First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF
$18.40−0.16 (−0.84%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.85%
- Fund size
- $54M
- 1Y return
- +17.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.68%
- Holdings
- 32
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $18.43
- 52W range
The ETF.net AGQI Grade
Score 39 of 100 sits in the D 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.DScore 28Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 78Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 73Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 13Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 50Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 65Category rank
Our read on AGQI
DA 2015 European income closed-end fund that shed its old wrapper in 2023 and came back as a global active ETF. Janus Henderson picks roughly 40 dividend payers worldwide, screened on returns, leverage and payout discipline rather than headline yield.
The Fund seeks income together with long-term capital-growth potential, investing primarily in income-producing equity securities.
Why people hold it
- Born in 2015 as a European income closed-end fund, converted to an ETF in 2023. Shares now create and redeem at NAV, so the old discount-to-NAV gap goes away.sec.govsec.gov
- Janus Henderson's income team runs the book: dividend payers screened on return on equity and invested capital, financial leverage and payout ratio, not just fat yields.sec.gov
- Roughly 40 holdings, deliberately tilted toward companies economically tied to countries outside the US. Distributions come quarterly.ftportfolios.com
Worth knowing
- The 0.85% fee is real active-manager money in a group where broad rivals like GSWO (0.15%) and DFAW (0.24%) cover global equity for a sliver of that.sec.gov
- Thinly traded for its size. Spreads can widen, so limit orders do work that market orders will not.
- Concentrated and global by design: up to 20% of net assets can sit in emerging markets, and currency swings land in your return either way.sec.gov
AGQI Holdings
- Stocks
- 32
- 40%
- MSFT
Sectors
- Technology21.5%
- Financials15.6%
- Industrials13.6%
- Consumer Discr.11.7%
- Cons. Staples10.7%
- Health Care9.7%
- Communication5.9%
- Materials5.2%
- Energy4.2%
- Utilities1.9%
Geography
- United States41.43%
- United Kingdom12.76%
- Japan11.14%
- Taiwan6.78%
- France6.55%
- South Korea3.98%
- Denmark3.87%
- Switzerland3.63%
- 9.86%
Developed 78% · Emerging 22%
AGQI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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 | AGQI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.8% |
| 1 month | −1.3% |
| 3 months | +2.8% |
| 1 year | +17.3% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | AGQI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.8% | |
| 2025 | +26.7% | |
| 2024 | +3.0% | |
| 2023 | +5.2% |
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AGQI Dividends
- 1.68%
- $0.31
- $0.10 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.13 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.02 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.02 |
AGQI Risk
- 9.5%
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.
- 1.29
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.
- −14.1%
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.
- 0.70
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AGQI Cost
- The middle half of Global Active Equity funds
- Median 0.69%
30 of the 44 Global Active Equity funds charge less.