First Trust Securitized Plus ETF
$20.63−0.19 (−0.91%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.66%
- Fund size
- $60M
- 1Y return
- +1.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.59%
- Holdings
- 94
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $20.82
- 52W range
The ETF.net DEED Grade
Score 47 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 24Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 83Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 45Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 38Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 41Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 62Category rank
Our read on DEED
CA dedicated securitized bond sleeve: at least half in government-backed mortgage paper, up to half in private-label MBS, ABS and CLOs. TCW sub-advised it from the 2020 launch; First Trust's own team took over in 2025.
The Fund seeks to maximize long-term total return by normally investing at least 80% of net assets in securitized debt securities, including asset-backed securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, and collateralized loan obligations.
Why people hold it
- At least half the portfolio sits in agency mortgage paper (Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac), with room for up to half in private-label MBS, ABS and CLOs.ftportfolios.com
- A pure securitized play, not a broad bond fund: the mandate keeps at least 80% of net assets in securitized debt, and it pays monthly.
- Actively managed with no index to hug, holding roughly 100 bonds chosen across the securitized market.
Worth knowing
- At 0.66%, it prices above the typical fund in its securitized cohort and well above cheaper peers like JMBS (0.21%) and JPLD (0.24%).
- Thinly traded for its category, which can mean wider spreads and more care on order entry.
- TCW sub-advised from the 2020 launch until May 2025; First Trust's own team runs it now, so the longer record belongs to a different manager.sec.gov
DEED Holdings
- Bonds
- 94
- 43%
- US 2YR NOTE (CBT) Dec26
Geography
- United States100.00%
DEED 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 | DEED |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.5% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | −1.3% |
| 1 year | +1.5% |
| 3 years | +5.8% |
| 5 years | −0.1% |
| 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 | DEED |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.5% | |
| 2025 | +8.9% | |
| 2024 | +3.2% | |
| 2023 | +6.4% | |
| 2022 | −16.0% | |
| 2021 | +1.6% | |
| 2020 | +4.7% |
DEED in the news
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DEED Dividends
- 4.59%
- $0.95
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.09 |
| May 21, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.08 |
DEED Risk
- 7.1%
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.
- 0.14
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.
- −19.7%
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.
- 1.23
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DEED Cost
- The middle half of Core Securitized Bond funds
- Median 0.40%
7 of the 10 Core Securitized Bond funds charge less.