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FMB

First Trust Managed Municipal ETF

Actively managedBondsETF
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III: FMBHoldings as of Apr 30, 2026Filed Jun 22, 2026

Actively managed U.S. bond ETF

As of its 2026 Q2 report, First Trust Managed Municipal ETF held 1,256 positions with $2.01B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 5.1% of the fund. The FMB share class costs 0.39% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, FMB returned 6.6%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q3 it added 107 new positions and exited 87.

2026 Q2 holdings and allocationChanges are against the previous quarter, 2026 Q2Headline fees and returns use the FMB share class
Expense ratio · FMB
0.39%
$39 a year for every $10,000 invested
one share class
$2.01B
The whole fund, all share classes
1,256 holdings
5.1%in the top 10
Weight held in the ten largest holdings
Top 25 hold 9.9%
Return, 1 year · FMB
+6.6%
With dividends, to May 2026
3 yr total +12.3% · 5 yr total +3.7%
What this fund is
Objective, as filed

The First Trust Managed Municipal ETFs (the Fund ) primary investment objective is to generate current income that is exempt from regular federal income taxes and its secondary objective is long term capital appreciation.

Strategy, summarised

The fund invests at least 80% of assets in federal tax-exempt municipal debt securities, selecting bonds through analysis of interest rate and credit spread scenarios, sector positioning, new issue credit quality, secondary market tradability, and ongoing credit surveillance. At least 65% of assets must be in investment-grade securities at purchase, though the fund may hold up to 35% in below-investment-grade bonds and may retain securities that decline in credit quality after purchase. Because credit quality can deteriorate after purchase, holdings may drift below the investment-grade threshold without triggering forced sales.

What you own

per cent of the fund
CompanyWeightValue
MEADE CNTY KY
3.80% floating · due 2061-08-01
0.81%
$16.20M
MAIN STREET NATURAL GAS INC (GA)
4.00% floating · due 2052-09-01
0.73%
$14.73M
BLACK BELT ENERGY GAS DISTRICT (THE) (AL)
4.00% floating · due 2052-10-01
0.50%
$10.12M
NEW YORK CITY TRANSITIONAL FINANCE AUTHORITY (THE) (NY)
4.00% · due 2037-11-01
0.50%
$10.09M
TEXAS MUNICIPAL GAS ACQUISITION AND SUPPLY CORP IV (TX)
5.50% floating · due 2054-01-01
0.46%
$9.30M
ENERGY SOUTHEAST A COOPERATIVE DISTRICT (AL)
5.50% floating · due 2053-11-01
0.46%
$9.24M
ATLANTA (GA), CITY OF
4.00% · due 2037-07-01
0.45%
$8.96M
DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NY)
5.00% · due 2038-03-15
0.41%
$8.34M
SOUTHEAST ENERGY AUTHORITY (AL)
4.00% floating · due 2051-11-01
0.41%
$8.27M
PUERTO RICO SALES TAX FINANCING CORP
4.50% · due 2034-07-01
0.41%
$8.26M
Showing 1–10 of 1,256 · the top 10 are 5.15% of the fund, the top 25 are 9.94%

The 200 largest of 1,256 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.

What the fund is made of

Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.

99.44%
of net assets
Bonds99.44%

How it has done

Total return, dividends reinvested · to May 2026

FMB share class · total returns with dividends reinvested

1 year
+6.65%
3 years
+12.31%
Cumulative, not per year
5 years
+3.70%
Cumulative, not per year
Largest decline in 3 years
-4.15%
From a previous high to a later low
Cumulative return, last three years· Aug 2023 – May 2026

Volatility over the last 12 months: 3.75%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.

Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 have been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so they are not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.

Fees & fund details

First Trust Managed Municipal ETF is an actively managed U.S. bond ETF.

Asset class
Bonds
Region
United States
Management
Actively managed
Fund type
ETF
Credit quality
Investment grade
Rate sensitivity
Intermediate duration
Expense ratio, by class
0.39%· FMB 0.39%
Portfolio turnover
32.00% a year · as of 2026 Q1

Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.

Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.

What changed this quarter

2026 Q3 vs 2026 Q2

Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.

