AGQI — First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-23
AGQI — First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF. 0.85% expense ratio · no sales load · since 2015. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
AGQI Fund Overview
AGQI — First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as Global (incl. US) Large Cap Value 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: Global (incl. US) Large Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $55.96M
- 1-year return: 23.9%
- Ticker: AGQI
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000081234
- Share class ID: C000243906
AGQI Investment Objective and Strategy
First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII.
Investment objective
"The First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF (the ""Fund"" ) seeks income with the potential for capital growth over the long-term."
Principal investment strategy
"Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to invest primarily in income-producing equity securities. Such equity securities may include common stock, depositary receipts (including American Depositary Receipts ( ADRs ) and Global Depositary Receipts ( ""GDRs"" )), preferred securities and real estate investment trusts ( REITs ). The Fund invests in U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and will typically invest at least 40% of its net assets in securities of issuers or companies that are economically tied to different countries throughout the world, excluding the United States. An issuer is deemed to be economically tied to a country or countries outside of the United States if one or more of the following tests are met: (i) the issuer is organized in, or its primary business office or principal trading market of its equity is located in, a country outside of the United States; (ii) a majority of the issuers revenues are derived from outside of the United States; or (iii) a majority of the issuers assets are located outside of the United States.
The Fund has no specific policy on the number of different countries in which it will invest but intends to invest in at least three different countries. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in emerging market countries at time of purchase. The Fund is actively-managed by the Funds investment sub-advisor, Janus Henderson Investors US LLC (the Sub-Advisor ), and seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a portfolio of dividend-paying equity securities, with an emphasis on those companies that can provide stable and growing dividends ( ""Quality Income"" ). The Sub-Advisor will assess each securitys Quality Income suitability based on the following fundamental factors: (1) high or improving return on equity ( ROE ) and/or return on invested capital ( ROIC ); (2) financial leverage ratio; and (3) dividend payout ratio.
The desired outcome of this focus is to seek companies which are able to maintain and/or grow dividend payments to shareholders without compromising their financial stability. A companys ROE is calculated as the companys trailing 12-month earnings per share divided by the companys latest book value per share and is considered a gauge of a corporations profitability and how efficient it is in generating profits. The higher the ROE, the more efficient a companys management is at generating income and growth from its equity financing. ROIC is calculated by dividing a companys net operating profit after tax by invested capital and gives a sense of how well a company is using its capital to generate profits. Comparing a companys ROIC with its weighted average cost of capital reveals whether invested capital is being used effectively.
Financial leverage is calculated as the companys latest total debt divided by the companys book value. A companys pay-out ratio is the proportion of earnings a company pays its shareholders in the form of dividends, expressed as a percentage of the companys total earnings. Although the Fund emphasizes investments in equity securities of large capitalization companies, it may invest in the equity securities of companies of any size. The Sub-Advisor may also seek to invest across geographic regions and investment industries in seeking to provide returns or reduce portfolio risks. Certain of the Fund's investments may be denominated in a foreign currency. As of February 27, 2026, the Fund had significant investments in European issuers, although this may change from time to time. To the extent the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a given jurisdiction or investment sector, the Fund may be exposed to the risks associated with that jurisdiction or investment sector.
The Fund is classified as non-diversified under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act )."
AGQI Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp. | 5.25% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | 4.88% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 4.38% |
| Chevron Corp. | 4.30% |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 4.25% |
| Carlsberg A/s | 4.10% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 3.85% |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 3.73% |
| Tokyo Electron Ltd. | 3.59% |
| Coca-Cola Company (the) | 3.51% |
AGQI Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.1% |
AGQI Performance
Total returns for AGQI (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 10.11% |
| 1 year | 23.87% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 15.17% |
AGQI Risk Information
Risk metrics for AGQI, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 11.10%
AGQI Costs and Fees
AGQI costs about $85 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.85%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.85%
- Portfolio turnover: 64%
- Brokerage commissions: 4.35 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
AGQI Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF had net outflows of $10.09M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | −$2.69M |
| 2026-04 | $0 |
| 2026-03 | −$1.74M |
| 2026-02 | $0 |
| 2026-01 | −$865.43K |
| 2025-12 | −$1.63M |
AGQI Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
AGQI Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-03-31
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-03-28
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-04-01
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-02-10
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-02-04
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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.