First Trust Capital Strength ETF
$96.31−0.04 (−0.05%)
- 0.53%
- $7.5B
- +5.6%
- 1.19%
- 0.5M sh
- $95.75
- low $89.76high $102.93
The ETF.net FTCS Grade
C
Score 50 out of 100
- 63 of 99
Score 50 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.F23 out of 100Rank 76 of 99Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C51 out of 100Rank 47 of 97Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A96 out of 100Rank 2 of 99Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C49 out of 100Rank 59 of 98Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A82 out of 100Rank 11 of 99
Our read on FTCS
CA 2006-vintage take on quality investing: the Capital Strength Index screens US companies for profitability and calm price action, then keeps about 50. Concentrated by design, and priced accordingly.
FTCS seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield of The Capital StrengthTM Index. The fund states that achieving its investment objective is not guaranteed.
Why people hold it
- Runs a real screen, not a market-cap list. Quality, profitability and low-volatility filters cut the field to about 50 US names, so each holding actually carries weight.ftportfolios.com
- Trading since 2006, so the strategy has been live through the financial crisis, 2020 and 2022. A long operating history, not a backtest with a ticker attached.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, which generally means tight spreads on retail-sized orders. Distributions come quarterly.
Worth knowing
- 0.53% a year is roughly double the median for US factor ETFs. Cohort neighbors like MGV (0.05%) and SIZE (0.15%) run the factor playbook for a fraction of that.
- About 50 holdings means one company's bad quarter lands harder here than in a broad index fund.
- The index is rules-based, so the portfolio tilts toward whichever sectors currently clear the quality and volatility screens rather than to a fixed sector mix.ftportfolios.com
FTCS Holdings
- Stocks
- 51
- 23%
- RMD
Sectors
- Financials27.3%
- Industrials21.6%
- Consumer Staples15.7%
- Health Care15.0%
- Consumer Discretionary7.8%
- Technology6.5%
- Energy4.2%
- Materials2.0%
Geography
- United States93.95%
- Switzerland4.14%
- United Kingdom1.91%
FTCS Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
FTCS$10,556
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 | FTCS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +5.1% |
| 1 month | −0.4% |
| 3 months | +0.1% |
| 1 year | +5.6% |
| 3 years | +10.5% |
| 5 years | +6.2% |
| 10 years | +10.7% |
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 | FTCS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +5.1% | |
| 2025 | +6.5% | |
| 2024 | +11.2% | |
| 2023 | +8.5% | |
| 2022 | −10.2% | |
| 2021 | +26.7% | |
| 2020 | +13.0% |
FTCS in the news
FTCS Dividends
- 1.19%
- $1.14
- $0.33 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
FTCS Risk
- 11.2%
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.
- 0.50
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.
- −20.9%
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.
- 0.53
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FTCS Cost
0.53%
FTCS0.53%
- The middle half of US Multifactor funds
- Median 0.30%
75 of the 99 US Multifactor funds charge less.
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