FIW — First Trust Water ETF
Data updated: 2026-08-21
FIW — First Trust Water ETF. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Energy Equity · $1.86B AUM · 0.50% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
FIW Fund Overview
FIW — First Trust Water ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund, categorised as United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Energy 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
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Energy Equity
- Assets under management: $1.86B
- 1-year return: 2.0%
- Ticker: FIW
- SEC CIK: 0001329377
- SEC series ID: S000017178
- Share class ID: C000047628
FIW Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Water ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Waters Corp. | 4.87% |
| Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 4.54% |
| Masco Corp. | 4.12% |
| Roper Technologies, Inc. | 4.01% |
| American Water Works Company, Inc. | 4.01% |
| Idex Corp. | 3.93% |
| Xylem, Inc. | 3.78% |
| Mueller Industries, Inc. | 3.78% |
| Veralto Corp. | 3.77% |
| Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. | 3.77% |
FIW Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Water ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.7% |
FIW Performance
Total returns for FIW (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 1.2% |
| 1 year | 2.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 8.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.3% |
FIW Risk Information
Risk metrics for FIW, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.5%
FIW Costs and Fees
FIW costs about $50 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.50%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.50%
- Portfolio turnover: 14%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.48 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FIW Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, First Trust Water ETF had net outflows of $23.63M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$5.31M |
| 2026-05 | −$10.06M |
| 2026-04 | −$16.05M |
| 2026-03 | −$10.46M |
| 2026-02 | $5.73M |
| 2026-01 | −$16.41M |
FIW Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust Water ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
FIW Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Water ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-11
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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.