First Trust Capital Strength ETF
FTCS NASDAQ
First Trust Capital Strength ETF tracks an equally weighted US large-cap equity index targeting companies with a strong cash balance, low long-term debt, and high return on equity.
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- Fund size
- 3.35B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.60% per year
- Dividend yield
- 1.19% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 10.8% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.49 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 88.79101.92
How FTCS has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 IndexOver 1 year, FTCS returned +6.6% with dividends reinvested — −47.1 pts behind its benchmark.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±11% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −8.1% on Oct 2, 2026 — 39 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 34% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, FTCS delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.49 means FTCS has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average95.23 +1.2%
- 26-day average95.94 +0.4%
- 50-day average96.57 −0.2%
- 200-day average95.06 +1.4%
The price is above 3 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
US Equity · LargeCap — tracking the NASDAQ Capital Strength Index.
- Assets under management3.35BUSD
- Expense ratio0.60%per year
- Holdings50
- Risk score4.8Medium
Launched July 2006. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 12 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.14
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 24, 2026
Last 12 months
1.14 USD / shareWhere FTCS shows up
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About First Trust Capital Strength ETF
First Trust Capital Strength ETF tracks an equally weighted US large-cap equity index targeting companies with a strong cash balance, low long-term debt, and high return on equity.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 50 holdings
- Ticker
- FTCS
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US33733E1047
- CUSIP
- 33733E104
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- LargeCap
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 27, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.