First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
$250.94−2.92 (−1.15%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $1.3B
- 1Y return
- +128.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.10%
- Holdings
- 37
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $248.03
- 52W range
The ETF.net FTXL Grade
Score 62 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 50Category 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.CScore 43Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 88Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 79Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 82Category rank
Our read on FTXL
BMost chip ETFs rank by size. FTXL runs roughly 30 US semiconductor names through momentum and profitability screens instead, so the weighting ladder is built on factor scores rather than market cap alone.
The Fund seeks to track the Nasdaq US Smart Semiconductor Index before fees and expenses. The index provides exposure to U.S. semiconductor companies and uses a modified factor-weighting methodology.
Why people hold it
- The tracked index screens on momentum and profitability, so position sizes follow factor scores instead of sheer market cap.ftportfolios.com
- Roughly 30 US chip stocks and nothing else: a concentrated, straight-through read on semiconductors rather than a broad tech basket.
- Live since 2016 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund with moderate trading activity, it is one of the longer-running factor takes on the sector.
- Pays distributions quarterly, in line with the sector's typically modest dividend profile.
Worth knowing
- At 0.60% a year, it costs more than several chip rivals: SOXQ at 0.19%, CHPS at 0.15%, SOXX at 0.33%.
- Factor weighting means the lineup can look quite different from a cap-weighted chip index, and that gap cuts both ways.
- About 30 stocks in one cyclical industry: moves are sharper than a diversified fund's, up and down.
FTXL Holdings
- Stocks
- 37
- 60%
- INTC
Sectors
- Technology99.7%
- Industrials0.4%
Geography
- United States96.75%
- Netherlands2.77%
- Cayman Islands0.48%
FTXL Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
FTXL$22,839
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 | FTXL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +96.0% |
| 1 month | +12.2% |
| 3 months | −14.5% |
| 1 year | +128.4% |
| 3 years | +56.9% |
| 5 years | +29.9% |
| 10 years | +29.6% |
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 | FTXL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +96.0% | |
| 2025 | +48.9% | |
| 2024 | +7.6% | |
| 2023 | +54.4% | |
| 2022 | −33.9% | |
| 2021 | +36.0% | |
| 2020 | +46.1% |
FTXL in the news
FTXL Dividends
- 0.10%
- $0.25
- $0.04 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.04 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.01 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.03 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.17 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.12 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.17 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.13 |
FTXL Risk
- 40.0%
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.
- 1.02
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.
- −43.9%
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.
- 2.30
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FTXL Cost
0.60%
FTXL0.60%
- The middle half of Semiconductors funds
- Median 0.60%
12 of the 25 Semiconductors funds charge less.