First Trust High Income ETF
ALTAR
Score™		 6.6% info Recommen-
dation		 NEUTRAL
2023E    2024E
P/E
ratio		 15.8x P/Sales
ratio		 2.2x
P/BV
ratio		 3.0x Div.
yield		 2.1%


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The First Trust High Income ETF is an actively managed portfolio of US large-cap stocks, with an overlay of short calls on the S&P 500.

FUND BASICS
Category US Equities
Fund Sponsor First Trust
Website www.ftportfolios.com
Inception date Jan 06, 2014
Assets (mns) $131
Currency USD
Expense ratio 85 bp
Distributions Monthly

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation Open-End Investment Company
Custodian
Weighting Proprietary
Index replication
Uses derivatives Yes
Options available Yes

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

 


CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents 194
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns) $451,534
Large cap (>$10bn) 75.4%
Mid cap ($2-10bn) 17.2%
Small cap (<$2bn) 0.5%
Developed mkts 98.5%
Emerging mkts 1.6%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
APPLE INC 6.4 %
MICROSOFT CORP 5.5 %
AMAZON.COM INC 2.5 %
ALPHABET INC. CLASS A 1.8 %
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL B 1.6 %
TESLA MOTORS INC 1.5 %
EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.5 %
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 1.4 %
ALPHABET INC. CLASS C 1.4 %
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.4 %
Total 25.0 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
UNITED STATES 87.9 %
BRITAIN 4.0 %
CANADA 1.7 %
DENMARK 1.0 %
SWITZERLAND 0.9 %
IRELAND 0.9 %
BRAZIL 0.7 %
CHINA 0.4 %
INDIA 0.3 %
BELGIUM 0.3 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru January 31)
Year-to-date 1 year 5 years 10 years Since Incep.
5.7% 1.0% 2.4% -- 5.7%

Market Correlations
versus... Beta R-squared
S&P500 0.72 80%
MSCI EAFE 0.71 75%
MSCI Emg. Mkts. 0.59 56%

Technical Indicators
Recent close $20.37
30d moving avg. $19.90
Annualized volatility 17.4%
Short interest (ETF) 0.6%
Short interest (Underlying) 3.3%
Relative strength (RSI) 59

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.) 50
Turnover 0.8%
Bid/Ask (% of price) 0.31%
ADV underlying (mns) $82,990

Distributions


FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 33 potential alternatives to the First Trust High Income ETF ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with FTHI. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker: FTHI Expense: 85 bp ALTAR Score™: 6.6%


ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH FTHI
Ticker Fund
Name		 Overlap1
vs FTHI
(%)		 Expense
ratio
(bp)		 Savings
vs FTHI
(bp)		 ALTAR
Score™
(%)		 ALTAR
vs FTHI
(%)
XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF 60.7 60 25 6.1 -0.5
XRMI Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF 60.6 60 25 6.1 -0.5
PBP Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF 60.6 49 36 6.2 -0.4
XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF 59.8 60 25 6.0 -0.6
XCLR Global X S&P 500 Collar 95-110 ETF 59.4 60 25 6.1 -0.5
XTR Global X S&P 500 Tail Risk ETF 59.1 60 25 6.1 -0.5
XVOL Acruence Active Hedge U.S. Equity ETF 58.8 83 2 6.0 -0.6
EFIV SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF 50.6 10 75 6.6 +0.1
ACIO Aptus Collared Income Opportunity ETF 46.8 79 6 5.9 -0.7
FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF 31.2 85 0 4.7 -1.9
JEPQ J.P. Morgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF 30.7 35 50 6.0 -0.6
QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF 28.8 60 25 5.6 -1.0
QRMI Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF 28.8 60 25 5.6 -1.0
QCLR Global X NASDAQ 100 Collar 95-110 ETF 28.7 60 25 5.5 -1.1
QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF 28.7 60 25 5.5 -1.1
QTR Global X NASDAQ 100 Tail Risk ETF 28.7 60 25 5.6 -1.0
NUSI Nationwide Risk-Managed Income ETF 28.7 68 17 5.3 -1.3
STLG iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF 28.1 25 60 9.1 +2.5
SIXH 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF 25.9 87 -2 7.4 +0.8
DJIA Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF 24.9 60 25 7.2 +0.6
MMLG First Trust Multi-Manager Large Growth ETF 24.7 85 0 2.8 -3.8
CCOR Core Alternative ETF 22.9 107 -22 5.8 -0.8
TYLG Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF 19.9 60 25 6.1 -0.5
DIVO Amplify YieldShares CWP Dividend & Option Income ETF 18.9 55 30 7.4 +0.8
KNG FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF 13.3 75 10 5.9 -0.7
HYLG Global X Health Care Covered Call & Growth ETF 11.7 60 25 8.5 +1.9
LCG Sterling Capital Focus Equity ETF 10.0 59 26 4.8 -1.8
THNQ ROBO Global Artificial Intelligence ETF 9.8 68 17 2.2 -4.4
FYLG Global X Financials Covered Call & Growth ETF 6.9 60 25 7.6 +1.0
GRES IQ Global Resources ETF 5.1 30 55 9.0 +2.4
RYLD Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF 1.7 60 25 4.0 -2.6
QQQA ProShares Nasdaq-100 Dorsey Wright Momentum ETF 1.5 58 27 5.1 -1.5
GBLD Invesco MSCI Green Building ETF 0.5 39 46 7.6 +1.0

1Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

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*Six months ago = 100

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VALUATION METRICS
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Historical valuation trends

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multiple:		 First Trust High Income ETF
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to:		 S&P500 MSCI EAFE MSCI Emg. Mkts. Other ETF:

NEUTRAL
Average appreciation potential. A rating of NEUTRAL is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the middle quintile (ranking between 40%-60%) of their category. This indicates that valuations adequately reflect the fundamentals of stocks in these funds.

ALTAR Score™


Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity 19.6 %
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV 2.6 x
Less: Expense ratio 85 bp
Equals: ALTAR Score 6.6 %
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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS
COMPOSITE
RATING		 1.49 CATEGORY
AVERAGE		 1.51
 
The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale:

BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3.

Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.
 

 

See RATING tab for calculation of ALTAR Score™
Risk & reward. Uses std. dev. as proxy for risk, ALTAR Score™ for return forecast.
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Monthly returns based on changes in price plus dividends. May differ from daily returns reported by funds. See below for standardized returns.