First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund III |
Ticker
Symbol: |
FTLS |
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(1) |
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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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|
S&P
500® 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 |
$48.82 |
$50.26 |
$41.86 |
$41.67 |
$38.47 |
Income
from investment operations: |
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|
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Net
investment income (loss) |
0.96
(a) |
0.19 |
(0.10
) |
0.05 |
0.39 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
3.93 |
(1.56
) |
8.63 |
0.25 |
3.23 |
Total
from investment operations |
4.89 |
(1.37
) |
8.53 |
0.30 |
3.62 |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.87
) |
(0.07
) |
(0.13
) |
(0.11
) |
(0.42
) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$52.84 |
$48.82 |
$50.26 |
$41.86 |
$41.67 |
Total
Return (b) |
10.09
% |
(2.74
)% |
20.41
% |
0.74
% |
9.49
% |
Ratios
to average net assets/supplemental data: |
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Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$731,882 |
$524,765 |
$429,755 |
$301,375 |
$245,867 |
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets (c) |
1.46
% |
1.41
% |
1.36
% |
1.55
% |
1.60
% |
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets excluding dividend
expense
and margin interest expense (c) |
0.95
% |
0.95
% |
0.95
% |
0.95
% |
0.95
% |
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
1.86
% |
0.40
% |
(0.28
)% |
0.09
% |
1.03
% |
Portfolio
turnover rate (d) |
280
% |
223
% |
250
% |
250
% |
210
% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund III |