QTEC — First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-21
QTEC — First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
QTEC Fund Overview
QTEC — First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core Information Technology 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 Information Technology Equity
- Assets under management: $4.99B
- 1-year return: 57.3%
- Ticker: QTEC
- SEC CIK: 0001329377
- SEC series ID: S000011048
- Share class ID: C000030478
QTEC Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 3.37% |
| Kla Corp. | 3.29% |
| Marvell Technology, Inc. | 3.04% |
| Astera Labs, Inc. | 2.95% |
| Lam Research Corp. | 2.85% |
| Sandisk Corp. | 2.81% |
| Teradyne, Inc. | 2.71% |
| Asml Holding NV | 2.59% |
| Intel Corp. | 2.55% |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 2.54% |
QTEC Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.7% |
QTEC Performance
Total returns for QTEC (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 45.6% |
| 1 year | 57.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 31.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 16.2% |
QTEC Risk Information
Risk metrics for QTEC, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 31.6%
QTEC Costs and Fees
QTEC costs about $55 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.55%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.55%
- Portfolio turnover: 38%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.60 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
QTEC Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund had net inflows of $752.91M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $1.08B |
| 2026-05 | −$30.29M |
| 2026-04 | −$147.27M |
| 2026-03 | −$113.38M |
| 2026-02 | $40.94M |
| 2026-01 | −$12.64M |
QTEC Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
QTEC Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector 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
Related Funds
Other United States Large Cap Blend / Core Information Technology Equity funds tracked on ABC INVEST:
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.