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FTSMFirst TrustACTIVE

FIRST TRUST ENHANCED SHORT MATURITY ETF

$59.73+0.03% vs prior close
606052-WK

Price through Oct 27, 2026 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 27, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 27, 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.

FTSM price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateFTSM close
Jul 27, 2026$59.86
Jul 28, 2026$59.88
Jul 29, 2026$59.90
Jul 30, 2026$59.91
Jul 31, 2026$59.73
Aug 3, 2026$59.73
Aug 4, 2026$59.75
Aug 5, 2026$59.76
Aug 6, 2026$59.76
Aug 7, 2026$59.78
Aug 10, 2026$59.77
Aug 11, 2026$59.79
Aug 12, 2026$59.82
Aug 13, 2026$59.83
Aug 14, 2026$59.85
Aug 17, 2026$59.84
Aug 18, 2026$59.86
Aug 19, 2026$59.88
Aug 20, 2026$59.88
Aug 21, 2026$59.87
Aug 24, 2026$59.90
Aug 25, 2026$59.91
Aug 26, 2026$59.89
Aug 27, 2026$59.91
Aug 28, 2026$59.89
Aug 31, 2026$59.68
Sep 1, 2026$59.67
Sep 2, 2026$59.68
Sep 3, 2026$59.70
Sep 4, 2026$59.72
Sep 8, 2026$59.72
Sep 9, 2026$59.72
Sep 10, 2026$59.70
Sep 11, 2026$59.69
Sep 14, 2026$59.69
Sep 15, 2026$59.68
Sep 16, 2026$59.67
Sep 17, 2026$59.70
Sep 18, 2026$59.70
Sep 21, 2026$59.70
Sep 22, 2026$59.71
Sep 23, 2026$59.68
Sep 24, 2026$59.69
Sep 25, 2026$59.72
Sep 28, 2026$59.68
Sep 29, 2026$59.72
Sep 30, 2026$59.51
Oct 1, 2026$59.56
Oct 2, 2026$59.54
Oct 5, 2026$59.56
Oct 6, 2026$59.57
Oct 7, 2026$59.58
Oct 8, 2026$59.61
Oct 9, 2026$59.62
Oct 12, 2026$59.62
Oct 13, 2026$59.63
Oct 14, 2026$59.64
Oct 15, 2026$59.65
Oct 16, 2026$59.67
Oct 19, 2026$59.66
Oct 20, 2026$59.65
Oct 21, 2026$59.67
Oct 22, 2026$59.74
Oct 23, 2026$59.72
Oct 26, 2026$59.72
Oct 27, 2026$59.73

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -0.3% so far this year. At 0.45% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SCHF has a reported fee of 0.06%.

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
868Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed September 27, 2023 · beta 0.01

Sector weights

  • Other100%
  • Real Estate100%
  • Cash & Others100%
  • Corporate60.37%
  • Cash22.01%
  • Securitized14.13%
  • Government2.59%
  • Miscellaneous0.91%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Other100%
Real Estate100%
Cash & Others100%
Corporate60.37%
Cash22.01%
Securitized14.13%
Government2.59%
Miscellaneous0.91%

Country weights

  • Other100%
  • United States100%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Other100%
United States100%
Performance
1 week+0.1%
1 month+0.0%
3 months-0.2%
6 months-0.4%
YTD-0.3%
1 year-0.6%
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
-0.7%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
DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF0.09%$10.2B—-36bp on fee · 2× the assetsHead-to-head
DFAU Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF0.12%$6.3B—-33bp on feeHead-to-head
AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF0.15%$7.2B—-30bp on feeHead-to-head
AVLV Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF0.15%$4.5B—-30bp on feeHead-to-head
DFAC Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF0.17%$30.5B—-28bp on fee · 5× the assetsHead-to-head
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