FIW — First Trust Water ETF
Data updated: 2026-05-28
FIW — First Trust Water ETF data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Energy Equity · $1.78B AUM · 0.50% expense ratio · 3.2% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FIW Fund Overview
FIW — First Trust Water ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund, categorised as United States 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 Energy Equity
- Assets under management: $1.78B
- 1-year return: 3.2%
- 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 |
|---|---|
| Roper Technologies Inc | 4.45% |
| American Water Works Company, Inc. | 4.40% |
| Agilent Technologies Inc. | 4.13% |
| Waters Corporation | 4.10% |
| Xylem, Inc. | 4.06% |
| Veralto Corp. | 3.99% |
| Ferguson Enterprises Inc | 3.94% |
| Pentair PLC | 3.86% |
| Ecolab Inc. | 3.80% |
| IDEXX Laboratories Inc. | 3.76% |
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 | 3.2% |
FIW Performance
Total returns for FIW (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -4.9% |
| 1 year | 3.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 8.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.4% |
FIW Risk Information
Risk metrics for FIW, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.2%
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 2026-03, First Trust Water ETF had net inflows of $19.27M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | −$10.46M |
| 2026-02 | $5.73M |
| 2026-01 | −$16.41M |
| 2025-12 | $5.54M |
| 2025-11 | $19.51K |
| 2025-10 | $16.86M |
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.
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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.