First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (QQEW)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS — 100.0% | |||||
Automobiles — 1.9% | |||||
3,295,700 | Lucid Group, Inc. (a) (b) | $18,422,963 | |||
71,105 | Tesla, Inc. (a) | 17,791,893 | |||
36,214,856 | |||||
Beverages — 2.9% | |||||
585,902 | Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 18,496,926 | |||
347,534 | Monster Beverage Corp. (a) | 18,401,925 | |||
108,488 | PepsiCo, Inc. | 18,382,207 | |||
55,281,058 | |||||
Biotechnology — 7.1% | |||||
74,833 | Amgen, Inc. | 20,112,117 | |||
76,575 | Biogen, Inc. (a) | 19,680,541 | |||
257,837 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 19,322,305 | |||
170,264 | Moderna, Inc. (a) | 17,586,568 | |||
23,695 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 19,500,037 | |||
93,621 | Seagen, Inc. (a) | 19,861,695 | |||
55,920 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 19,445,621 | |||
135,508,884 | |||||
Broadline Retail — 4.8% | |||||
138,974 | Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | 17,666,375 | |||
437,848 | eBay, Inc. | 19,304,718 | |||
618,009 | JD.com, Inc., ADR | 18,002,602 | |||
13,969 | MercadoLibre, Inc. (a) | 17,711,016 | |||
196,165 | PDD Holdings, Inc., ADR (a) | 19,237,902 | |||
91,922,613 | |||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.0% | |||||
37,878 | Cintas Corp. | 18,219,697 | |||
444,634 | Copart, Inc. (a) | 19,159,279 | |||
37,378,976 | |||||
Communications Equipment — 1.0% | |||||
348,154 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 18,716,759 | |||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 3.0% | |||||
35,068 | Costco Wholesale Corp. | 19,812,018 | |||
173,658 | Dollar Tree, Inc. (a) | 18,485,894 | |||
870,230 | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 19,353,915 | |||
57,651,827 | |||||
Electric Utilities — 3.9% | |||||
243,760 | American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 18,335,627 | |||
177,482 | Constellation Energy Corp. | 19,359,736 | |||
468,440 | Exelon Corp. | 17,702,348 | |||
336,563 | Xcel Energy, Inc. | 19,258,135 | |||
74,655,846 | |||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.0% | |||||
539,561 | Baker Hughes Co. | 19,057,295 |
Shares | Description | Value | |||
Entertainment — 3.0% | |||||
161,967 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | $19,500,827 | |||
49,152 | Netflix, Inc. (a) | 18,559,795 | |||
1,647,849 | Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. (a) | 17,895,640 | |||
55,956,262 | |||||
Financial Services — 0.9% | |||||
303,855 | PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a) | 17,763,363 | |||
Food Products — 2.0% | |||||
583,275 | Kraft Heinz (The) Co. | 19,621,371 | |||
271,206 | Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 18,821,696 | |||
38,443,067 | |||||
Ground Transportation — 2.1% | |||||
632,432 | CSX Corp. | 19,447,284 | |||
47,633 | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 19,488,566 | |||
38,935,850 | |||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 5.0% | |||||
58,751 | Align Technology, Inc. (a) | 17,937,855 | |||
202,496 | Dexcom, Inc. (a) | 18,892,877 | |||
293,700 | GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. | 19,983,348 | |||
43,290 | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a) | 18,929,418 | |||
66,016 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) | 19,295,817 | |||
95,039,315 | |||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.0% | |||||
136,676 | Airbnb, Inc., Class A (a) | 18,753,314 | |||
6,174 | Booking Holdings, Inc. (a) | 19,040,307 | |||
96,035 | Marriott International, Inc., Class A | 18,876,640 | |||
202,749 | Starbucks Corp. | 18,504,901 | |||
75,175,162 | |||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.0% | |||||
101,070 | Honeywell International, Inc. | 18,671,672 | |||
Interactive Media & Services — 2.0% | |||||
70,999 | Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a) | 9,290,929 | |||
70,537 | Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a) | 9,300,304 | |||
64,968 | Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a) | 19,504,043 | |||
38,095,276 | |||||
IT Services — 1.0% | |||||
278,047 | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 18,834,904 | |||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.0% | |||||
133,497 | Illumina, Inc. (a) | 18,326,468 | |||
Machinery — 1.0% | |||||
228,944 | PACCAR, Inc. | 19,464,819 |
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (QQEW)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS (Continued) | |||||
Media — 4.1% | |||||
43,555 | Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a) | $19,156,360 | |||
430,317 | Comcast Corp., Class A | 19,080,256 | |||
4,889,859 | Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b) | 22,102,163 | |||
233,995 | Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (a) | 18,286,709 | |||
78,625,488 | |||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.0% | |||||
125,268 | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 19,401,508 | |||
Pharmaceuticals — 1.0% | |||||
285,785 | AstraZeneca PLC, ADR | 19,353,360 | |||
Professional Services — 3.0% | |||||
79,534 | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 19,134,290 | |||
168,238 | Paychex, Inc. | 19,402,888 | |||
79,424 | Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 18,763,126 | |||
57,300,304 | |||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.0% | |||||
246,595 | CoStar Group, Inc. (a) | 18,960,690 | |||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 18.3% | |||||
192,241 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a) | 19,766,220 | |||
109,523 | Analog Devices, Inc. | 19,176,382 | |||
141,125 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 19,538,756 | |||
32,699 | ASML Holding N.V. | 19,248,593 | |||
22,909 | Broadcom, Inc. | 19,027,757 | |||
162,182 | Enphase Energy, Inc. (a) | 19,486,167 | |||
335,925 | GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc. (a) (b) | 19,547,476 | |||
515,062 | Intel Corp. | 18,310,454 | |||
42,954 | KLA Corp. | 19,701,282 | |||
31,312 | Lam Research Corp. | 19,625,422 | |||
358,057 | Marvell Technology, Inc. | 19,381,625 | |||
251,328 | Microchip Technology, Inc. | 19,616,150 | |||
279,201 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 18,994,044 | |||
44,443 | NVIDIA Corp. | 19,332,261 | |||
98,848 | NXP Semiconductors N.V. | 19,761,692 | |||
209,566 | ON Semiconductor Corp. (a) | 19,479,160 | |||
172,446 | QUALCOMM, Inc. | 19,151,853 | |||
119,977 | Texas Instruments, Inc. | 19,077,543 | |||
348,222,837 | |||||
Software — 15.0% | |||||
36,890 | Adobe, Inc. (a) | 18,810,211 | |||
62,792 | ANSYS, Inc. (a) | 18,683,760 | |||
96,097 | Atlassian Corp., Class A (a) | 19,364,506 | |||
91,449 | Autodesk, Inc. (a) | 18,921,713 |
Shares | Description | Value | |||
Software (Continued) | |||||
83,350 | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a) | $19,528,905 | |||
117,924 | Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) | 19,738,119 | |||
206,352 | Datadog, Inc., Class A (a) | 18,796,604 | |||
319,740 | Fortinet, Inc. (a) | 18,762,343 | |||
36,259 | Intuit, Inc. | 18,526,173 | |||
59,083 | Microsoft Corp. | 18,655,457 | |||
81,226 | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a) | 19,042,623 | |||
43,172 | Synopsys, Inc. (a) | 19,814,653 | |||
81,003 | Workday, Inc., Class A (a) | 17,403,495 | |||
274,372 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (a) | 19,189,578 | |||
