MDEV
First Trust Indxx Medical Devices ETF
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI
ETFIndex fund
Expense ratio1
0.70%
Net assets2
$1.91M
Holdings2
50
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
2.04%

Investment objective & strategy

As of July 29, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The First Trust Indxx Medical Devices ETF (the Fund ) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Funds fees and expenses) of an index called the Indxx Medical Devices Index (the Index ).

Strategy. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) 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 Fund will generally employ a full replication strategy, meaning that it will normally invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index. The Index is developed, maintained and sponsored by Indxx, Inc. (the Index Provider ). The Index Provider reserves the right to use qualitative judgment to include, exclude, adjust, or postpone the inclusion of a stock in the Index. Continued Index membership of … Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) 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 Fund will generally employ a full replication strategy, meaning that it will normally invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index. The Index is developed, maintained and sponsored by Indxx, Inc. (the Index Provider ). The Index Provider reserves the right to use qualitative judgment to include, exclude, adjust, or postpone the inclusion of a stock in the Index. Continued Index membership of a constituent is not necessarily subject to the guidelines provided in the Index methodology. A stock may be considered for exclusion by the Index Provider on the basis of corporate governance, accounting policies, lack of transparency and lack of representation, despite meeting all the criteria provided in the Index methodology. According to the Index Provider, the Index is designed to track the performance of companies that are associated with the medical equipment industry, as determined by the Index Provider. According to the Index Provider, companies comprising the medical equipment industry are those companies involved in the design, manufacture, sale, and provision of medical equipment, which includes, but is not limited to, products used for examination, diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, surgery, and medical research including lab procedures. Companies providing ancillary services regarding such equipment are also considered. The Fund may invest in common stock and depositary receipts issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies, including securities denominated in non-U.S. currencies, and companies with various market capitalizations, including small capitalization companies. In order to be eligible for the Indexs starting universe, securities must be listed in a developed market or emerging market, as defined by the Index Provider. In addition, a security must meet the size, float, price and liquidity requirements of the Index and be a common stock, American Depositary Receipt ( ADR ) or Global Depositary Receipt ( GDR ). Securities from the same issuer will be subject to conditions controlled by the Index Provider to determine Index eligibility. Eligible companies deriving a minimum of 50% of their total revenue from business activities associated with the medical equipment industry, according to the Index Provider, will form the Indexs selection list. From the Indexs selection list, the top 50 companies by market capitalization will form the final Index. The constituents are equally-weighted within the Index. The Index is rebalanced semi-annually and reconstituted annually, and the Fund will make corresponding changes to its portfolio shortly after the Index changes are made public. The Fund will be concentrated ( i.e., invest more than 25% of Fund assets) in an industry or a group of industries to the extent that the Index is so concentrated. As of June 30, 2025, the Fund had significant investments in health care companies and European issuers, although this may change from time to time. The Fund's 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 June 30, 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
GLOBUS MEDICAL INC $63.16K 3.31%
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC $56.57K 2.97%
PENUMBRA INC $52.21K 2.74%
MASIMO CORP $51.05K 2.68%
HOYA CORP $50.97K 2.67%
HOLOGIC INC $46.26K 2.43%
WATERS CORP $46.16K 2.42%
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP $44.92K 2.36%
INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC $44.26K 2.32%
WUXI APPTEC CO LTD H $44.19K 2.32%
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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
0
Exited
1
Increased
48
Decreased
1
Unchanged
1

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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Advisers

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

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of July 29, 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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