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First Trust·25 of 333 funds·11% of First Trust’s moneyIn the market’s Sectors bucket: 296 ETFs · $964B · +17.7% YTD

Data as of Nov 4, 2026 · a scoreboard, not advice

1Y record: 22–3
Made money: 88%
Assets: $32.0B
Share of Sectors: 3%

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Week of Nov 2, 2026

The 10 Largest Sector ETFsTodayFirst Trust funds in gold0 of 10are First Trust’s

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First Trust’s Total Sector Funds

25 funds · 88% made money new: under a year old

First Trust sector ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 4, 2026 · one tile per fund, largest first

First Trust in Sectors

Today

First Trust $32.0BEveryone else $932B

First Trust holds 3% of Sectors AUM

First Trust ETFs · current holdings · as of Nov 4, 2026

First Trust’s Sector Funds vs AUM

Today

8%of the funds3%of the AUM

Sector ETFsFundsAUM

First Trust25 · 8%$32.0B · 3%

Everyone else271 · 92%$932B · 97%

Sectors ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 4, 2026 · 296 funds

Top 10 First Trust Sector ETFs

Today

$28.5B of $32.0B

#FundAUM ▼1YFee

1AIRRRBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM$8.5B+1.8%$0.69

2FDNDow Jones Internet$4.7B−6.2%$0.49

3QTECNASDAQ-100-Technology Sector$4.2B+19.2%$0.55

4FBTNYSE Arca Biotechnology$3.1B+43.0%$0.55

5FXLTechnology AlphaDEX$2.6B+19.7%$0.60

6FTXHNasdaq Pharmaceuticals$1.2B+46.6%$0.60

7FTXNNasdaq Oil & Gas$1.2B+53.1%$0.60

8FXHHealth Care AlphaDEX$1.2B+24.6%$0.61

9FXOFinancials AlphaDEX$1.1B+15.3%$0.60

10FXUUtilities AlphaDEX$775M+8.0%$0.61

First Trust sector ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 4, 2026 · fee per $100 a year

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AIRR vs VGT

YTD

AIRR

First Trust · $8.5B

+3.5%

VGT

Vanguard · $155B

+22.8%

+1.8%Past year+16.8%

$8.5BAssets$155B

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

FTXN vs AIRR

FTXN

First Trust · $1.2B

+53.1%

AIRR

First Trust · $8.5B

+1.8%

+49.2%Year to date+3.5%

0.60%Fee0.69%

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

FTXH vs FDN

FTXH

First Trust · $1.2B

+46.6%

FDN

First Trust · $4.7B

−6.2%

+33.8%Year to date−1.0%

$1.2BAssets$4.7B

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

RDVY vs AIRR

RDVY

First Trust · $25.7B

+19.6%

AIRR

First Trust · $8.5B

+1.8%

+15.5%Year to date+3.5%

0.9%Yield0.1%

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

The Year in First Trust Sector ETFs

First Trust’s Sector ETF Record

22–3made money · lost
of 25 with a full year

88%all ETFs 74%

Each bar is one fund · 1Y return

Typical +15.3%FXN +54.5%FDNI −32.7%

3 lost22 made money

First Trust sector ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 4, 2026

First Trust’s Sector ETF Fees

Today

$0.60per $100 a year, typical

Funds at each fee · per $100 a year

0.49

0.51

0.55

0.57

0.59

0.60

0.61

0.63

0.64

0.65

0.69

0.70

1 fund at $0.69$8.5B · 26% of the money

First Trust sector ETFs · current fees · as of Nov 4, 2026

First Trust’s Sector ETF Yields

Today

FundYield ▼On $10K1Y

FXUUtilities AlphaDEX2.3%$232/yr+8.0%

FXOFinancials AlphaDEX2.2%$216/yr+15.3%

FTXNNasdaq Oil & Gas1.7%$174/yr+53.1%

FXRIndustrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX0.7%$74/yr+14.8%

FTXHNasdaq Pharmaceuticals0.7%$66/yr+46.6%

FXHHealth Care AlphaDEX0.5%$53/yr+24.6%

QCLNNASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy0.1%$11/yr−2.2%

First Trust sector ETFs · trailing yield · as of Nov 4, 2026

Inside Sectors

Largest ETFs in Each Sector

YTD

SectorFunds3 biggestMoneyAssetsYTD

Technology58VGT · XLK · IYW$366B+22.1%

Health care39XLV · VHT · XBI$109B+21.1%

Real estate46VNQ · SCHH · DFAR$99.9B+10.4%

Financials33XLF · VFH · KBWB$98.7B+6.0%

Energy38XLE · AMLP · VDE$89.3B+45.1%

Consumer31XLY · XLP · VDC$60.4B+7.0%

Industrials16XLI · AIRR · VIS$57.1B+10.0%

Utilities10XLU · VPU · FUTY$37.8B+3.7%

Communication10XLC · VOX · FCOM$30.9B−11.0%

Materials15XLB · VAW · IYM$15.2B+14.3%

Bold First Trust fund among the sector’s 3 biggestWhole sectorYTD asset-weighted

Sectors ETFs · year-to-date returns, asset-weighted · as of Nov 4, 2026

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