---
ticker: "XPND"
name: "First Trust Expanded Technology ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/XPND"
grade: "C"
score: 52
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Active Sector"
category_rank: "12 of 35"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# XPND: First Trust Expanded Technology ETF

Grade **C**, Score 52 of 100. Rank 12 of 35 in US Active Sector.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 51 | 16 of 35 |
| Mission | 85 | 1 of 9 |
| Risk | 33 | 28 of 35 |
| Tradability | 58 | 15 of 35 |
| Holdings | 71 | 9 of 35 |
| Durability | 68 | 11 of 35 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 51 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) | 4.79% |
| 2 | AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | 4.73% |
| 3 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 4.68% |
| 4 | CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 4.58% |
| 5 | AAPL | Apple Inc. | 4.54% |
| 6 | LRCX | Lam Research Corporation | 4.52% |
| 7 | MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 4.51% |
| 8 | NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 4.44% |
| 9 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 4.43% |
| 10 | V | Visa Inc. (Class A) | 4.34% |
| 11 | MA | Mastercard Incorporated | 4.27% |
| 12 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc. | 4.17% |
| 13 | ANET | Arista Networks, Inc. | 3.85% |
| 14 | NFLX | Netflix, Inc. | 3.71% |
| 15 | TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | 3.65% |
| 16 | KLAC | KLA Corporation | 3.60% |
| 17 | MRVL | Marvell Technology, Inc. | 3.40% |
| 18 | APH | Amphenol Corporation | 3.03% |
| 19 | CRM | Salesforce, Inc. | 2.65% |
| 20 | QCOM | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 2.64% |
| 21 | NOW | ServiceNow, Inc. | 2.05% |
| 22 | FTNT | Fortinet, Inc. | 2.01% |
| 23 | GLW | Corning Incorporated | 1.90% |
| 24 | DDOG | Datadog, Inc. (Class A) | 1.48% |
| 25 | HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 1.37% |
| 26 | CDNS | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 1.37% |
| 27 | ADBE | Adobe Incorporated | 1.36% |
| 28 | APP | Applovin Corp. (Class A) | 1.31% |
| 29 | MSI | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 1.04% |
| 30 | NTAP | NetApp, Inc. | 0.30% |

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