by asset class in the Fund Finder.
How are First Trust funds rated against peers?
Open any First Trust fund's detail page to see how it compares with peers where peer data is available, along with performance over 1Y / 3Y / 5Y where available, risk metrics such as volatility, Sharpe ratio and maximum drawdown where available, and its holdings. Performance data is from FE fundinfo. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns.
What's the average fee on First Trust funds?
Across the funds we cover, the average ongoing charge (OCF) is 0.51%. Individual share classes vary, so check the OCF on each fund's page.
Where can I see First Trust's top-performing funds?
The table on this page shows up to 30 First Trust funds ordered by 1 year return. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns. The Fund Finder lets you filter First Trust funds and compare them with funds from other managers by performance, fees and asset class.