First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II - First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF
$56.70−0.56 (−0.98%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $199M
- 1Y return
- +41.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.00%
- Holdings
- 50
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $56.94
- 52W range
The ETF.net FAI Grade
Score 55 of 100 sits in the B 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.CScore 53Category 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 64Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 64Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 35Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 60Category rank
FAI Holdings
- Stocks
- 50
- 62%
- MSFT
Geography
- United States85.06%
- Taiwan (Province of China)5.33%
- Netherlands4.49%
- Korea (the Republic of)3.16%
- Canada1.17%
- Australia0.53%
- Japan0.26%
FAI 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 | FAI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +39.4% |
| 1 month | +6.6% |
| 3 months | +4.0% |
| 1 year | +41.9% |
| 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 | FAI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +39.4% | |
| 2025 | +33.3% | |
| 2024 | +2.1% |
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FAI Dividends
- 0.00%
No distributions in the last 12 months.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.01 |
FAI Risk
- 31.5%
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.
- 1.09
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.
- −27.8%
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.
- 2.13
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FAI Cost
- The middle half of Artificial Intelligence funds
- Median 0.65%
12 of the 30 Artificial Intelligence funds charge less.