124,987 | Zscaler, Inc. (a) | 19,446,727 | |||
284,684,867 | |||||
Specialty Retail — 2.0% | |||||
20,974 | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a) | 19,062,429 | |||
165,105 | Ross Stores, Inc. | 18,648,610 | |||
37,711,039 | |||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.0% | |||||
111,483 | Apple, Inc. | 19,087,004 | |||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0% | |||||
50,036 | Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a) | 19,294,382 | |||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.0% | |||||
353,323 | Fastenal Co. | 19,305,569 | |||
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.0% | |||||
137,466 | T-Mobile US, Inc. (a) | 19,252,113 | |||
Total Common Stocks | 1,902,293,433 | ||||
(Cost $1,740,115,193) | |||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.8% | |||||
14,502,305 | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 5.19% (c) (d) | 14,502,305 | |||
(Cost $14,502,305) |
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (QQEW)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Principal Value | Description | Value | |||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 2.2% | |||||
$42,676,540 | BNP Paribas S.A., 5.20% (c), dated 09/29/23, due 10/02/23, with a maturity value of $42,695,033. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 4.00% to 5.44%, due 07/31/24 to 02/15/26. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $43,525,473. (d) | $42,676,540 | |||
(Cost $42,676,540) | |||||
Total Investments — 103.0% | 1,959,472,278 | ||||
(Cost $1,797,294,038) | |||||
Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (3.0)% | (57,122,051 ) | ||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $1,902,350,227 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $54,918,453 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $57,178,845. |
(c) | Rate shown reflects yield as of September 30, 2023. |
(d) | This security serves as collateral for securities on loan. |
Abbreviations throughout the Portfolio of Investments: | |
ADR | – American Depositary Receipt |
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
Total Value at 9/30/2023 | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | |
Common Stocks* | $ 1,902,293,433 | $ 1,902,293,433 | $ — | $ — |
Money Market Funds | 14,502,305 | 14,502,305 | — | — |
Repurchase Agreements | 42,676,540 | — | 42,676,540 | — |
Total Investments | $1,959,472,278 | $1,916,795,738 | $42,676,540 | $— |
* | See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout. |
First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund (QTEC)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS — 100.0% | |||||
Broadline Retail — 2.7% | |||||
787,830 | PDD Holdings, Inc., ADR (a) | $77,262,488 | |||
Interactive Media & Services — 5.4% | |||||
282,470 | Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a) | 36,964,024 | |||
280,789 | Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a) | 37,022,030 | |||
257,582 | Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a) | 77,328,692 | |||
151,314,746 | |||||
IT Services — 2.7% | |||||
1,103,959 | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 74,782,183 | |||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 46.3% | |||||
759,127 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a) | 78,053,438 | |||
435,356 | Analog Devices, Inc. | 76,226,482 | |||
563,295 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 77,988,193 | |||
129,468 | ASML Holding N.V. | 76,212,633 | |||
91,796 | Broadcom, Inc. | 76,243,921 | |||
1,338,329 | GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc. (a) (b) | 77,877,364 | |||
2,050,436 | Intel Corp. | 72,893,000 | |||
169,895 | KLA Corp. | 77,924,041 | |||
124,627 | Lam Research Corp. | 78,112,465 | |||
1,423,141 | Marvell Technology, Inc. | 77,034,622 | |||
997,244 | Microchip Technology, Inc. | 77,834,894 | |||
1,108,062 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 75,381,458 | |||
176,504 | NVIDIA Corp. | 76,777,475 | |||
392,938 | NXP Semiconductors N.V. | 78,556,165 | |||
832,625 | ON Semiconductor Corp. (a) | 77,392,494 | |||
686,597 | QUALCOMM, Inc. | 76,253,463 | |||
474,786 | Texas Instruments, Inc. | 75,495,722 | |||
1,306,257,830 | |||||
Software — 40.2% | |||||
147,691 | Adobe, Inc. (a) | 75,307,641 | |||
249,667 | ANSYS, Inc. (a) | 74,288,416 | |||
384,799 | Atlassian Corp., Class A (a) | 77,540,846 | |||
362,937 | Autodesk, Inc. (a) | 75,095,295 | |||
330,399 | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a) | 77,412,486 | |||
470,349 | Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) | 78,727,016 | |||
823,596 | Datadog, Inc., Class A (a) | 75,021,360 | |||
1,269,886 | Fortinet, Inc. (a) | 74,516,910 | |||
143,851 | Intuit, Inc. | 73,499,230 | |||
234,306 | Microsoft Corp. | 73,982,119 | |||
323,229 | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a) | 75,777,807 | |||
171,214 | Synopsys, Inc. (a) | 78,582,089 | |||
322,399 | Workday, Inc., Class A (a) | 69,267,425 |
Shares | Description | Value | |||
Software (Continued) | |||||
1,092,900 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (a) | $76,437,426 | |||
499,442 | Zscaler, Inc. (a) | 77,708,181 | |||
1,133,164,247 | |||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.7% | |||||
444,087 | Apple, Inc. | 76,032,135 | |||
Total Common Stocks | 2,818,813,629 | ||||
(Cost $2,742,520,174) | |||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.7% | |||||
19,151,524 | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 5.19% (c) (d) | 19,151,524 | |||
(Cost $19,151,524) |
Principal Value | Description | Value | |||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 2.0% | |||||
$56,357,991 | BNP Paribas S.A., 5.20% (c), dated 09/29/23, due 10/02/23, with a maturity value of $56,382,413. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 4.00% to 5.44%, due 07/31/24 to 02/15/26. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $57,479,079. (d) | 56,357,991 | |||
(Cost $56,357,991) | |||||
Total Investments — 102.7% | 2,894,323,144 | ||||
(Cost $2,818,029,689) | |||||
Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (2.7)% | (74,869,029 ) | ||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $2,819,454,115 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $73,414,599 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $75,509,515. |
(c) | Rate shown reflects yield as of September 30, 2023. |
(d) | This security serves as collateral for securities on loan. |
Abbreviations throughout the Portfolio of Investments: | |
ADR | – American Depositary Receipt |
First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund (QTEC)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
Total Value at 9/30/2023 | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | |
Common Stocks* | $ 2,818,813,629 | $ 2,818,813,629 | $ — | $ — |
Money Market Funds | 19,151,524 | 19,151,524 | — | — |
Repurchase Agreements | 56,357,991 | — | 56,357,991 | — |
Total Investments | $2,894,323,144 | $2,837,965,153 | $56,357,991 | $— |
* | See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout. |
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund (QQXT)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS (a) — 100.0% | |||||
Automobiles — 3.0% | |||||
460,139 | Lucid Group, Inc. (b) (c) | $2,572,177 | |||
9,928 | Tesla, Inc. (b) | 2,484,184 | |||
5,056,361 | |||||
Beverages — 4.6% | |||||
81,803 | Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 2,582,521 | |||
48,522 | Monster Beverage Corp. (b) | 2,569,240 | |||
