---
ticker: "QABA"
name: "First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/QABA"
grade: "D"
score: 33
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Banks"
category_rank: "9 of 9"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# QABA: First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund

Grade **D**, Score 33 of 100. Rank 9 of 9 in Banks.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 8 | 9 of 9 |
| Mission | Not scored | — |
| Risk | 54 | 3 of 9 |
| Tradability | 32 | 6 of 9 |
| Holdings | 76 | 3 of 9 |
| Durability | 51 | 6 of 9 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 161 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | WTFC | Wintrust Financial Corporation | 4.15% |
| 2 | CBSH | Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 3.35% |
| 3 | CBC | Central Bancompany, Inc. | 3.34% |
| 4 | UBSI | United Bankshares, Inc. | 2.66% |
| 5 | HWC | Hancock Whitney Corporation | 2.50% |
| 6 | OZK | Bank OZK | 2.08% |
| 7 | EBC | Eastern Bankshares, Inc. | 2.06% |
| 8 | TFSL | TFS Financial Corporation | 1.94% |
| 9 | FFIN | First Financial Bankshares, Inc. | 1.90% |
| 10 | IBOC | International Bancshares Corporation | 1.81% |
| 11 | FULT | Fulton Financial Corporation | 1.81% |
| 12 | CATY | Cathay General Bancorp | 1.69% |
| 13 | WSFS | WSFS Financial Corporation | 1.66% |
| 14 | CVBF | CVB Financial Corp. | 1.63% |
| 15 | INDB | Independent Bank Corp. | 1.57% |
| 16 | BANF | BancFirst Corporation | 1.53% |
| 17 | WSBC | WesBanco, Inc. | 1.51% |
| 18 | FIBK | First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. | 1.41% |
| 19 | FFBC | First Financial Bancorp. | 1.39% |
| 20 | TOWN | TowneBank | 1.39% |
| 21 | SFNC | Simmons First National Corporation | 1.38% |
| 22 | MCHB | Mechanics Bancorp (Class A) | 1.35% |
| 23 | SBCF | Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida | 1.32% |
| 24 | FHB | First Hawaiian, Inc. | 1.29% |
| 25 | CLBK | Columbia Financial, Inc. | 1.25% |
| 26 | NBTB | NBT Bancorp Inc. | 1.12% |
| 27 | TRMK | Trustmark Corporation | 1.10% |
| 28 | FRME | First Merchants Corporation | 1.05% |
| 29 | FBNC | First Bancorp | 1.05% |
| 30 | BUSE | First Busey Corporation | 1.03% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/QABA. Please cite the page URL.