QABA — First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-21
QABA — First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Financials Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
QABA Fund Overview
QABA — First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund, categorised as United States Small Cap Blend / Core Financials 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 Small Cap Blend / Core Financials Equity
- Assets under management: $87.50M
- 1-year return: 27.3%
- Ticker: QABA
- SEC CIK: 0001329377
- SEC series ID: S000026211
- Share class ID: C000078718
QABA Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Wintrust Financial Corp. | 4.37% |
| Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (mo) | 3.39% |
| Central Bancompany, Inc. | 2.93% |
| United Bankshares, Inc. | 2.54% |
| Hancock Whitney Corp. | 2.44% |
| Bank Ozk | 2.29% |
| Eastern Bankshares, Inc. | 2.07% |
| Tfs Financial Corp. | 2.00% |
| First Financial Bankshares, Inc. (texas) | 2.00% |
| International Bancshares Corp. | 1.90% |
QABA Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.3% |
QABA Performance
Total returns for QABA (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 20.2% |
| 1 year | 27.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 22.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.7% |
QABA Risk Information
Risk metrics for QABA, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 15.9%
QABA Costs and Fees
QABA costs about $60 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.60%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.63%
- Portfolio turnover: 20%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.31 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
QABA Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund had net outflows of $52.81M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $3.19M |
| 2026-05 | $0 |
| 2026-04 | $0 |
| 2026-03 | −$2.85M |
| 2026-02 | $0 |
| 2026-01 | −$5.91M |
QABA Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
QABA Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund 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.