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First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF

FTCB NYSE Arca

First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF is an actively managed ETF that provides broad exposure to investment-grade debt securities of various maturities from around the world, including emerging markets. The broad portfolio may comprise of corporate and government securities from around the world, i...

19.82USD
−0.98 (−4.70%) 1 Year · close Oct 12

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Dividend yield
3.08%
Trailing 12 months
Volatility · 1Y
4.5%
Average Risk
Beta
0.07
vs the market
52-week range
19.6921.37
01 Performance

How FTCB has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.

Return by period

Price · to Oct 12
Subpar performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs price return

Price only
+2.9 pts
-5%0%5% FTCB −1.8% Price −4.7%

Over 1 year, FTCB returned −1.8% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +2.9 pts to the price move.

02 Risk

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 · 1Y
4.5%Average Risk

A typical year sees the price swing about ±5% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−7.9%
0%-5%−7.9%

Deepest fall −7.9% on Oct 7, 2026 — 222 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 9% of the time.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
FTCB tends to move+0.7%

A beta of 0.07 means FTCB has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio -1.30 Return earned per unit of volatility
03 Technicals

Trend & momentum

Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.

Price vs moving averages

Downtrend
19.82
  • 12-day average19.83 −0.1%
  • 26-day average19.97 −0.7%
  • 50-day average20.15 −1.6%
  • 200-day average20.50 −3.3%

The price is above 0 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.

Relative strength (RSI)

Neutral
OversoldOverbought31.6

RSI 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.

04 Dividends

What it pays you

Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.

Dividend yield3.08%

About 31 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.

Per share
0.61
Last paid
Sep 24, 2026

Last 12 months

0.61 USD / share
0.08Oct 210.10Nov 210.17Dec 120.09Jan 210.09Feb 200.08Sep 24
05 Themes

Where FTCB shows up

Curated themes and indices that hold FTCB. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.

06 Profile

About First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF

First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF is an actively managed ETF that provides broad exposure to investment-grade debt securities of various maturities from around the world, including emerging markets. The broad portfolio may comprise of corporate and government securities from around the world, including TIPS, asset-backed securities, and CLOs

  • Featured in 1 curated theme
Ticker
FTCB
Exchange
NYSE Arca
ISIN
US33738D7883
CUSIP
33738D788
Currency
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Country
USA
Sector
Aggregate
Industry
Intermediate
All key statistics

Details

NameFirst Trust Core Investment Grade ETF
TickerFTCB
ISINUS33738D7883
CUSIP33738D788
ExchangeNYSEARCA
CategoryAggregate
Sub CategoryIntermediate
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateNov 7, 2023
Benchmark-

Shareas of Oct 12, 2026

Close Price USD19.82
52W Low / High 19.69 / 21.37
1Y Total Return-1.77%
Subpar
1Y Volatility4.52%
Average Risk
Beta0.07
12M Dividends0.6095
Last Dividend DateSep 24, 2026
Dist. Frequency-
Dividend Yield3.08%

Dataas of Oct 13, 2026

AUM-
Discount/Premium-
NAV-
Shares Outstanding-
Volume 20D Avg-
Nbr of Holdings-
Risk Rank-
Net Expense-
Options available-
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