15,147 | PepsiCo, Inc. | 2,566,507 | |||
7,718,268 | |||||
Biotechnology — 11.4% | |||||
10,448 | Amgen, Inc. | 2,808,004 | |||
10,691 | Biogen, Inc. (b) | 2,747,694 | |||
35,999 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 2,697,765 | |||
23,772 | Moderna, Inc. (b) | 2,455,410 | |||
3,308 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b) | 2,722,352 | |||
13,071 | Seagen, Inc. (b) | 2,773,013 | |||
7,808 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b) | 2,715,154 | |||
18,919,392 | |||||
Broadline Retail — 6.1% | |||||
19,403 | Amazon.com, Inc. (b) | 2,466,509 | |||
61,132 | eBay, Inc. | 2,695,310 | |||
86,285 | JD.com, Inc., ADR | 2,513,482 | |||
1,950 | MercadoLibre, Inc. (b) | 2,472,366 | |||
10,147,667 | |||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.1% | |||||
5,289 | Cintas Corp. | 2,544,062 | |||
62,079 | Copart, Inc. (b) | 2,674,984 | |||
5,219,046 | |||||
Communications Equipment — 1.6% | |||||
48,608 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 2,613,166 | |||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 4.8% | |||||
4,897 | Costco Wholesale Corp. | 2,766,609 | |||
24,246 | Dollar Tree, Inc. (b) | 2,580,987 | |||
121,500 | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 2,702,160 | |||
8,049,756 | |||||
Electric Utilities — 6.3% | |||||
34,033 | American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 2,559,962 | |||
24,780 | Constellation Energy Corp. | 2,703,003 | |||
65,403 | Exelon Corp. | 2,471,579 | |||
46,990 | Xcel Energy, Inc. | 2,688,768 | |||
10,423,312 | |||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.6% | |||||
75,333 | Baker Hughes Co. | 2,660,762 |
Shares | Description | Value | |||
Entertainment — 4.7% | |||||
22,613 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | $2,722,605 | |||
6,863 | Netflix, Inc. (b) | 2,591,469 | |||
230,070 | Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. (b) | 2,498,560 | |||
7,812,634 | |||||
Financial Services — 1.5% | |||||
42,423 | PayPal Holdings, Inc. (b) | 2,480,049 | |||
Food Products — 3.2% | |||||
81,436 | Kraft Heinz (The) Co. | 2,739,507 | |||
37,865 | Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 2,627,831 | |||
5,367,338 | |||||
Ground Transportation — 3.3% | |||||
88,299 | CSX Corp. | 2,715,194 | |||
6,651 | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 2,721,190 | |||
5,436,384 | |||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 8.0% | |||||
8,203 | Align Technology, Inc. (b) | 2,504,540 | |||
28,272 | Dexcom, Inc. (b) | 2,637,778 | |||
41,006 | GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. | 2,790,048 | |||
6,045 | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (b) | 2,643,297 | |||
9,217 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (b) | 2,694,037 | |||
13,269,700 | |||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 6.3% | |||||
19,083 | Airbnb, Inc., Class A (b) | 2,618,378 | |||
862 | Booking Holdings, Inc. (b) | 2,658,365 | |||
13,408 | Marriott International, Inc., Class A | 2,635,477 | |||
28,308 | Starbucks Corp. | 2,583,671 | |||
10,495,891 | |||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.6% | |||||
14,111 | Honeywell International, Inc. | 2,606,866 | |||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5% | |||||
18,638 | Illumina, Inc. (b) | 2,558,625 | |||
Machinery — 1.6% | |||||
31,964 | PACCAR, Inc. | 2,717,579 | |||
Media — 6.6% | |||||
6,081 | Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (b) | 2,674,545 | |||
60,080 | Comcast Corp., Class A | 2,663,947 | |||
682,712 | Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (c) | 3,085,858 | |||
32,670 | Trade Desk (The), Inc., Class A (b) | 2,553,161 | |||
10,977,511 |
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund (QQXT)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS (a) (Continued) | |||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.6% | |||||
17,489 | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | $2,708,696 | |||
Pharmaceuticals — 1.6% | |||||
39,901 | AstraZeneca PLC, ADR | 2,702,096 | |||
Professional Services — 4.8% | |||||
11,104 | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 2,671,400 | |||
23,489 | Paychex, Inc. | 2,708,987 | |||
11,089 | Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 2,619,665 | |||
8,000,052 | |||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.6% | |||||
34,429 | CoStar Group, Inc. (b) | 2,647,246 | |||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.6% | |||||
22,644 | Enphase Energy, Inc. (b) | 2,720,677 | |||
Specialty Retail — 3.2% | |||||
2,929 | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (b) | 2,662,051 | |||
23,052 | Ross Stores, Inc. | 2,603,723 | |||
5,265,774 | |||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.6% | |||||
6,986 | Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (b) | 2,693,871 | |||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.6% | |||||
49,331 | Fastenal Co. | 2,695,446 | |||
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.6% | |||||
19,193 | T-Mobile US, Inc. (b) | 2,687,980 | |||
Total Common Stocks | 166,652,145 | ||||
(Cost $160,737,511) | |||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.9% | |||||
1,418,066 | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 5.19% (d) (e) | 1,418,066 | |||
125,543 | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 5.20% (d) | 125,543 | |||
Total Money Market Funds | 1,543,609 | ||||
(Cost $1,543,609) |
Principal Value | Description | Value | |||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 2.5% | |||||
$4,173,004 | BNP Paribas S.A., 5.20% (d), dated 09/29/23, due 10/02/23, with a maturity value of $4,174,812. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 4.00% to 5.44%, due 07/31/24 to 02/15/26. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $4,256,014. (e) | $4,173,004 | |||
(Cost $4,173,004) | |||||
Total Investments — 103.4% | 172,368,758 | ||||
(Cost $166,454,124) | |||||
Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (3.4)% | (5,687,610 ) | ||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $166,681,148 |
(a) | The industry allocation is based on Standard & Poor’s Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), and is different than the industry sector classification system used by the Index to select securities, which is the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) system, which is maintained by FTSE International Limited. |
(b) | Non-income producing security. |
(c) | All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $5,351,590 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $5,591,070. |
(d) | Rate shown reflects yield as of September 30, 2023. |
(e) | This security serves as collateral for securities on loan. |
Abbreviations throughout the Portfolio of Investments: | |
ADR | – American Depositary Receipt |
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund (QQXT)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
Total Value at 9/30/2023 | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | |
Common Stocks* | $ 166,652,145 | $ 166,652,145 | $ — | $ — |
Money Market Funds | 1,543,609 | 1,543,609 | — | — |
Repurchase Agreements | 4,173,004 | — | 4,173,004 | — |
Total Investments | $172,368,758 | $168,195,754 | $4,173,004 | $— |
* | See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout. |
First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund (QCLN)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS — 99.9% | |||||
