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 |
|
1
Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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1
Year |
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) |
- |
|
|
ICE BofA US
Investment Grade Institutional Capital Securities Index (reflects
no deduction
for fees, expenses or taxes) |
- |
|
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|
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Average
Annual |
Cumulative | ||
|
1
Year |
5
Years |
Inception
(8/22/2017) |
5
Years |
Inception
(8/22/2017) |
Fund
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
-11.68% |
1.88% |
2.20% |
9.77% |
11.97% |
Market
Price |
-11.70% |
1.91% |
2.24% |
9.91% |
12.17% |
Index
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
Blended
Benchmark(1) |
-14.90% |
1.50% |
1.85% |
7.75% |
9.96% |
ICE BofA
US Investment Grade Institutional Capital
Securities
Index |
-13.64% |
1.61% |
1.80% |
8.33% |
9.69% |
|
Year
ended October 31, | ||||
|
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$20.52 |
$19.36 |
$19.85 |
$18.75 |
$20.26 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
0.88 |
0.90 |
1.01 |
1.01 |
0.99 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(3.22) |
1.19 |
(0.50) |
1.12 |
(1.47) |
Total
from investment operations |
(2.34) |
2.09 |
0.51 |
2.13 |
(0.48) |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.87) |
(0.88) |
(0.97) |
(1.00) |
(1.03) |
Return of
capital |
(0.05) |
(0.05) |
(0.03) |
(0.03) |
— |
Total
distributions |
(0.92) |
(0.93) |
(1.00) |
(1.03) |
(1.03) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$17.26 |
$20.52 |
$19.36 |
$19.85 |
$18.75 |
Total
Return (a) |
(11.68)% |
10.91% |
2.76% |
11.75% |
(2.42)% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$649,036 |
$492,418 |
$284,519 |
$235,178 |
$93,757 |
Ratios
to average net assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
4.89% |
4.60% |
5.22% |
5.39% |
5.36% |
Portfolio
turnover rate (b) |
31% |
22% |
48% |
28% |
25% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund III |