Summary
First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 160. The ten largest make up 26% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.63%
- Fund size
- $84.2M
- Positions
- 160
- Dividend yield
- 2.40%
- Running since
- 2009
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 26% of the fund.
- It has been running since 2009.
What to watch
- 100% of the fund is in one sector (Financials).
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.63% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 45% from its high.
- A small fund with $84.2M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $637.6K 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
- -3.2%
- 3 months
- -5.9%
- This year
- +14%
- 1 year
- +22%
- 3 years
- +66%
- 5 years
- +12%
- 10 years
- +56%
- Avg. market cap
- $4.21B
- P/E
- 12.7x
- Forward P/E
- 12.1x
- P/S
- 3.0x
- P/B
- 1.3x
- P/FCF
- 9.0x
- EV/EBITDA
- -
- Dividend yield
- 2.86%
- ROIC
- -
- ROE
- 10.8%
- Gross margin
- -
- Operating margin
- 28.6%
- Net margin
- 24.5%
- Payout ratio
- 36.5%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- -
- Beta
- 0.98
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 69% 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 WTWintrust Financial Corporation WTFC 4.2%
- 2 CBCentral Bancompany CBC 3.5%
- 3 CBCommerce Bancshares CBSH 3.5%
- 4 UBUnited Bankshares, Inc. UBSI 2.8%
- 5 HWHancock Whitney Corporation HWC 2.5%
- 6 OZBank OZK OZK 2.2%
- 7 EBEastern Bankshares, Inc. EBC 2.1%
- 8 TFTFS Financial Corporation TFSL 2.0%
- 9 FFFirst Financial Bankshares, Inc. FFIN 1.9%
- 10 FUFulton Financial Corporation FULT 1.9%
Positions in the fund: 160. The ten largest make up 26% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Financials 100%
- Industrials 0.3%
By country
- United States 100%
- Canada 0.3%
- Other countries 0.2%
By company size
- Mid cap 60%
- Small cap 38%
- Micro cap 1.8%
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: Financials (100%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Mid cap (60%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $63.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,009
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $63.00 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 $3,009.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +4.5%
- Deepest drop
- -45%
- Yearly volatility
- 20%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 4.5%. Deepest drop in these years: 45% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.40%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.36
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.54 per share, which is 2.40% of today's price. The last payment was $0.36 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $637.6K
- Shares a day
- 10.0K
On an average day about $637.6K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 12.7
- Average Bulios Score
- 70 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 50%
- Fairly valued 8.9%
- Overvalued 41%
On average the companies inside trade for 12.7 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 50% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 69% 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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