Automobiles — 22.1% | |||||
1,278,284 | Gogoro, Inc. (a) (b) | $3,349,104 | |||
8,701,623 | Lucid Group, Inc. (a) (b) | 48,642,073 | |||
547,330 | Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC, Class A, ADR (a) (b) | 1,444,951 | |||
4,611,105 | Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A (a) | 111,957,629 | |||
423,484 | Tesla, Inc. (a) | 105,964,167 | |||
271,357,924 | |||||
Chemicals — 9.0% | |||||
550,010 | Albemarle Corp. | 93,523,701 | |||
940,754 | Livent Corp. (a) | 17,319,281 | |||
110,842,982 | |||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6% | |||||
1,023,975 | LanzaTech Global, Inc. (a) (b) | 4,781,963 | |||
932,331 | Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (a) (b) | 3,309,775 | |||
8,091,738 | |||||
Construction & Engineering — 0.6% | |||||
179,028 | Ameresco, Inc., Class A (a) | 6,903,320 | |||
Electrical Equipment — 18.6% | |||||
163,286 | Acuity Brands, Inc. | 27,809,239 | |||
158,535 | American Superconductor Corp. (a) | 1,196,939 | |||
790,799 | Array Technologies, Inc. (a) | 17,547,830 | |||
1,563,606 | Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (a) (b) | 5,738,434 | |||
334,970 | Blink Charging Co. (a) (b) | 1,025,008 | |||
1,096,256 | Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (a) | 14,536,355 | |||
1,849,476 | ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (a) (b) | 9,191,896 | |||
214,830 | EnerSys | 20,337,956 | |||
701,415 | Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. (a) (b) | 1,508,042 | |||
814,464 | ESS Tech, Inc. (a) (b) | 1,531,192 | |||
620,346 | Fluence Energy, Inc. (a) | 14,261,755 | |||
618,266 | FTC Solar, Inc. (a) (b) | 791,380 | |||
2,356,357 | FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a) (b) | 3,016,137 | |||
148,494 | LSI Industries, Inc. | 2,358,085 | |||
324,478 | NEXTracker, Inc., Class A (a) | 13,031,036 | |||
3,151,126 | Plug Power, Inc. (a) (b) | 23,948,558 | |||
889,581 | Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A (a) | 16,234,853 | |||
294,896 | Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A., ADR (b) | 17,596,444 | |||
815,574 | Stem, Inc. (a) (b) | 3,458,034 | |||
917,073 | SunPower Corp. (a) (b) | 5,658,340 | |||
1,136,882 | Sunrun, Inc. (a) | 14,279,238 | |||
222,833 | TPI Composites, Inc. (a) | 590,507 |
Shares | Description | Value | |||
Electrical Equipment (Continued) | |||||
84,542 | Ultralife Corp. (a) | $825,130 | |||
170,201 | Vicor Corp. (a) | 10,023,137 | |||
906,471 | Wallbox N.V. (a) (b) | 2,039,560 | |||
228,535,085 | |||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.8% | |||||
197,092 | Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | 20,324,127 | |||
237,971 | Itron, Inc. (a) | 14,416,283 | |||
34,740,410 | |||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 9.4% | |||||
832,260 | Altus Power, Inc. (a) | 4,369,365 | |||
608,021 | Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC | 11,613,201 | |||
1,511,526 | Brookfield Renewable Partners, L.P. (c) | 32,860,575 | |||
431,261 | Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C | 9,125,483 | |||
752,019 | Montauk Renewables, Inc. (a) | 6,850,893 | |||
489,090 | NextEra Energy Partners, L.P. (c) (d) | 14,525,973 | |||
315,440 | Ormat Technologies, Inc. | 22,055,565 | |||
1,333,139 | ReNew Energy Global PLC, Class A (a) | 7,238,945 | |||
635,982 | Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (a) (b) | 6,658,731 | |||
115,298,731 | |||||
Machinery — 0.4% | |||||
1,184,000 | Lion Electric (The) Co. (a) (b) | 2,261,440 | |||
1,619,660 | Microvast Holdings, Inc. (a) (b) | 3,061,157 | |||
5,322,597 | |||||
Metals & Mining — 1.4% | |||||
929,936 | MP Materials Corp. (a) | 17,761,778 | |||
Mortgage REITs — 1.0% | |||||
561,501 | Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (b) | 11,903,821 | |||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.5% | |||||
1,167,161 | Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (a) | 4,470,227 | |||
1,242,723 | Gevo, Inc. (a) (b) | 1,478,840 | |||
5,949,067 | |||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 33.1% | |||||
1,006,699 | Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a) | 32,153,966 | |||
431,883 | Enphase Energy, Inc. (a) | 51,890,742 | |||
523,880 | First Solar, Inc. (a) | 84,653,769 |
First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund (QCLN)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS (Continued) | |||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued) | |||||
275,590 | Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. (a) (b) | $3,194,088 | |||
909,365 | Navitas Semiconductor Corp. (a) | 6,320,087 | |||
1,110,018 | ON Semiconductor Corp. (a) | 103,176,173 | |||
300,435 | Power Integrations, Inc. | 22,926,195 | |||
295,965 | SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a) | 38,330,427 | |||
247,763 | Universal Display Corp. | 38,896,313 | |||
655,645 | Wolfspeed, Inc. (a) | 24,980,075 | |||
406,521,835 | |||||
Specialty Retail — 0.4% | |||||
1,398,393 | Allego N.V. (a) (b) | 3,104,433 | |||
541,195 | EVgo, Inc. (a) (b) | 1,829,239 | |||
4,933,672 | |||||
Total Common Stocks | 1,228,162,960 | ||||
(Cost $1,793,268,382) | |||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 2.9% | |||||
35,488,172 | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 5.19% (e) (f) | 35,488,172 | |||
(Cost $35,488,172) |
Principal Value | Description | Value | |||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 8.5% | |||||
$104,432,531 | BNP Paribas S.A., 5.20% (e), dated 09/29/23, due 10/02/23, with a maturity value of $104,477,785. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 4.00% to 5.44%, due 07/31/24 to 02/15/26. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $106,509,929. (f) | 104,432,531 | |||
(Cost $104,432,531) | |||||
Total Investments — 111.3% | 1,368,083,663 | ||||
(Cost $1,933,189,085) | |||||
Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (11.3)% | (139,417,833 ) | ||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $1,228,665,830 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $137,006,504 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $139,920,703. |
(c) | Security is a Master Limited Partnership (“MLP”). |
(d) | This security is taxed as a “C” corporation for federal income tax purposes. |
(e) | Rate shown reflects yield as of September 30, 2023. |
(f) | This security serves as collateral for securities on loan. |
Abbreviations throughout the Portfolio of Investments: | |
ADR | – American Depositary Receipt |
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
Total Value at 9/30/2023 | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | |
Common Stocks* | $ 1,228,162,960 | $ 1,228,162,960 | $ — | $ — |
Money Market Funds | 35,488,172 | 35,488,172 | — | — |
Repurchase Agreements | 104,432,531 | — | 104,432,531 | — |
Total Investments | $1,368,083,663 | $1,263,651,132 | $104,432,531 | $— |
* | See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout. |
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund (FRI)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS — 99.6% | |||||
Data Center REITs — 11.2% | |||||
37,261 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | $4,509,326 | |||
11,517 | Equinix, Inc. | 8,364,337 | |||
12,873,663 | |||||
Diversified REITs — 2.7% | |||||
8,940 | Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. | 149,566 | |||
1,566 | Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. | 25,620 | |||
5,980 | American Assets Trust, Inc. | 116,311 | |||
