First Trust Indxx NextG ETF
$156.68−2.15 (−1.35%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.70%
- Fund size
- $579M
- 1Y return
- +53.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.16%
- Holdings
- 100
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $158.68
- 52W range
The ETF.net NXTG Grade
Score 53 of 100 sits in the C 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.FScore 18Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 74Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 85Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 66Category 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 85Category rank
Our read on NXTG
CA 5G fund that isn't a 5G-boom baby. NXTG has been running since 2011 and spreads the connectivity theme across roughly 100 stocks worldwide. Long tenure and broad reach, at a premium price tag.
The Fund seeks returns corresponding generally to the Indxx 5G & NextG Thematic Index and normally invests at least 90% of net assets in securities comprising that index.
Why people hold it
- Launched in 2011, making it a veteran inside a global thematic peer group stuffed with far more recent arrivals.
- Rules-based and wide: at least 90% of net assets sit in the Indxx 5G & NextG index, roughly 100 global names rather than a short list of megacaps.
- Upper half of its global thematic cohort on how closely it follows its stated index and what sits in the portfolio.
- Simple plumbing: a 1940 Act fund holding the stocks outright, with distributions paid quarterly.
Worth knowing
- 0.70% a year is above the typical fee in its global thematic group. Cheaper thematic shelves exist, including KLMT at 0.10% and UFOX at 0.30%.
- Thinly traded for its size, so bid-ask spreads can run wider and larger orders can nudge the price.
- One theme, global footprint: results ride on connectivity and network spending, and overseas holdings add currency movement to the mix.
NXTG Holdings
- Stocks
- 100
- 17%
- 0992.HK
Sectors
- Technology63.8%
- Communication23.1%
- Real Estate6.6%
- Industrials6.0%
- Consumer Discr.0.5%
Geography
- United States37.33%
- Japan12.44%
- Taiwan12.10%
- India6.73%
- South Korea4.86%
- China3.58%
- United Kingdom2.27%
- Finland2.20%
- 18.48%
Developed 49% · Emerging 51%
NXTG 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 | NXTG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +48.2% |
| 1 month | +5.1% |
| 3 months | −0.5% |
| 1 year | +53.7% |
| 3 years | +34.4% |
| 5 years | +17.3% |
| 10 years | +16.2% |
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 | NXTG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +48.2% | |
| 2025 | +28.5% | |
| 2024 | +12.8% | |
| 2023 | +28.7% | |
| 2022 | −24.7% | |
| 2021 | +21.8% | |
| 2020 | +27.6% |
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NXTG Dividends
- 1.16%
- $1.85
- $0.58 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.58 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.23 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.54 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.50 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.57 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.43 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.41 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.04 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.75 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.40 |
NXTG Risk
- 20.1%
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.
- 1.24
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.
- −33.6%
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.
- 1.34
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
NXTG Cost
- The middle half of Metaverse & Connectivity funds
- Median 0.59%
5 of the 7 Metaverse & Connectivity funds charge less.