FTGS — First Trust Growth Strength ETF
Data updated: 2026-08-21
FTGS — First Trust Growth Strength ETF. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $1.25B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
FTGS Fund Overview
FTGS — First Trust Growth Strength ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core 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 Large Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $1.25B
- 1-year return: 8.3%
- Ticker: FTGS
- SEC CIK: 0001329377
- SEC series ID: S000077796
- Share class ID: C000238354
FTGS Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Growth Strength ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 4.03% |
| Fortinet, Inc. | 3.72% |
| Eli Lilly & Company | 2.57% |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2.51% |
| Monster Beverage Corp. | 2.49% |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 2.39% |
| Amphenol Corp. | 2.32% |
| Incyte Corp. | 2.30% |
| Cummins, Inc. | 2.26% |
| Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 2.20% |
FTGS Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Growth Strength ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.1% |
FTGS Performance
Total returns for FTGS (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 4.8% |
| 1 year | 8.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 16.8% |
FTGS Risk Information
Risk metrics for FTGS, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 9.8%
FTGS Costs and Fees
FTGS costs about $60 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.60%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.60%
- Portfolio turnover: 105%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.55 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FTGS Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, First Trust Growth Strength ETF had net inflows of $9.68M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$5.47M |
| 2026-05 | $15.43K |
| 2026-04 | −$8.47M |
| 2026-03 | −$45.44M |
| 2026-02 | $1.78M |
| 2026-01 | −$10.18M |
FTGS Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust Growth Strength ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
FTGS Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Growth Strength 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.