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Thematic

First Trust·15 of 333 funds·13% of First Trust’s moneyIn the market’s Thematic bucket: 268 ETFs · $388B · +21.8% YTD

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

1Y record: 9–5
Made money: 64%
Assets: $38.5B
Share of Thematic: 10%

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Week of Nov 2, 2026

The 10 Largest Thematic ETFsTodayFirst Trust funds in gold2 of 10are First Trust’s

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First Trust’s Total Thematic Funds

15 funds · 64% made money new: under a year old

Made money$37.0B

CIBR+26.4%$16.8B GRID+7.5%$11.1B EMLP+21.0%$4.3B SKYY+9.5%$3.2B FTXL+65.9%$1.0B ILDR+4.5%$328M FAI+17.2%$242M RBLD+11.9%$42.4M DTRE+8.1%$14.2M

Lost money$1.5B

ROBT−1.6%$717M MISL−1.5%$680M XPND−3.5%$36.1M RCTR−15.2%$28.6M FCA−12.7%$27.6M

Too new for 1Y$1.7M · under a year old

FSPCnew$1.7M

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

First Trust in Thematic

Today

First Trust $38.5BEveryone else $349B

First Trust holds 10% of Thematic AUM

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

First Trust’s Thematic Funds vs AUM

Today

6%of the funds10%of the AUM

Thematic ETFsFundsAUM

First Trust15 · 6%$38.5B · 10%

Everyone else253 · 94%$349B · 90%

Thematic ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 4, 2026 · 268 funds

Top 10 First Trust Thematic ETFs

Today

$38.4B of $38.5B

#FundAUM ▼1YFee

1CIBRNasdaq Cybersecurity$16.8B+26.4%$0.58

2GRIDNASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure$11.1B+7.5%$0.56

3EMLPNorth American Energy Infrastructure$4.3B+21.0%$0.95

4SKYYCloud Computing$3.2B+9.5%$0.60

5FTXLNasdaq Semiconductor$1.0B+65.9%$0.60

6ROBTNasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics$717M−1.6%$0.65

7MISLIndxx Aerospace & Defense$680M−1.5%$0.60

8ILDRInnovation Leaders$328M+4.5%$0.75

9FAIBloomberg Artificial Intelligence$242M+17.2%$0.65

10RBLDAlerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure$42.4M+11.9%$0.65

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

Compare Thematic Names

Open versus in desk

CIBR vs SMH

YTD

CIBR

First Trust · $16.8B

+36.4%

SMH

VanEck · $65.8B

+44.0%

+26.4%Past year+43.3%

$16.8BAssets$65.8B

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

FTXL vs CIBR

FTXL

First Trust · $1.0B

+65.9%

CIBR

First Trust · $16.8B

+26.4%

+61.4%Year to date+36.4%

0.60%Fee0.58%

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

CIBR vs RCTR

CIBR

First Trust · $16.8B

+26.4%

RCTR

First Trust · $28.6M

−15.2%

+36.4%Year to date−5.9%

$16.8BAssets$28.6M

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

RDVY vs CIBR

RDVY

First Trust · $25.7B

+19.6%

CIBR

First Trust · $16.8B

+26.4%

+15.5%Year to date+36.4%

0.9%Yield0.4%

End-of-day Nov 3, 2026

The Year in First Trust Thematic ETFs

First Trust’s Thematic ETF Record

9–5made money · lost
of 14 with a full year

64%all ETFs 74%

Each bar is one fund · 1Y return

Typical +7.8%FTXL +65.9%RCTR −15.2%

5 lost9 made money

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

First Trust’s Thematic ETF Fees

Today

$0.62per $100 a year, typical

Funds at each fee · per $100 a year

0.56

0.58

0.60

0.65

0.70

0.75

0.80

0.95

1 fund at $0.58$16.8B · 44% of the money

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

First Trust’s Thematic ETF Yields

Today

FundYield ▼On $10K1Y

EMLPNorth American Energy Infrastructure2.8%$277/yr+21.0%

RBLDAlerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure1.0%$103/yr+11.9%

GRIDNASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure0.9%$92/yr+7.5%

RCTRBloomberg Nuclear Power0.9%$88/yr−15.2%

CIBRNasdaq Cybersecurity0.4%$40/yr+26.4%

XPNDExpanded Technology0.1%$9/yr−3.5%

FTXLNasdaq Semiconductor0.1%$8/yr+65.9%

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

Inside Thematic

Largest ETFs in Each Theme

YTD

ThemeFunds3 biggestMoneyAssetsYTD

AI & semis100SMH · SOXX · DRAM$171B+41.6%

Infrastructure39PAVE · GRID · IGF$57.8B+13.6%

Disruptive tech26IGV · BAI · IGM$50.6B+7.5%

Defense & space33ITA · PPA · SHLD$40.6B+0.5%

Cyber & cloud15CIBR · HACK · SKYY$27.9B+37.7%

China25MCHI · KWEB · FXI$18.6B−19.8%

Nuclear & uranium10URA · NLR · URNM$10.3B−24.0%

Quantum5QTUM · WQTM · QTUP$5.2B+20.2%

Clean energy & EV15ICLN · LIT · TAN$5.1B−6.0%

Bold First Trust fund among the theme’s 3 biggestWhole themeYTD asset-weighted

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

First Trust’s Thematic ETF Launches

2026

1thematic launch in 2026

Jul 8FSPCBloomberg Space Economy$1.7M$0.65

First Trust thematic ETFs · launched in the past year · as of Nov 4, 2026 · fee per $100

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The Year in First Trust Thematic ETFs

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