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First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF

FTXNNasdaqFirst TrustB

$41.48−2.00 (−4.59%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

B60/ 100

Rank 2 of 10 in Oil & Gas Producers

B60/100Rank 2 of 10inOil & Gas Producers
Intraday session: down, 79 prints from 43.47 to 41.48. Range 41.48 to 42.72. Use the arrow keys to read each point.42.0042.5043.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.60%
Fund size
$1.23B
1Y total return
+61.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.65%
Holdings
50
Avg volume · 30D
556K sh
52W range
low $25.81high $43.50
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net FTXN Grade

B

Score 60 out of 100

Category
Oil & Gas Producers⁠
Rank
2 of 10
Six-pillar profile for FTXN. Scores out of 100: Cost 34, Risk 58, Mission 73, Tradability 81, Holdings 76, Durability 72. Strongest: Tradability (81). Weakest: Cost (34). Leans toward Tradability and Holdings.

Score 60 of 100 falls in the B 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.
    D34 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 10

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A73 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 6

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B58 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 10

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A81 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 10

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A76 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 10

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A72 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 10

Our read on FTXN

ETF.net Research

In short

BMost oil and gas ETFs just hand you the biggest drillers by size. FTXN screens the US oil and gas patch on factor signals instead, holding about 40 names weighted by those scores. A rules-based tilt on a famously cyclical sector.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the Nasdaq US Smart Oil & Gas Index before fees and expenses through an indexing strategy.

Why people hold it

  • The "Smart" in the index name is literal: holdings are selected and sized by factor ranking, not market cap alone, so the largest producer doesn't automatically get the largest slot.ftportfolios.com
  • About 40 holdings, all oil and gas. No utilities, no renewables filler, no diluting the theme you actually came for.ftportfolios.com
  • Running since 2016 and it sticks tightly to the Nasdaq index it names in its prospectus. What the documents promise is what the portfolio delivers.
  • Trades actively for a niche sector fund, so getting in and out is rarely the hard part.

Worth knowing

  • 0.60% a year is the price of the factor machinery. Plain cap-weighted rivals like XOP (0.35%) and IEO (0.37%) charge roughly half that for the same corner of the market.
  • Concentrated, single-sector equity: the ride tends to follow the price of the barrel, with no defensive ballast when energy turns.
  • A mid-sized fund, not one of the category's household-name giants, and it pays distributions quarterly rather than monthly.

FTXN Performance

Launched Sep 20, 2016

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

FTXN$16,186
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. FTXN $16,186. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$12,500$15,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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.

Trailing total return for FTXN. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodFTXN
Year to date+57.8%
1 month+14.5%
3 months+16.7%
1 year+61.9%
3 yearsper year+17.2%
5 yearsper year+18.7%
10 yearsper year+10.5%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for FTXN
YearReturn barFTXN
2026 YTD+57.8%
2025−0.2%
2024+4.1%
2023+4.9%
2022+47.4%
2021+69.2%
2020−28.1%

FTXN in the news

FTXN Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
1.65%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.72Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.24 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 23, 2017 $0.11; Jun 22, 2017 $0.07; Sep 21, 2017 $0.10; Dec 21, 2017 $0.09; Mar 22, 2018 $0.10; Jun 21, 2018 $0.04; Sep 14, 2018 $0.07; Dec 18, 2018 $0.14; Mar 21, 2019 $0.14; Jun 14, 2019 $0.11; Sep 25, 2019 $0.14; Dec 13, 2019 $0.07; Mar 26, 2020 $0.02; Jun 25, 2020 $0.09; Sep 24, 2020 $0.07; Dec 24, 2020 $0.03; Mar 25, 2021 $0.01; Jun 24, 2021 $0.06; Sep 23, 2021 $0.12; Dec 23, 2021 $0.01; Mar 25, 2022 $0.12; Jun 24, 2022 $0.18; Sep 23, 2022 $0.14; Dec 23, 2022 $0.19; Mar 24, 2023 $0.15; Jun 27, 2023 $0.42; Sep 22, 2023 $0.18; Dec 22, 2023 $0.22; Mar 21, 2024 $0.14; Jun 27, 2024 $0.20; Sep 26, 2024 $0.20; Dec 13, 2024 $0.18; Mar 27, 2025 $0.17; Jun 26, 2025 $0.22; Sep 25, 2025 $0.18; Dec 12, 2025 $0.22; Mar 26, 2026 $0.14; Jun 25, 2026 $0.12; Sep 24, 2026 $0.24. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 24, 2026Sep 30, 2026$0.24
Jun 25, 2026Jun 30, 2026$0.12
Mar 26, 2026Mar 31, 2026$0.14
Dec 12, 2025Dec 31, 2025$0.22
Sep 25, 2025Sep 30, 2025$0.18
Jun 26, 2025Jun 30, 2025$0.22
Mar 27, 2025Mar 31, 2025$0.17
Dec 13, 2024Dec 31, 2024$0.18
Sep 26, 2024Sep 30, 2024$0.20
Jun 27, 2024Jun 28, 2024$0.20
Mar 21, 2024Mar 28, 2024$0.14
Dec 22, 2023Dec 29, 2023$0.22

See all 40 payments⁠

$10,000 in FTXN 10 years ago paid $2,620 in dividends.⁠

FTXN Risk

Risk pillarB58 out of 100Rank 4 of 10 in Oil & Gas Producers
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
22.9%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.61
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−30.0%
Trough Jul 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
−0.05
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

FTXN Cost

Compare FTXN and PBOG

Overpaying vs PBOG, cheapest in Oil & Gas Producers

$9,091

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • FTXN 0.60%

    $11,817

  • PBOG 0.13% Cheapest

    $2,726

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • FTXN 0.60%
  • PBOG 0.13%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2.5K$5K$7.5K$10K$12.5K051015202530FTXN $11,817PBOG $2,726

Year by year

YearFTXNPBOGOverpaying
10$1,076$238$838
20$4,116$930$3,186
30$11,817$2,726$9,091

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