First Trust WCM International Equity ETF
$19.29−0.29 (−1.51%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.85%
- Fund size
- $2.1B
- 1Y return
- +17.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.53%
- Holdings
- 43
- Volume · 30D
- 0.8M sh
- NAV per share
- $19.53
- 52W range
The ETF.net WCMI Grade
Score 31 of 100 sits in the D 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 6Category 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.DScore 26Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 74Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 26Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 85Category rank
Our read on WCMI
DA boutique stock picker's concentrated international book in ETF form. WCM hunts companies whose competitive moats are widening and whose internal culture backs it up, holding roughly 40 non-US names rather than tracking an index.
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through an actively managed portfolio focused primarily on equity securities of companies outside the United States.
Why people hold it
- Genuinely active, not an index in disguise: about 40 non-US names chosen bottom-up by WCM, a process built around moat trajectory and corporate culture.wcminvest.com
- The prospectus commits at least 80% of net assets to equity of companies outside the US, with latitude to roam into emerging and frontier markets.sec.gov
- The strategy reached the exchange through a 2024 mutual fund reorganization, so the record behind the ticker starts with the predecessor fund, not the listing.businesswire.comsec.gov
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that changes hands actively on-exchange, which tends to keep the cost of getting in and out modest for an active strategy.
Worth knowing
- Costs 0.85% a year against a 0.65% median for its international value peers; AVIV runs 0.25% and JIVE 0.55%.
- Roughly 40 holdings means individual stocks and countries carry real weight, and results can diverge widely from a broad international benchmark.sec.gov
- Distributions land once or twice a year at most; the stated objective is long-term capital appreciation, not an income stream.
WCMI Holdings
- Stocks
- 43
- 42%
- 2330.TW
Sectors
- Technology21.1%
- Financials17.7%
- Industrials16.5%
- Health Care13.1%
- Communication10.3%
- Energy6.4%
- Cons. Staples5.8%
- Consumer Discr.4.9%
- Materials2.8%
- Utilities1.5%
Geography
- United Kingdom20.86%
- Japan13.64%
- Canada9.49%
- Germany7.73%
- Taiwan7.45%
- China6.04%
- Netherlands5.22%
- South Korea5.07%
- 24.51%
Developed 74% · Emerging 26%
WCMI 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 | WCMI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.4% |
| 1 month | −1.2% |
| 3 months | −1.4% |
| 1 year | +17.8% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
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 | WCMI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.4% | |
| 2025 | +30.3% | |
| 2024 | −3.8% |
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WCMI Dividends
- 0.53%
- $0.10
- $0.05 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $2.01 |
WCMI Risk
- 13.6%
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.
- 1.33
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.
- −12.8%
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.
- 0.96
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
WCMI Cost
- The middle half of International Active Value funds
- Median 0.66%
16 of the 18 International Active Value funds charge less.