FIW
First Trust Water ETF
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
ETFIndex fund
Expense ratio1
0.51%
Net assets2
$1.78B
Holdings2
38
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
7.19%

Investment objective & strategy

As of April 30, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The First Trust Water ETF (the Fund ) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Funds fees and expenses) of an equity index called the ISE Clean Edge Water TM Index (the Index ).

Strategy. The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in the securities that comprise the Index. The Fund, using an indexing investment approach, attempts to replicate, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Index is developed and owned by Nasdaq, Inc. (the Index Provider ), and is calculated and maintained by Nasdaq. The Index Provider may, from time to time, exercise reasonable discretion as it deems appropriate in order to ensure Index integrity. The Index is designed to track the performance of companies that derive a substantial portion of their revenues from the potable water and wastewater industry, according to Clean Edge. Such industry exposure includes water distribution, infrastructure (pumps, pipes, … The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in the securities that comprise the Index. The Fund, using an indexing investment approach, attempts to replicate, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Index is developed and owned by Nasdaq, Inc. (the Index Provider ), and is calculated and maintained by Nasdaq. The Index Provider may, from time to time, exercise reasonable discretion as it deems appropriate in order to ensure Index integrity. The Index is designed to track the performance of companies that derive a substantial portion of their revenues from the potable water and wastewater industry, according to Clean Edge. Such industry exposure includes water distribution, infrastructure (pumps, pipes, and valves), water solutions (purification and filtration), and ancillary services such as consulting, construction and metering. According to the Index Provider, to be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a security must be listed on a qualifying U.S. securities exchange and be issued by a company that derives a substantial portion of its revenues from the potable water and wastewater industry. In addition, the Index removes all duplicate (multiple share classes) securities and securities that do not meet the size, float, seasoning, and liquidity requirements of the Index. Eligible security types generally include common stocks, ordinary shares and depositary receipts. The Fund may invest in securities with various market capitalizations. Securities that meet the eligibility criteria are ranked in descending order by market capitalization and the top 36 securities are selected for inclusion in the Index. According to the Index Provider, the Index uses a modified market capitalization-weighted methodology. Component securities are weighted according to the following market capitalization rank-based schedule, whereby a rank of 1 represents the highest market capitalization: ? Securities ranked 1 through 10 by market capitalization are assigned weights of 4%; ? Securities ranked 11 through 15 by market capitalization are assigned weights of 3.5%; ? Securities ranked 16 through 20 by market capitalization are assigned weights of 3%; ? Securities ranked 21 through 30 by market capitalization are assigned weights of 2%; ? Securities ranked 31 through 36 by market capitalization are assigned weights of 1.25%. The Index is rebalanced and reconstituted semi-annually and the Fund will make corresponding changes to its portfolio shortly after the Index changes are made public. The Fund will be concentrated in an industry or a group of industries to the extent that the Index is so concentrated. As of March 31, 2025, the Index was composed of 36 securities and the Fund had significant investments in industrials companies, although this may change from time to time. The Funds investments will change as the Index changes and, as a result, the Fund may have significant investments in jurisdictions or investment sectors that it may not have had as of March 31, 2025. To the extent the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a given jurisdiction or investment sector, the Fund may be exposed to the risks associated with that jurisdiction or investment sector.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC $79.19M 4.45%
AMERICAN WATER WRKS COMPANY $78.30M 4.40%
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC $73.50M 4.13%
WATERS CORP $72.98M 4.10%
XYLEM INC $72.19M 4.06%
VERALTO CORP $71.03M 3.99%
FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC $70.02M 3.94%
PENTAIR PLC $68.74M 3.86%
ECOLAB INC $67.52M 3.80%
IDEXX LABS INC $66.97M 3.76%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
3
Exited
3
Increased
16
Decreased
19
Unchanged
0

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Similar funds

Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight
FundOverlapNet exp.
Invesco Water Resources ETF · PHO 64% 0.59%
Tortoise Global Water Fund · TBLU 50% 0.40%
Virtus Duff & Phelps Water Fund · AWTAX, AWTCX, AWTIX 45% 0.93%
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Advisers

As of December 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
First Trust Advisors L.P. Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of April 30, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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