8,329 | Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. | 85,289 | |||
23,052 | Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. | 329,644 | |||
2,476 | CTO Realty Growth, Inc. | 40,136 | |||
15,964 | Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 128,351 | |||
19,203 | Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | 415,361 | |||
4,903 | Gladstone Commercial Corp. | 59,620 | |||
23,922 | Global Net Lease, Inc. | 229,890 | |||
3,963 | NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust | 34,518 | |||
1,958 | One Liberty Properties, Inc. | 36,947 | |||
1,485 | Star Holdings (a) | 18,592 | |||
26,333 | W.P. Carey, Inc. | 1,424,089 | |||
3,093,934 | |||||
Health Care REITs — 10.8% | |||||
12,245 | CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 251,022 | |||
3,028 | Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. | 89,932 | |||
26,450 | Diversified Healthcare Trust | 51,313 | |||
7,553 | Global Medical REIT, Inc. | 67,750 | |||
46,881 | Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. | 715,873 | |||
67,338 | Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 1,236,326 | |||
5,097 | LTC Properties, Inc. | 163,767 | |||
73,658 | Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | 401,436 | |||
5,343 | National Health Investors, Inc. | 274,416 | |||
30,142 | Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 999,509 | |||
29,352 | Physicians Realty Trust | 357,801 | |||
28,461 | Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 396,746 | |||
1,558 | Universal Health Realty Income Trust | 62,990 | |||
49,529 | Ventas, Inc. | 2,086,657 | |||
63,851 | Welltower, Inc. | 5,230,674 | |||
12,386,212 | |||||
Hotel & Resort REITs — 3.6% | |||||
26,192 | Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | 401,785 | |||
3,973 | Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (a) | 9,495 | |||
6,714 | Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 18,598 | |||
5,988 | Chatham Lodging Trust | 57,305 | |||
25,803 | DiamondRock Hospitality Co. | 207,198 |
Shares | Description | Value | |||
Hotel & Resort REITs (Continued) | |||||
4,079 | Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A | $40,219 | |||
87,593 | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 1,407,620 | |||
26,555 | Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 327,158 | |||
14,833 | Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | 201,581 | |||
19,385 | RLJ Lodging Trust | 189,779 | |||
7,349 | Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 612,025 | |||
20,367 | Service Properties Trust | 156,622 | |||
13,185 | Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. | 76,473 | |||
25,503 | Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | 238,453 | |||
13,203 | Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 155,531 | |||
4,099,842 | |||||
Industrial REITs — 16.4% | |||||
31,270 | Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 950,921 | |||
5,588 | EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 930,570 | |||
16,279 | First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | 774,717 | |||
7,248 | Industrial Logistics Properties Trust | 20,947 | |||
3,451 | Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. | 261,103 | |||
36,017 | LXP Industrial Trust | 320,551 | |||
4,412 | Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. | 92,431 | |||
113,720 | Prologis, Inc. | 12,760,521 | |||
25,411 | Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | 1,254,033 | |||
22,115 | STAG Industrial, Inc. | 763,189 | |||
10,329 | Terreno Realty Corp. | 586,687 | |||
18,715,670 | |||||
Multi-Family Residential REITs — 11.5% | |||||
18,368 | Apartment Income REIT Corp. | 563,898 | |||
16,751 | Apartment Investment and Management Co., Class A (a) | 113,907 | |||
17,481 | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 3,002,187 | |||
1,434 | BRT Apartments Corp. | 24,765 | |||
13,143 | Camden Property Trust | 1,243,065 | |||
1,840 | Centerspace | 110,878 | |||
1,575 | Clipper Realty, Inc. | 8,159 | |||
10,810 | Elme Communities | 147,448 | |||
42,457 | Equity Residential | 2,492,650 | |||
7,900 | Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 1,675,511 | |||
27,624 | Independence Realty Trust, Inc. | 388,670 | |||
14,362 | Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 1,847,671 | |||
2,813 | NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. | 90,522 | |||
37,312 | UDR, Inc. | 1,330,919 | |||
9,859 | Veris Residential, Inc. | 162,674 | |||
13,202,924 |
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund (FRI)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS (Continued) | |||||
Office REITs — 5.7% | |||||
19,169 | Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | $1,918,817 | |||
17,764 | Boston Properties, Inc. | 1,056,603 | |||
21,184 | Brandywine Realty Trust | 96,175 | |||
4,895 | City Office REIT, Inc. | 20,804 | |||
13,852 | COPT Defense Properties | 330,093 | |||
18,682 | Cousins Properties, Inc. | 380,552 | |||
20,524 | Douglas Emmett, Inc. | 261,886 | |||
11,499 | Easterly Government Properties, Inc. | 131,434 | |||
13,507 | Equity Commonwealth | 248,124 | |||
11,282 | Franklin Street Properties Corp. | 20,872 | |||
13,008 | Highwoods Properties, Inc. | 268,095 | |||
15,613 | Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. | 103,826 | |||
11,587 | JBG SMITH Properties | 167,548 | |||
13,126 | Kilroy Realty Corp. | 414,913 | |||
5,954 | Office Properties Income Trust | 24,411 | |||
6,950 | Orion Office REIT, Inc. | 36,210 | |||
20,329 | Paramount Group, Inc. | 93,920 | |||
4,410 | Peakstone Realty Trust | 73,382 | |||
15,226 | Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 85,570 | |||
2,350 | Postal Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 31,725 | |||
7,926 | SL Green Realty Corp. | 295,640 | |||
19,702 | Vornado Realty Trust | 446,841 | |||
6,507,441 | |||||
Other Specialized REITs — 7.2% | |||||
9,272 | EPR Properties | 385,159 | |||
5,448 | Farmland Partners, Inc. | 55,896 | |||
11,148 | Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | 247,374 | |||
32,329 | Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. | 1,472,586 | |||
4,085 | Gladstone Land Corp. | 58,130 | |||
35,925 | Iron Mountain, Inc. | 2,135,741 | |||
5,511 | Safehold, Inc. | 98,096 | |||
29,381 | Uniti Group, Inc. | 138,678 | |||
124,745 | VICI Properties, Inc. | 3,630,080 | |||
8,221,740 | |||||
Retail REITs — 15.9% | |||||
11,717 | Acadia Realty Trust | 168,139 | |||
11,850 | Agree Realty Corp. | 654,594 | |||
264 | Alexander’s, Inc. | 48,109 | |||
37,001 | Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 768,881 | |||
3,026 | CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. | 63,485 | |||
9,031 | Federal Realty Investment Trust | 818,479 | |||
5,657 | Getty Realty Corp. | 156,869 | |||
8,313 | InvenTrust Properties Corp. | 197,933 | |||
76,303 | Kimco Realty Corp. | 1,342,170 |
Shares | Description | Value | |||
Retail REITs (Continued) | |||||
27,003 | Kite Realty Group Trust | $578,404 | |||
26,496 | Macerich (The) Co. | 289,071 | |||
8,246 | NETSTREIT Corp. | 128,473 | |||
22,453 | NNN REIT, Inc. | 793,489 | |||
14,451 | Phillips Edison & Co., Inc. | 484,687 | |||
87,246 | Realty Income Corp. | 4,357,065 | |||
20,226 | Regency Centers Corp. | 1,202,233 | |||
15,510 | Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. | 192,014 | |||
9,826 | RPT Realty | 103,763 | |||
1,584 | Saul Centers, Inc. | 55,868 | |||
40,275 | Simon Property Group, Inc. | 4,350,908 | |||
22,154 | SITE Centers Corp. | 273,159 | |||