107 new· the largest 8

TENNESSEE ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP (TN)
NEW YORK N Y CITY MUN WTR FIN AUTH
SAN ANTONIO TEX
BLACK BELT ENERGY GAS DISTRICT (THE) (AL)
SOUTH CAROLINA JOBS-ECONOMIC DEV AUTH
MAIN STR ENERGY INC GA
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY CHOICE FINANCING AUTHORITY (CA)
KANSAS CITY MO SPL OBLIG

87 exited· the largest 7

NATIONAL FINANCE AUTHORITY (NH)
DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL FINANCE AUTHORITY (PA)
INDIANA STATE HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IN)
MAIN STR ENERGY INC GA
NEW YORK CITY MUNICIPAL WATER FINANCE AUTHORITY (NY)
ADAMS BROOMFIELD & WELD COUNTIES BRIGHTON SCHOOL DISTRICT N.27J (CO)
BLACK BELT ENERGY GAS DISTRICT (THE) (AL)
2 holdings

Debt profile

What this fund holds — value-weighted across its bond and securitized long positions · as of 2026-04-30

Avg coupon
4.75%
Avg maturity
15.69 yr
Coupon type

Share of the fund's debt by how its coupon behaves — the fact that decides whether a rate move reaches this portfolio at all.

13%
floating
Fixed rate82.2%
Floating rate13.1%
Zero-coupon or unclassified4.7%
Maturity ladder

Share of the fund's debt value in each maturity band, shortest first.

<1y10y+
<1y0.5%
1-3y1.3%
3-5y2.4%
5-10y13.6%
10y+82.2%
Flagged holdings
Defaulted: 0.20% · $4.08M · 5 positions
In arrears: none reported
Paid in kind: none reported

These three overlap — one holding can be in arrears and paying in kind at once — so they are shown separately and never summed.

Risk profile

Interest-rate and credit-spread sensitivity, both in years · as of 2026Q2

More of this fund’s sensitivity sits in credit spreads than in interest rates — a rate rally that comes with a credit selloff works against it.

6.34 yr
approx. move per 100bp
6.41 yr
approx. move per 100bp
If rates and spreads both rise 100bp

Where the loss would come from. The two shocks are the same size, so this is the balance of the fund's two sensitivities rather than a bet on one moving more.

≈ -12.5%
of value
Credit spreads50%
Interest rates50%

Filers report the impact of a 0.01% move only, so the total is our own scaling of that one number and overstates the loss on most bonds — read it as approximate, never as precise. The two sensitivities overlap rather than add up: they measure the same positions against different shocks, which is why the durations above are shown side by side and never summed.

Credit risk by quality

Share of the fund's spread duration carried by each credit tier.

+6.41
yrs total
Investment grade+6.29 yr
High yield+0.12 yr
Where the risk sits on the curve

Share of duration at each point, shortest first. A positive figure loses value when spreads widen; a negative one offsets — a credit hedge.

Interest rate6.34 yr total
3 mo30 yr
3 mo0.02 yr0%
1 yr0.40 yr6%
5 yr1.64 yr26%
10 yr3.51 yr55%
30 yr0.77 yr12%
Credit spread6.41 yr total
3 mo30 yr
3 mo0.01 yr0%
1 yr0.25 yr4%
5 yr2.30 yr36%
10 yr3.81 yr59%
30 yr0.04 yr1%

The two bands measure the same positions against different shocks and do not add — a Treasury carries rate duration and no spread duration, a floating-rate credit the reverse. Rate tenors are also summed across every currency the fund discloses.

Show the numbers
TenorRate yrsIG yrsHY yrsIG $/bpHY $/bp
3 mo+0.02+0.01+0.00$2.7k$210
1 yr+0.40+0.23+0.01$46.8k$2.8k
5 yr+1.64+2.24+0.06$450.7k$11.4k
10 yr+3.51+3.76+0.05$756.2k$10.3k
30 yr+0.77+0.04+0.00$7.3k$63

Dollar change per 1bp of spread movement, as filed and sign-anchored. A blank cell was not filed; a zero was.

A newer credit-spread reading (2026Q3) is on file. This page holds one quarter across every figure on it, so that one appears here next quarter.

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