First Trust Active Factor Large Cap ETF
$44.43−0.33 (−0.74%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.55%
- Fund size
- $778M
- 1Y return
- +16.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.69%
- Holdings
- 218
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $44.86
- 52W range
The ETF.net AFLG Grade
Score 51 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 22Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 80Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 66Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 50Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 40Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 61Category rank
Our read on AFLG
CFour factors (value, quality, momentum, low volatility) blended into one US large-cap portfolio, run by an active manager tuning risk against the S&P 500 instead of following a frozen index recipe. Roughly 250 names.
The fund seeks capital appreciation. It normally invests at least 80% of assets in U.S.-listed equity securities of large-capitalization companies and uses active risk management with a quantitative multi-factor approach.
Why people hold it
- Four factor bets in one ticket: value, quality, momentum and low volatility, combined in a single large-cap sleeve rather than four separate funds you have to weight yourself.ftportfolios.com
- Actively managed with a quantitative process, so factor tilts and risk can be adjusted between reconstitution dates instead of waiting on an index calendar. The S&P 500 is the yardstick.ftportfolios.com
- Roughly 250 US large caps, at least 80% of assets in that mandate, and quarterly distributions. The portfolio has stuck closely to the multi-factor large-cap job it advertises.
Worth knowing
- At 0.55% a year it costs more than the typical multi-factor large-cap fund, and multiples of index-built peers like FNDX (0.25%) or VONV (0.06%).
- Active means the factor mix is the manager's call, not a published rulebook you can audit line by line before you buy.
- Moderately traded rather than a category heavyweight, so limit orders are the friendlier way in and out.
AFLG Holdings
- Stocks
- 218
- 33%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology38.8%
- Financials10.3%
- Consumer Discr.9.7%
- Communication8.7%
- Industrials7.6%
- Health Care7.1%
- Energy5.2%
- Materials3.6%
- Utilities3.4%
- Cons. Staples3.2%
- Real Estate2.4%
Geography
- United States96.72%
- Ireland0.91%
- Singapore0.81%
- Switzerland0.77%
- Bermuda0.51%
- United Kingdom0.16%
- Canada0.07%
- Netherlands0.04%
AFLG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
AFLG$11,651
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | AFLG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.8% |
| 1 month | −0.1% |
| 3 months | +3.5% |
| 1 year | +16.5% |
| 3 years | +22.9% |
| 5 years | +12.7% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | AFLG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.8% | |
| 2025 | +14.2% | |
| 2024 | +27.0% | |
| 2023 | +20.1% | |
| 2022 | −16.4% | |
| 2021 | +27.3% | |
| 2020 | +10.3% |
AFLG in the news
AFLG Dividends
- 0.69%
- $0.31
- $0.07 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.01 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.12 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.02 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.02 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.02 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.28 |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | $0.07 |
AFLG Risk
- 12.4%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.26
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −23.5%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.93
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AFLG Cost
0.55%
AFLG0.55%
- The middle half of US Multifactor funds
- Median 0.30%
75 of the 98 US Multifactor funds charge less.