AFSM — First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-22
AFSM — First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity · $98.49M AUM · 0.75% expense ratio · 31.1% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
AFSM Fund Overview
AFSM — First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- Category: United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $98.49M
- 1-year return: 31.1%
- Ticker: AFSM
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000066790
- Share class ID: C000215124
AFSM Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Bloom Energy Corp. | 1.90% |
| Viavi Solutions, Inc. | 1.23% |
| Ttm Technologies, Inc. | 1.22% |
| Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. | 0.97% |
| Blue Bird Corp. | 0.88% |
| National Healthcare Corp. | 0.88% |
| Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. | 0.82% |
| Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. | 0.81% |
| Ames National Corp. | 0.79% |
| Penguin Solutions, Inc. (us) | 0.79% |
AFSM Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.3% |
AFSM Performance
Total returns for AFSM (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 15.4% |
| 1 year | 31.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 19.6% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.6% |
AFSM Risk Information
Risk metrics for AFSM, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 15.4%
AFSM Costs and Fees
AFSM costs about $75 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.75%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.75%
- Portfolio turnover: 65%
- Brokerage commissions: 4.41 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
AFSM Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF had net inflows of $43.11M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | $6.99M |
| 2026-01 | $8.45M |
| 2025-12 | $18.16M |
| 2025-11 | $6.37K |
| 2025-10 | $2.02K |
| 2025-09 | $3.25M |
AFSM Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
AFSM Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.