FTCB — First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF

Data updated: 2026-06-23

FTCB — First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Intermediate Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond · $2.37B AUM · 0.56% expense ratio · 5.0% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.

FTCB Fund Overview

FTCB — First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV, categorised as Intermediate Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond. 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 IV
  • Category: Intermediate Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond
  • Assets under management: $2.37B
  • 1-year return: 5.0%
  • Ticker: FTCB
  • SEC CIK: 0001517936
  • SEC series ID: S000082787
  • Share class ID: C000246109

FTCB Holdings

Top 10 holdings of First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Holding% of net assets
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt1.71%
Federal National Mortgage Association1.36%
Federal National Mortgage Association1.21%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt1.17%
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds1.08%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt0.89%
Government National Mortgage Association0.79%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt0.75%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt0.73%
Federal National Mortgage Association0.70%

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FTCB Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Asset classAllocation
Securitized58.6%
Fixed Income45.3%
Cash & Equivalents1.1%

FTCB Performance

Total returns for FTCB (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.

PeriodTotal return
YTD0.4%
1 year5.0%
3 years (annualised)6.8%

FTCB Risk Information

Risk metrics for FTCB, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

  • 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.9%

FTCB Costs and Fees

FTCB costs about $56 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

  • Net expense ratio: 0.56%
  • Gross expense ratio: 0.56%
  • Portfolio turnover: 183%
  • Brokerage commissions: 0.16 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

FTCB Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2026-04, First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF had net inflows of $1.44B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

MonthNet flow
2026-04$112.46M
2026-03$112.84M
2026-02$138.11M
2026-01$252.24M
2025-12$139.13M
2025-11$54.51M

FTCB Debt Constituents

Largest debt holdings of First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Debt holding% of net assets
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt1.71%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt1.17%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt0.89%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt0.75%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt0.73%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt0.69%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt0.69%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt0.66%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt0.64%
United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt0.63%

FTCB Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official First Trust Core Investment Grade 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.