First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund III |
Ticker
Symbol: |
FPEI |
Exchange: |
NYSE
Arca |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering
price) |
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Management
Fees |
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Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees |
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Other
Expenses |
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
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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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Blended
Benchmark(1) (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
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ICE BofA US
Investment Grade Institutional Capital Securities Index
(reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
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Bloomberg US
Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for
fees,
expenses or taxes) |
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Year
ended October 31, | ||||
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2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$17.26 |
$20.52 |
$19.36 |
$19.85 |
$18.75 |
Income
from investment operations: |
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Net
investment income (loss) |
1.00
(a) |
0.88 |
0.90 |
1.01 |
1.01 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(0.72
) |
(3.22
) |
1.19 |
(0.50
) |
1.12 |
Total
from investment operations |
0.28 |
(2.34
) |
2.09 |
0.51 |
2.13 |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
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|
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Net
investment income |
(0.96
) |
(0.87
) |
(0.88
) |
(0.97
) |
(1.00
) |
Return of
capital |
(0.05
) |
(0.05
) |
(0.05
) |
(0.03
) |
(0.03
) |
Total
distributions |
(1.01
) |
(0.92
) |
(0.93
) |
(1.00
) |
(1.03
) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$16.53 |
$17.26 |
$20.52 |
$19.36 |
$19.85 |
Total
Return (b) |
1.57
% |
(11.68
)% |
10.91
% |
2.76
% |
11.75
% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
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Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$1,041,297 |
$649,036 |
$492,418 |
$284,519 |
$235,178 |
Ratios
to average net assets: |
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Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets |
0.86
%(c) |
0.85
% |
0.85
% |
0.85
% |
0.85
% |
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
5.83
% |
4.89
% |
4.60
% |
5.22
% |
5.39
% |
Portfolio
turnover rate (d) |
26
% |
31
% |
22
% |
48
% |
28
% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund III |