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About First Trust Lunt U.S. Factor Rotation ETF
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Inception date
Jul 25, 2018
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
First Trust Portfolios LP
Distributor
First Trust Portfolios LP
ISIN
US33733E8729
FCTR tracks an index that tactically rotates exposure among either the highest or lowest scoring stocks for four separate investment factors: momentum, value, quality, and volatility. The index maintains two sub-indexes for each factorhigh and low. Each month, it selects one of the two sub-indexes based on 12-month risk-adjusted relative strength. The four factors each received 25% weight at inception, but are only rebalanced back to equal weight in months when all four sub-indexes change. Each sub-index is composed of 50 securities from a universe of 500 US large-cap firms, selected and weighted by their factor scores. The momentum, value and volatility sub-indices are rebalanced semi-annually, and the quality sub-index is rebalanced annually.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Technology Services
Electronic Technology
Finance
Stocks99.85%
Technology Services32.01%
Electronic Technology15.62%
Finance14.81%
Retail Trade5.57%
Consumer Services4.88%
Commercial Services4.01%
Health Technology3.67%
Producer Manufacturing3.67%
Industrial Services3.32%
Utilities3.04%
Transportation1.73%
Consumer Durables1.68%
Distribution Services1.47%
Miscellaneous1.39%
Consumer Non-Durables1.38%
Process Industries0.76%
Communications0.51%
Health Services0.34%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.15%
Mutual fund0.15%
Stock breakdown by region
North America98.03%
Europe1.97%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
FCTR invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Technology Services, with 32.01% stocks, and Electronic Technology, with 15.62% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
FCTR top holdings are AppLovin Corp. Class A and Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A, occupying 5.50% and 2.19% of the portfolio correspondingly.
FCTR last dividends amounted to 0.05 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.03 USD in dividends, which shows a 29.46% increase.
FCTR assets under management is 59.75 M USD. It's fallen 1.49% over the last month.
FCTR fund flows account for −16.33 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, FCTR pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 0.57%. The last dividend (Sep 30, 2025) amounted to 0.05 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
FCTR shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC under the brand First Trust. The ETF was launched on Jul 25, 2018, and its management style is Passive.
FCTR expense ratio is 0.65% meaning you'd have to pay 0.65% of your investment to help manage the fund.
FCTR follows the Lunt Capital Large Cap Factor Rotation Total Return Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
FCTR invests in stocks.
FCTR price has risen by 2.35% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 13.13% increase. See more dynamics on FCTR price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 3.30% over the last month, showed a 4.81% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 14.09% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 3.30% over the last month, showed a 4.81% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 14.09% in a year.
FCTR trades at a premium (0.11%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.