First Trust Limited Duration Investment Grade Corporate ETF
$18.46−0.01 (−0.03%)
- 0.44%
- $1.5B
- +0.8%
- 4.92%
- 0.4M sh
- $18.45
- low $18.34high $19.33
The ETF.net FSIG Grade
C
Score 54 out of 100
- 29 of 49
Score 54 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F20 out of 100Rank 39 of 49Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A70 out of 100Rank 38 of 45Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A77 out of 100Rank 5 of 49Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B59 out of 100Rank 17 of 49Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A73 out of 100Rank 15 of 49Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B62 out of 100Rank 23 of 49
Our read on FSIG
CFirst Trust's short-end corporate bond fund: roughly 300 investment-grade credits, monthly income, and a mandate built around current income rather than an index. The trade-off is a 0.44% fee in a pennies-a-year category.
The Fund seeks current income by investing at least 80% of its net assets in investment-grade corporate debt securities under normal market conditions.
Why people hold it
- Limited duration by design: shorter-maturity corporate paper mechanically swings less on a given move in rates than long bonds do.
- At least 80% of net assets sit in investment-grade corporate debt, spread across roughly 300 positions, so no single borrower drives the outcome.
- The objective is written around income, not index replication, so the managers pick issuers and maturities instead of copying a benchmark.
- Income arrives monthly, and the fund has grown past the billion-dollar mark since its 2021 launch.
Worth knowing
- Costs 0.44% a year against a 0.19% category median, while index rivals like VCIT and IGSB run 0.03% to 0.04%.
- Corporate credit, not Treasuries: prices move with issuer creditworthiness as well as with interest rates.
- Trading is moderate rather than heavy, so bid-ask spreads can widen when markets get jumpy.
FSIG Holdings
- Other
- 329
- 9%
- MSCI INC 4%, due 11/15/2029
Geography
- United States82.12%
- Canada8.05%
- Ireland3.01%
- United Kingdom1.53%
- Netherlands1.50%
- Switzerland0.95%
- France0.80%
- Sweden0.60%
- 1.44%
FSIG Performance
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FSIG$10,081
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | FSIG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.4% |
| 1 month | −0.4% |
| 3 months | −0.8% |
| 1 year | +0.8% |
| 3 years | +4.9% |
| 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 | FSIG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.4% | |
| 2025 | +6.7% | |
| 2024 | +4.2% | |
| 2023 | +6.2% | |
| 2022 | −4.4% | |
| 2021 | 0.0% |
FSIG in the news
Filings Digest
VanEck cuts its CLO ETF fee from 0.36% to 0.29%
FSIG Dividends
- 4.92%
- $0.91
- $0.07 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
FSIG Risk
- 2.8%
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.
- 0.07
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.
- −6.9%
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.
- 0.45
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FSIG Cost
0.44%
FSIG0.44%
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate funds
- Median 0.29%
38 of the 49 Investment Grade Corporate funds charge less.
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- CEYEGAlliance Bernstein - AB Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return −2.8%
- CFIGBFidelity Investment Grade Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.36%1 year return −2.2%