17,397 | Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. | 583,321 | |||
12,947 | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. | 292,602 | |||
14,481 | Urban Edge Properties | 220,980 | |||
5,765 | Whitestone REIT | 55,517 | |||
18,180,213 | |||||
Self-Storage REITs — 8.5% | |||||
27,672 | CubeSmart | 1,055,133 | |||
26,006 | Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 3,161,819 | |||
10,216 | National Storage Affiliates Trust | 324,256 | |||
19,479 | Public Storage | 5,133,106 | |||
9,674,314 | |||||
Single-Family Residential REITs — 6.1% | |||||
39,143 | American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 1,318,728 | |||
22,929 | Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 1,460,806 | |||
70,807 | Invitation Homes, Inc. | 2,243,874 | |||
15,315 | Sun Communities, Inc. | 1,812,377 | |||
7,298 | UMH Properties, Inc. | 102,318 | |||
6,938,103 | |||||
Total Common Stocks | 113,894,056 | ||||
(Cost $159,177,963) | |||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.1% | |||||
59,926 | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 5.20% (b) | 59,926 | |||
(Cost $59,926) | |||||
Total Investments — 99.7% | 113,953,982 | ||||
(Cost $159,237,889) | |||||
Net Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.3% | 392,863 | ||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $114,346,845 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Rate shown reflects yield as of September 30, 2023. |
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund (FRI)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
Total Value at 9/30/2023 | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | |
Common Stocks* | $ 113,894,056 | $ 113,894,056 | $ — | $ — |
Money Market Funds | 59,926 | 59,926 | — | — |
Total Investments | $113,953,982 | $113,953,982 | $— | $— |
* | See Portfolio of Investments for sub-industry breakout. |
First Trust Water ETF (FIW)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS — 100.0% | |||||
Beverages — 1.2% | |||||
1,183,282 | Primo Water Corp. | $16,329,292 | |||
Building Products — 8.9% | |||||
697,369 | A.O. Smith Corp. | 46,117,012 | |||
394,502 | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 44,906,162 | |||
975,388 | Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp. | 27,330,372 | |||
118,353,546 | |||||
Chemicals — 4.0% | |||||
314,357 | Ecolab, Inc. | 53,252,076 | |||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.1% | |||||
275,415 | Tetra Tech, Inc. | 41,871,342 | |||
Construction & Engineering — 9.8% | |||||
576,174 | AECOM | 47,845,489 | |||
648,458 | Stantec, Inc. | 42,065,471 | |||
170,954 | Valmont Industries, Inc. | 41,064,860 | |||
130,975,820 | |||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.8% | |||||
173,959 | Badger Meter, Inc. | 25,027,481 | |||
422,320 | Itron, Inc. (a) | 25,584,146 | |||
50,611,627 | |||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.7% | |||||
112,986 | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a) | 49,405,388 | |||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 12.2% | |||||
477,261 | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 53,367,325 | |||
218,045 | Danaher Corp. | 54,096,965 | |||
205,776 | Waters Corp. (a) | 56,425,837 | |||
163,890,127 | |||||
Machinery — 23.0% | |||||
664,344 | Energy Recovery, Inc. (a) | 14,090,736 | |||
730,123 | Flowserve Corp. | 29,036,992 | |||
298,739 | Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | 26,656,481 | |||
255,222 | IDEX Corp. | 53,091,281 | |||
145,502 | Lindsay Corp. | 17,122,675 | |||
374,431 | Mueller Industries, Inc. | 28,142,234 | |||
1,278,816 | Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A | 16,215,387 | |||
719,603 | Pentair PLC | 46,594,294 | |||
153,048 | Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A | 26,449,755 | |||
558,064 | Xylem, Inc. | 50,800,566 | |||
308,200,401 |
Shares | Description | Value | |||
Multi-Utilities — 1.7% | |||||
3,821,563 | Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (b) | $22,623,653 | |||
Software — 4.2% | |||||
115,781 | Roper Technologies, Inc. | 56,070,423 | |||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 7.2% | |||||
1,319,627 | Core & Main, Inc., Class A (a) | 38,071,239 | |||
357,651 | Ferguson PLC | 58,822,860 | |||
96,894,099 | |||||
Water Utilities — 17.2% | |||||
343,083 | American States Water Co. | 26,993,770 | |||
416,476 | American Water Works Co., Inc. | 51,572,223 | |||
574,946 | California Water Service Group | 27,200,695 | |||
3,735,908 | Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo, ADR | 45,279,205 | |||
1,370,170 | Essential Utilities, Inc. | 47,037,936 | |||
239,928 | Middlesex Water Co. | 15,895,230 | |||
274,587 | SJW Group | 16,505,425 | |||
230,484,484 | |||||
Total Common Stocks | 1,338,962,278 | ||||
(Cost $1,266,198,488) | |||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.1% | |||||
195,148 | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 5.19% (c) (d) | 195,148 | |||
716,975 | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 5.20% (c) | 716,975 | |||
Total Money Market Funds | 912,123 | ||||
(Cost $912,123) |
First Trust Water ETF (FIW)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Principal Value | Description | Value | |||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 0.0% | |||||
$574,272 | BNP Paribas S.A., 5.20% (c), dated 09/29/23, due 10/02/23, with a maturity value of $574,520. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 4.00% to 5.44%, due 07/31/24 to 02/15/26. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $585,695. (d) | $574,272 | |||
(Cost $574,272) | |||||
Total Investments — 100.1% | 1,340,448,673 | ||||
(Cost $1,267,684,883) | |||||
Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (0.1)% | (852,348 ) | ||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $1,339,596,325 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $734,672 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $769,420. |
(c) | Rate shown reflects yield as of September 30, 2023. |
(d) | This security serves as collateral for securities on loan. |
Abbreviations throughout the Portfolio of Investments: | |
ADR | – American Depositary Receipt |
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
Total Value at 9/30/2023 | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | |
Common Stocks* | $ 1,338,962,278 | $ 1,338,962,278 | $ — | $ — |
Money Market Funds | 912,123 | 912,123 | — | — |
Repurchase Agreements | 574,272 | — | 574,272 | — |
Total Investments | $1,340,448,673 | $1,339,874,401 | $574,272 | $— |
* | See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout. |
First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS — 99.8% | |||||
Gas Utilities — 1.9% | |||||
196,402 | National Fuel Gas Co. | $10,195,228 | |||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 97.9% | |||||
64,552 | Amplify Energy Corp. (a) | 474,457 | |||
503,508 | Antero Resources Corp. (a) | 12,779,033 | |||
365,945 | APA Corp. | 15,040,340 | |||
1,555,961 | Baytex Energy Corp. | 6,861,788 | |||
215,236 | Callon Petroleum Co. (a) | 8,420,032 | |||
167,514 | Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 14,444,732 | |||
78,424 | Chord Energy Corp. | 12,710,178 | |||
133,506 | Civitas Resources, Inc. | 10,796,630 | |||
434,463 | CNX Resources Corp. (a) | 9,810,175 | |||
550,973 | Comstock Resources, Inc. | 6,077,232 | |||
170,251 | ConocoPhillips | 20,396,070 | |||
584,077 | Coterra Energy, Inc. | 15,799,283 | |||
278,773 | Crescent Energy, Inc., Class A (b) | 3,523,691 | |||
