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First Trust·47 of 333 funds·29% of First Trust’s moneyIn the market’s Income bucket: 582 ETFs · $1.01T · +16.8% YTD

Data as of Nov 5, 2026 · a scoreboard, not advice

1Y record: 31–4
Made money: 89%
Assets: $82.8B
Share of Income: 8%

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Week of Nov 2, 2026

The 10 Largest Income ETFsTodayFirst Trust funds in gold1 of 10are First Trust’s

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First Trust’s Total Income Funds

47 funds · 89% made money new: under a year old

First Trust income ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 5, 2026 · one tile per fund, largest first

First Trust in Income

Today

First Trust $82.8BEveryone else $927B

First Trust holds 8% of Income AUM

First Trust ETFs · current holdings · as of Nov 5, 2026

First Trust’s Income Funds vs AUM

Today

8%of the funds8%of the AUM

Income ETFsFundsAUM

First Trust47 · 8%$82.8B · 8%

Everyone else535 · 92%$927B · 92%

Income ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 5, 2026 · 582 funds

Top 10 First Trust Income ETFs

Today

$73.8B of $82.8B

#FundAUM ▼1YFee

1RDVYRising Dividend Achievers$25.7B+21.6%$0.47

2SDVYSMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers$11.3B+17.2%$0.58

3FDLMorningstar Dividend Leaders$8.5B+34.4%$0.43

4FVDValue Line Dividend$8.2B+18.5%$0.62

5FPEPreferred Securities and Income$5.8B−0.8%$0.83

6RDVIFT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income$3.9B+21.7%$0.75

7KNGFT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income$3.5B+21.1%$0.74

8ACYNFT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Income$2.7B[…]$0.75

9FTHIBuyWrite Income$2.5B+7.3%$0.75

10FPEIInstitutional Preferred Securities & Income$1.9B+1.7%$0.85

First Trust income ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 5, 2026 · fee per $100 a year

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RDVY vs SCHD

YTD

RDVY

First Trust · $25.7B

+17.5%

SCHD

Schwab · $121B

+35.3%

+21.6%Past year+41.6%

$25.7BAssets$121B

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

FDL vs RDVY

FDL

First Trust · $8.5B

+34.4%

RDVY

First Trust · $25.7B

+21.6%

+26.9%Year to date+17.5%

0.43%Fee0.47%

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

FGD vs FPE

FGD

First Trust · $1.6B

+25.1%

FPE

First Trust · $5.8B

−0.8%

+17.8%Year to date−1.3%

$1.6BAssets$5.8B

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

CIBR vs RDVY

CIBR

First Trust · $16.8B

+26.6%

RDVY

First Trust · $25.7B

+21.6%

+36.6%Year to date+17.5%

0.4%Yield0.8%

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

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First Trust’s Income ETF Record

31–4made money · lost
of 35 with a full year

89%all ETFs 78%

Each bar is one fund · 1Y return

Typical +17.2%FDL +34.4%FDND −4.7%

4 lost31 made money

First Trust income ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 5, 2026

First Trust’s Income ETF Fees

Today

$0.60per $100 a year, typical

Funds at each fee · per $100 a year

0.10

0.25

0.43

0.47

0.50

0.55

0.56

0.58

0.60

0.62

0.70

0.74

0.75

0.81

1 fund at $0.47$25.7B · 31% of the money

First Trust income ETFs · current fees · as of Nov 5, 2026

First Trust’s Income ETF Yields

Today

FundYield ▼On $10K1Y

FTHIBuyWrite Income9.0%$905/yr+7.3%

RDVIFT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income8.1%$811/yr+21.7%

KNGFT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income7.9%$791/yr+21.1%

EIPIFT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income6.8%$677/yr+21.5%

FPEPreferred Securities and Income6.3%$631/yr−0.8%

ACYNFT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Income6.1%$610/yr[…]

FPEIInstitutional Preferred Securities & Income6.0%$604/yr+1.7%

First Trust income ETFs · trailing yield · as of Nov 5, 2026

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Largest ETFs in Each Strategy

YTD

StrategyFunds3 biggestMoneyAssetsYTD

Dividend stocks402SCHD · VIG · VYM$854B+18.0%

Premium income91JEPI · JEPQ · GPIX$114B+10.7%

Covered calls89QYLD · DIVO · XYLD$42.4B+10.5%

Bold First Trust fund among the strategy’s 3 biggestWhole strategyYTD asset-weighted

Income ETFs · year-to-date returns, asset-weighted · as of Nov 5, 2026

First Trust’s Income ETF Launches

2026

11income launches in 2026

Sep 22 · 3 fundsAssets

$3.1M

XVMT

$3.0M

XVGL

$2.8M

XVAD

Oct 6ACYBFT Vest Laddered Autocallable Buffer & Resilient Income$3.9M$0.75

Sep 22XVAD–T3 FT Vest META & Target Income$8.9M$0.85

Aug 25XVSPFT Vest SPCX & Target Income$4.3M$0.85

Aug 18XVAPFT Vest APPL & Target Income$3.2M$0.85

Jul 8SLVYFT Vest Silver Strategy & Target Income$851K$0.85

First Trust income ETFs · launched in the past year · as of Nov 5, 2026 · fee per $100

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