Summary
First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 320. The ten largest make up 8.7% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.75%
- Fund size
- $132.8M
- Positions
- 320
- Dividend yield
- 0.53%
- Running since
- 2019
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 8.7% of the fund.
- Average yearly growth over the last five years: 5.6%.
What to watch
- 97% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.75% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- It trades little: only about $667.9K changes hands a day.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -5.3%
- 3 months
- -7.8%
- This year
- +15%
- 1 year
- +18%
- 3 years
- +64%
- 5 years
- +31%
- Avg. market cap
- $3.80B
- P/E
- 10.1x
- Forward P/E
- 9.8x
- P/S
- 1.2x
- P/B
- 1.6x
- P/FCF
- 9.3x
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.5x
- Dividend yield
- 1.87%
- ROIC
- 17.2%
- ROE
- 41.4%
- Gross margin
- 47.5%
- Operating margin
- 20.4%
- Net margin
- 23.1%
- Payout ratio
- 19.0%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.5x
- Beta
- 1.05
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 33% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 ANAbercrombie & Fitch ANF 1.0%
- 2 NHNational HealthCare Corporation NHC 0.9%
- 3 PAPar Pacific PARR 0.9%
- 4 ECEncore Capital Group, Inc. ECPG 0.9%
- 5 KNKiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc KNSA 0.9%
- 6 MAMatson, Inc. MATX 0.9%
- 7 EPEPAM Systems EPAM 0.8%
- 8 HAHalozyme Therapeutics HALO 0.8%
- 9 TRTrustCo Bank Corp NY TRST 0.8%
- 10 ATAmes National Corporation ATLO 0.8%
Positions in the fund: 320. The ten largest make up 8.7% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Healthcare 20%
- Technology 20%
- Financials 17%
- Industrials 12%
- Consumer cyclical 9.7%
- Other 22%
By country
- United States 97%
- Brazil 0.4%
- United Kingdom 0.4%
- Switzerland 0.4%
- Other countries 0.4%
By company size
- Large cap 4.5%
- Mid cap 54%
- Small cap 40%
- Micro cap 1.3%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Healthcare (20%). Largest country: United States (97%). Largest size group: Mid cap (54%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $75.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,544
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $75.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $3,544.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 5 years
- +5.6%
- Deepest drop
- -29%
- Yearly volatility
- 18%
Average yearly growth over the last five years: 5.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 29% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.53%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.02
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.20 per share, which is 0.53% of today's price. The last payment was $0.02 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $667.9K
- Shares a day
- 18K
On an average day about $667.9K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 10.1
- Average Bulios Score
- 70 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 43%
- Fairly valued 4.7%
- Overvalued 52%
On average the companies inside trade for 10.1 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 52% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 33% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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