1,129,932 | Crescent Point Energy Corp. | 9,378,436 | |||
363,595 | Devon Energy Corp. | 17,343,481 | |||
116,824 | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 18,093,701 | |||
468,819 | Enerplus Corp. | 8,265,279 | |||
154,274 | EOG Resources, Inc. | 19,555,772 | |||
390,730 | EQT Corp. | 15,855,823 | |||
149,711 | Evolution Petroleum Corp. | 1,024,023 | |||
46,513 | Gulfport Energy Corp. (a) | 5,519,233 | |||
117,502 | Hess Corp. | 17,977,806 | |||
849,538 | Hess Midstream, L.P., Class A (c) (d) | 24,747,042 | |||
1,043,862 | Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a) | 8,538,791 | |||
444,404 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A | 10,181,296 | |||
656,909 | Marathon Oil Corp. | 17,572,316 | |||
212,755 | Matador Resources Co. | 12,654,667 | |||
288,276 | Murphy Oil Corp. | 13,073,317 | |||
211,951 | Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. | 8,526,789 | |||
238,522 | Obsidian Energy Ltd. (a) (b) | 1,960,651 | |||
309,294 | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 20,066,995 | |||
332,640 | Ovintiv, Inc. | 15,823,685 | |||
833,649 | Permian Resources Corp. | 11,637,740 | |||
79,850 | Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 18,329,567 | |||
443,306 | Range Resources Corp. | 14,367,547 | |||
25,212 | Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. | 801,489 | |||
1,116,889 | Ring Energy, Inc. (a) (b) | 2,177,934 | |||
184,822 | SandRidge Energy, Inc. | 2,894,313 | |||
78,949 | SilverBow Resources, Inc. (a) | 2,824,006 | |||
269,416 | SM Energy Co. | 10,682,344 | |||
2,241,687 | Southwestern Energy Co. (a) | 14,458,881 | |||
416,790 | Talos Energy, Inc. (a) | 6,852,028 | |||
4,146,452 | Tellurian, Inc. (a) (b) | 4,809,884 | |||
406,224 | Vermilion Energy, Inc. | 5,938,995 |
Shares | Description | Value | |||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued) | |||||
84,031 | Vital Energy, Inc. (a) | $4,656,998 | |||
181,662 | Vitesse Energy, Inc. | 4,158,243 | |||
620,860 | W&T Offshore, Inc. (a) | 2,719,367 | |||
919,880 | Western Midstream Partners, L.P. (d) | 25,048,332 | |||
512,704 | Woodside Energy Group Ltd., ADR (b) | 11,940,876 | |||
527,591,288 | |||||
Total Common Stocks | 537,786,516 | ||||
(Cost $529,630,192) | |||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.7% | |||||
2,546,689 | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 5.19% (e) (f) | 2,546,689 | |||
1,084,168 | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 5.20% (e) | 1,084,168 | |||
Total Money Market Funds | 3,630,857 | ||||
(Cost $3,630,857) |
Principal Value | Description | Value | |||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 1.4% | |||||
$7,494,250 | BNP Paribas S.A., 5.20% (e), dated 09/29/23, due 10/02/23, with a maturity value of $7,497,497. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 4.00% to 5.44%, due 07/31/24 to 02/15/26. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $7,643,327. (f) | 7,494,250 | |||
(Cost $7,494,250) | |||||
Total Investments — 101.9% | 548,911,623 | ||||
(Cost $540,755,299) | |||||
Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.9)% | (10,158,371 ) | ||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $538,753,252 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $9,642,737 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $10,040,939. |
First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
(c) | This security is taxed as a “C” corporation for federal income tax purposes. |
(d) | Security is a Master Limited Partnership (“MLP”). |
(e) | Rate shown reflects yield as of September 30, 2023. |
(f) | This security serves as collateral for securities on loan. |
Abbreviations throughout the Portfolio of Investments: | |
ADR | – American Depositary Receipt |
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
Total Value at 9/30/2023 | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | |
Common Stocks* | $ 537,786,516 | $ 537,786,516 | $ — | $ — |
Money Market Funds | 3,630,857 | 3,630,857 | — | — |
Repurchase Agreements | 7,494,250 | — | 7,494,250 | — |
Total Investments | $548,911,623 | $541,417,373 | $7,494,250 | $— |
* | See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout. |
First Trust NASDAQ® ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS — 99.9% | |||||
Banks — 96.6% | |||||
8,447 | 1st Source Corp. | $355,534 | |||
10,420 | Amalgamated Financial Corp. | 179,432 | |||
3,635 | American National Bankshares, Inc. | 137,912 | |||
23,654 | Ameris Bancorp | 908,077 | |||
5,833 | Arrow Financial Corp. | 99,278 | |||
11,270 | BancFirst Corp. | 977,447 | |||
18,572 | Bancorp (The), Inc. (a) | 640,734 | |||
3,554 | Bank First Corp. (b) | 274,191 | |||
5,515 | Bank of Marin Bancorp | 100,814 | |||
38,709 | Bank OZK | 1,434,943 | |||
11,751 | Banner Corp. | 498,007 | |||
8,679 | Blue Foundry Bancorp (a) | 72,643 | |||
22,707 | BOK Financial Corp. | 1,816,106 | |||
9,571 | Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. (a) | 90,733 | |||
30,335 | Brookline Bancorp, Inc. | 276,352 | |||
8,671 | Business First Bancshares, Inc. | 162,668 | |||
2,684 | Cambridge Bancorp | 167,186 | |||
4,979 | Camden National Corp. | 140,507 | |||
5,814 | Capital City Bank Group, Inc. | 173,432 | |||
46,593 | Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | 222,249 | |||
7,124 | Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc. | 101,090 | |||
7,982 | Carter Bankshares, Inc. (a) | 100,014 | |||
24,826 | Cathay General Bancorp | 862,952 | |||
5,220 | Citizens & Northern Corp. | 91,611 | |||
1,610 | Citizens Financial Services, Inc. | 77,151 | |||
5,134 | City Holding Co. | 463,857 | |||
5,388 | Civista Bancshares, Inc. | 83,514 | |||
7,183 | CNB Financial Corp. | 130,084 | |||
4,551 | Coastal Financial Corp. (a) | 195,283 | |||
71,358 | Columbia Banking System, Inc. | 1,448,567 | |||
36,051 | Columbia Financial, Inc. (a) | 566,361 | |||
42,664 | Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 2,047,019 | |||
6,156 | Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. | 210,905 | |||
13,322 | ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. | 237,531 | |||
16,864 | CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. (a) | 170,158 | |||
47,674 | CVB Financial Corp. | 789,958 | |||
13,284 | Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. | 265,149 | |||
10,232 | Eagle Bancorp, Inc. | 219,476 | |||
4,189 | Enterprise Bancorp, Inc. | 114,695 | |||
12,790 | Enterprise Financial Services Corp. | 479,625 | |||
2,806 | Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. | 128,206 | |||
12,826 | Farmers National Banc Corp. | 148,269 | |||
5,269 | Financial Institutions, Inc. | 88,677 | |||
14,056 | First Bancorp | 395,536 | |||
10,639 | First Bancshares (The), Inc. | 286,934 | |||
18,914 | First Busey Corp. | 363,527 |
Shares | Description | Value | |||
Banks (Continued) | |||||
2,845 | First Business Financial Services, Inc. | $85,378 | |||
6,428 | First Community Bankshares, Inc. | 189,305 | |||
32,545 | First Financial Bancorp | 637,882 | |||
48,836 | First Financial Bankshares, Inc. | 1,226,760 | |||
4,097 | First Financial Corp. | 138,520 | |||
43,660 | First Hawaiian, Inc. | 788,063 | |||
35,930 | First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A | 896,094 | |||
20,434 | First Merchants Corp. | 568,474 | |||
8,153 | First Mid Bancshares, Inc. | 216,544 | |||
7,723 | First of Long Island (The) Corp. | 88,892 | |||
5,904 | Five Star Bancorp | 118,434 | |||
9,909 | Flushing Financial Corp. | 130,105 | |||
