First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF
$32.08+0.00 (+0.00%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.70%
- Fund size
- $5M
- 1Y return
- −20.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.38%
- Holdings
- 44
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $32.02
- 52W range
The ETF.net BNGE Grade
Score 40 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E. A structural cap ceilings this fund at 40, so B and A are out of reach.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 19Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 57Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 51Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 82Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 41Category rank
Our read on BNGE
CMost gaming ETFs stop at the console. BNGE buys the whole screen: streaming platforms, video game makers and betting operators in one basket of roughly 50 stocks, tracking the S-Network Streaming & Gaming Index.
The fund seeks investment results that generally track the price and yield performance of the S-Network Streaming & Gaming Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- One ticket to the whole attention economy: streaming, gaming and wagering names together, not just the console-and-esports slice most rivals buy.ftportfolios.com
- The portfolio is the strong suit. About 50 holdings, and its construction stacks up well against the rest of the gaming and esports group.
- Rules-based since its 2022 launch: First Trust follows a published index, so the lineup comes from methodology rather than a manager's hunch.ftportfolios.com
Worth knowing
- Price of the wider net: 0.70% a year, above most of the gaming cohort, including ESPO and HERO.
- Small asset base and thin trading. Spreads can widen, and sub-scale funds face more closure risk than the category's giants.
- Not an income sleeve: distributions arrive once or twice a year, and the theme is built on growth-style entertainment and tech names.
BNGE Holdings
- Stocks
- 44
- 49%
- 7974.T
Sectors
- Communication64.8%
- Consumer Discr.25.5%
- Technology9.7%
Geography
- United States47.25%
- Japan17.83%
- China13.35%
- Sweden7.77%
- Australia5.09%
- Italy1.96%
- Korea (the Republic of)1.10%
- Isle of Man1.09%
- 4.54%
Developed 68% · Emerging 32%
BNGE 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 | BNGE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −14.6% |
| 1 month | −2.7% |
| 3 months | +5.3% |
| 1 year | −20.9% |
| 3 years | +16.3% |
| 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 | BNGE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −14.6% | |
| 2025 | +35.2% | |
| 2024 | +19.2% | |
| 2023 | +37.2% | |
| 2022 | −28.8% |
BNGE in the news
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BNGE Dividends
- 0.38%
- $0.12
- $0.06 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.27 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.0027 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.15 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.02 |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | $0.02 |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | $0.10 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | $0.0027 |
BNGE Risk
- 17.7%
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.
- 0.62
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.
- −40.6%
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.
- 0.94
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BNGE Cost
- The middle half of Gaming, Esports & Betting funds
- Median 0.55%
7 of the 9 Gaming, Esports & Betting funds charge less.