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 Debt | 1.71% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 1.36% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 1.21% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.17% |
| Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds | 1.08% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.89% |
| Government National Mortgage Association | 0.79% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.75% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.73% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 0.70% |
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 class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Securitized | 58.6% |
| Fixed Income | 45.3% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.1% |
FTCB Performance
Total returns for FTCB (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.4% |
| 1 year | 5.0% |
| 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.
| Month | Net 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 Debt | 1.71% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.17% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.89% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.75% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.73% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.69% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.69% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.66% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.64% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.63% |
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.