First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF
FTXG NASDAQ
The Nasdaq US Smart Food & Beverage Index is a modified factor weighted index created and administered by Nasdaq, Inc. (“Nasdaq”) designed to provide exposure to US companies within the food and beverage industry.
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- Fund size
- 2.91M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.60% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.52% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 14.6% Below Average
- Beta
- 0.21 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 20.0523.62
How FTXG 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, FTXG returned +7.4% with dividends reinvested — −46.3 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 ±15% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −11.0% on Oct 1, 2026 — 64 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 39% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, FTXG delivered less return with more risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.21 means FTXG 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
Downtrend- 12-day average21.53 +1.1%
- 26-day average21.81 −0.2%
- 50-day average22.11 −1.6%
- 200-day average22.14 −1.7%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling 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
Consumer Non-Durables · InvestableMkt US Cies — tracking the Nasdaq US Smart Food & Beverage Index.
- Assets under management2.91MUSD
- Expense ratio0.60%per year
- Holdings29
- Risk score4.7Medium
Launched October 2016. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 25 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 0.55
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 24, 2026
Last 12 months
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About First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF
The Nasdaq US Smart Food & Beverage Index is a modified factor weighted index created and administered by Nasdaq, Inc. (“Nasdaq”) designed to provide exposure to US companies within the food and beverage industry.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 29 holdings
- Ticker
- FTXG
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Consumer Non-Durables
- Industry
- InvestableMkt US Cies
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.