First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund III |
Ticker
Symbol: |
FPE |
Exchange: |
NYSE
Arca |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering
price) |
|
Management
Fees(1) |
|
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees |
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Other
Expenses |
|
Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses |
|
1
Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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1
Year |
5
Years |
Since
Inception |
Inception
Date |
Return Before
Taxes |
- |
|
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Return After
Taxes On Distributions |
- |
- |
|
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Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
- |
|
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|
ICE BofA US
Investment Grade Institutional Capital Securities
Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
- |
|
|
|
Blended
Index(1),(2) (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
- |
|
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Average
Annual |
Cumulative | ||
|
1
Year |
5
Years |
Inception
(2/11/2013) |
5
Years |
Inception
(2/11/2013) |
Fund
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
-14.65% |
1.37% |
3.54% |
7.06% |
40.26% |
Market
Price |
-15.24% |
1.26% |
3.48% |
6.47% |
39.47% |
Index
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
ICE BofA
US Investment Grade Institutional Capital
Securities
Index |
-13.64% |
1.61% |
3.84% |
8.33% |
44.28% |
Blended
Index(1),(2) |
-16.71% |
1.06% |
N/A |
5.43% |
N/A |
|
Year
Ended October 31, | ||||
|
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$20.45 |
$19.23 |
$19.89 |
$18.76 |
$20.13 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
0.92 |
0.90 |
1.00 |
1.08 |
1.08 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(3.84) |
1.24 |
(0.66) |
1.14 |
(1.37) |
Total
from investment operations |
(2.92) |
2.14 |
0.34 |
2.22 |
(0.29) |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.89) |
(0.88) |
(0.94) |
(1.07) |
(1.08) |
Return of
capital |
(0.04) |
(0.04) |
(0.06) |
(0.02) |
(0.00)
(a) |
Total
distributions |
(0.93) |
(0.92) |
(1.00) |
(1.09) |
(1.08) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$16.60 |
$20.45 |
$19.23 |
$19.89 |
$18.76 |
Total
Return (b) |
(14.65)% |
11.26% |
1.94% |
12.25% |
(1.47)% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$6,026,696 |
$7,698,246 |
$5,422,433 |
$4,678,519 |
$3,374,372 |
Ratios
to average net assets: |
|
|
|
|
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Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets |
0.85% |
0.85% |
0.85% |
0.85% |
0.85% |
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net
assets |
4.95% |
4.54% |
5.24% |
5.69% |
5.56% |
Portfolio
turnover rate (c) |
35% |
27% |
43% |
28% |
24% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund III |