2,653 | FS Bancorp, Inc. | 78,264 | |||
56,120 | Fulton Financial Corp. | 679,613 | |||
10,118 | German American Bancorp, Inc. | 274,097 | |||
4,090 | Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. | 195,993 | |||
29,466 | Hancock Whitney Corp. | 1,089,947 | |||
10,427 | Hanmi Financial Corp. | 169,230 | |||
15,925 | HarborOne Bancorp, Inc. | 151,606 | |||
10,895 | HBT Financial, Inc. | 198,725 | |||
14,592 | Heartland Financial USA, Inc. | 429,443 | |||
20,901 | Heritage Commerce Corp. | 177,031 | |||
11,991 | Heritage Financial Corp. | 195,573 | |||
736 | Hingham Institution for Savings | 137,448 | |||
5,943 | HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. | 128,785 | |||
41,062 | Hope Bancorp, Inc. | 363,399 | |||
15,092 | Horizon Bancorp, Inc. | 161,183 | |||
15,100 | Independent Bank Corp. | 741,259 | |||
7,166 | Independent Bank Corp. | 131,424 | |||
14,125 | Independent Bank Group, Inc. | 558,644 | |||
21,229 | International Bancshares Corp. | 920,065 | |||
22,312 | Kearny Financial Corp. | 154,622 | |||
8,702 | Lakeland Financial Corp. | 412,997 | |||
11,732 | Macatawa Bank Corp. | 105,119 | |||
5,480 | Mercantile Bank Corp. | 169,387 | |||
8,649 | Metrocity Bankshares, Inc. | 170,212 | |||
5,670 | Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. | 114,137 | |||
7,457 | Midland States Bancorp, Inc. | 153,167 | |||
5,366 | MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. | 109,091 | |||
4,352 | MVB Financial Corp. | 98,268 | |||
16,110 | NBT Bancorp, Inc. | 510,526 | |||
2,624 | Northeast Bank | 115,718 | |||
5,121 | Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc. | 75,586 | |||
15,391 | Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | 145,445 | |||
1,912 | Northrim BanCorp, Inc. | 75,753 | |||
43,484 | Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | 444,841 | |||
20,330 | OceanFirst Financial Corp. | 294,175 |
First Trust NASDAQ® ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares | Description | Value | |||
COMMON STOCKS (Continued) | |||||
Banks (Continued) | |||||
15,285 | Old Second Bancorp, Inc. | $208,029 | |||
32,811 | Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. | 713,967 | |||
40,557 | PacWest Bancorp (b) | 320,806 | |||
8,973 | Pathward Financial, Inc. | 413,566 | |||
4,908 | PCB Bancorp | 75,829 | |||
6,120 | Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. | 156,978 | |||
12,102 | Peoples Bancorp, Inc. | 307,149 | |||
26,261 | Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 1,760,537 | |||
4,771 | Preferred Bank | 296,995 | |||
12,224 | Premier Financial Corp. | 208,541 | |||
5,719 | QCR Holdings, Inc. | 277,486 | |||
19,206 | Renasant Corp. | 503,005 | |||
5,948 | Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A | 262,009 | |||
13,084 | S&T Bancorp, Inc. | 354,315 | |||
15,349 | Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. | 328,929 | |||
29,110 | Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida | 639,256 | |||
11,332 | Shore Bancshares, Inc. | 119,213 | |||
5,067 | Sierra Bancorp | 96,070 | |||
43,198 | Simmons First National Corp., Class A | 732,638 | |||
5,817 | SmartFinancial, Inc. | 124,309 | |||
5,786 | South Plains Financial, Inc. | 152,982 | |||
3,876 | Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. | 149,962 | |||
10,446 | Southside Bancshares, Inc. | 299,800 | |||
26,004 | SouthState Corp. | 1,751,629 | |||
10,032 | Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. | 394,157 | |||
16,423 | Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a) | 967,315 | |||
4,655 | Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. (a) | 79,600 | |||
25,619 | TowneBank | 587,444 | |||
11,381 | TriCo Bancshares | 364,533 | |||
7,963 | Triumph Financial, Inc. (a) | 515,923 | |||
6,509 | TrustCo Bank Corp. | 177,631 | |||
20,894 | Trustmark Corp. | 454,027 | |||
16,600 | UMB Financial Corp. | 1,030,030 | |||
46,165 | United Bankshares, Inc. | 1,273,692 | |||
40,664 | United Community Banks, Inc. | 1,033,272 | |||
3,467 | Unity Bancorp, Inc. | 81,232 | |||
10,083 | Univest Financial Corp. | 175,243 | |||
18,579 | Veritex Holdings, Inc. | 333,493 | |||
22,146 | Washington Federal, Inc. | 567,381 | |||
5,823 | Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. | 153,320 | |||
20,307 | WesBanco, Inc. | 495,897 | |||
5,722 | West BanCorp, Inc. | 93,326 | |||
9,118 | Westamerica BanCorp | 394,353 | |||
20,943 | Wintrust Financial Corp. | 1,581,196 | |||
20,890 | WSFS Financial Corp. | 762,485 | |||
55,579,168 |
Shares | Description | Value | |||
Financial Services — 3.3% | |||||
4,676 | Cass Information Systems, Inc. | $174,181 | |||
14,793 | Merchants Bancorp | 410,062 | |||
8,441 | NewtekOne, Inc. (b) | 124,505 | |||
95,909 | TFS Financial Corp. | 1,133,644 | |||
7,287 | Waterstone Financial, Inc. | 79,793 | |||
1,922,185 | |||||
Total Common Stocks | 57,501,353 | ||||
(Cost $87,151,266) | |||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.3% | |||||
176,447 | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class - 5.19% (c) (d) | 176,447 | |||
(Cost $176,447) |
Principal Value | Description | Value | |||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 0.9% | |||||
$519,238 | BNP Paribas S.A., 5.20% (c), dated 09/29/23, due 10/02/23, with a maturity value of $519,463. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities, interest rates of 4.00% to 5.44%, due 07/31/24 to 02/15/26. The value of the collateral including accrued interest is $529,567. (d) | 519,238 | |||
(Cost $519,238) | |||||
Total Investments — 101.1% | 58,197,038 | ||||
(Cost $87,846,951) | |||||
Net Other Assets and Liabilities — (1.1)% | (626,461 ) | ||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $57,570,577 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous. The aggregate value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $687,832 and the total value of the collateral held by the Fund is $695,685. |
(c) | Rate shown reflects yield as of September 30, 2023. |
(d) | This security serves as collateral for securities on loan. |
First Trust NASDAQ® ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
Total Value at 9/30/2023 | Level 1 Quoted Prices | Level 2 Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs | |
Common Stocks* | $ 57,501,353 | $ 57,501,353 | $ — | $ — |
Money Market Funds | 176,447 | 176,447 | — | — |
Repurchase Agreements | 519,238 | — | 519,238 | — |
Total Investments | $58,197,038 | $57,677,800 | $519,238 | $— |
* | See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout. |
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
Additional Information
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Additional Information
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Valuation Inputs
The Funds are subject to fair value accounting standards that define fair value, establish the framework for measuring fair value and provide a three-level hierarchy for fair valuation based upon the inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
• Level 1 – Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.
• Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, either directly or indirectly. (Quoted prices for similar investments, valuations based on interest rates and yield curves, or valuations derived from observable market data.)
• Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that may reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the investment.
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.
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