First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |
Ticker
Symbol: |
MFLX |
Exchange: |
Nasdaq |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering
price) |
|
Management
Fees |
|
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees |
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Other
Expenses |
|
Acquired
Fund Fees and Expenses |
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Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses(1) |
|
1
Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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1
Year |
5
Years |
Since
Inception |
Inception
Date |
Return Before
Taxes |
- |
|
|
|
Return After
Taxes on Distributions |
- |
- |
- |
|
Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
- |
|
- |
|
Bloomberg
Municipal Long Bond (22+) Index (reflects no
deduction
for fees, expenses or taxes) |
- |
|
|
|
Blended
Benchmark(1) (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses
or
taxes) |
- |
|
|
|
Bloomberg
Municipal Bond 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
(9/27/2016) |
5
Years |
Inception
(9/27/2016) |
Fund
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset
Value |
1.48% |
1.81% |
0.72% |
9.36% |
5.13% |
Market
Price |
0.19% |
1.47% |
0.49% |
7.58% |
3.41% |
Index
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
Bloomberg
Municipal Long Bond (22+) Index |
1.45% |
1.05% |
1.09% |
5.35% |
7.83% |
Blended
Benchmark(1) |
1.13% |
1.97% |
2.13% |
10.26% |
15.74% |
Bloomberg
Municipal Bond Index |
1.70% |
1.52% |
1.35% |
7.84% |
9.75% |
|
Year
Ended August 31, | ||||
|
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$16.79 |
$21.56 |
$19.21 |
$19.61 |
$17.94 |
Income
from investment operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss) |
0.61
(a) |
0.67 |
0.70 |
0.68 |
0.62 |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(0.37
) |
(4.68
) |
2.39 |
(0.48
) |
1.65 |
Total
from investment operations |
0.24 |
(4.01
) |
3.09 |
0.20 |
2.27 |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.62
) |
(0.72
) |
(0.74
) |
(0.60
) |
(0.60
) |
Net
realized gain |
— |
(0.03
) |
(0.00
)(b) |
— |
— |
Return of
capital |
(0.02
) |
(0.01
) |
— |
— |
— |
Total
Distributions |
(0.64
) |
(0.76
) |
(0.74
) |
(0.60
) |
(0.60
) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$16.39 |
$16.79 |
$21.56 |
$19.21 |
$19.61 |
Total
Return(c) |
1.48
% |
(18.91
)% |
16.37
% |
1.10
% |
12.96
% |
Ratios/supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$12,293 |
$14,272 |
$18,328 |
$8,646 |
$10,785 |
Ratios
to average net assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets (d) |
0.75
% |
0.75
% |
0.75
% |
0.75
% |
0.75
% |
Ratio of
net expenses to average net assets (d) |
0.63
% |
0.69
% |
— |
— |
— |
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
3.73
% |
3.55
% |
3.57
% |
3.49
% |
3.49
% |
Portfolio
turnover rate(e) |
27
% |
109
%(f) |
17
% |
7
% |
20
% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII |