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FTSMFirst TrustACTIVE

FIRST TRUST ENHANCED SHORT MATURITY ETF

$59.57+0.02% vs prior close
606052-WK

Price through Oct 6, 2026 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 6, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 6, 2026.

The First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund. The fund's investment objective is to seek current income, consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity.

Price & daily flows
60.059.859.659.57DAILY NET FLOWOct 6Feb 4Jun 4Oct 6

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -0.6% so far this year. At 0.45% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG has a reported fee of 0.03%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$6.2Bassets under management
0.45%expense ratio · $45 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
853Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed September 27, 2023 · beta 0.01
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Other100%
Real Estate100%
Corporate60.37%
Cash22.01%
Securitized14.13%
Government2.59%
Miscellaneous0.91%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other100%
United States100%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.1%
1 month-0.3%
3 months-0.4%
6 months-0.4%
YTD-0.6%
1 year-0.7%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
1%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
1%realized volatility, 1 year
-1.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.9%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

The case against FTSM

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FTSM on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.4B+$489M-42bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B-40bp on fee · 20× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.1B+$1.4B-42bp on fee · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.3B+$575M-41bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-41bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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