First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
U.S. stock index ETF · tracks Nasdaq US Smart Semiconductor Index
As of its 2026 Q2 report, First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF held 35 positions with $2.75B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 67.3% of the fund. The FTXL share class costs 0.6% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, FTXL returned 216.9%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q2 it added no new positions and exited none.
The First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF (the Fund ) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Funds fees and expenses) of an equity index called the Nasdaq US Smart Semiconductor TM Index (the Index ).
The fund tracks the Nasdaq US Smart Semiconductor Index, which selects 30 to 50 U.S. semiconductor and semiconductor equipment companies ranked by gross income, return on assets, momentum, and cash flow, then weights them by cash flow subject to an 8% maximum per security and a 4% cap on all others. The fund holds all index constituents and rebalances semi-annually. Because the index concentrates up to five securities at the 8% weight ceiling, the fund is concentrated in individual holdings.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
INTCINTEL CORP | 13.28% | $365.42M | 2.6M | $139.63 |
12.14% | $334.12M | 289.5K | $1,154.29 | |
7.91% | $217.64M | 730.6K | $297.89 | |
6.29% | $173.17M | 298.1K | $580.91 | |
QCOMQUALCOMM INC | 5.63% | $154.94M | 838.5K | $184.79 |
NVDANVIDIA CORP | 4.79% | $131.79M | 658.7K | $200.09 |
AVGOBROADCOM INC | 4.71% | $129.77M | 343.5K | $377.75 |
KLACKLA CORP | 4.29% | $118.11M | 391.5K | $301.71 |
4.21% | $115.90M | 160.3K | $723.00 | |
4.02% | $110.57M | 255.2K | $433.33 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-06-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
All 35 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%.
| Stocks | 99.41% |
| Cash & short-term | 0.10% |
By sector
- Information Technology
- 99.2%
- International
- 0.7%
- Cash
- 0.1%
How it has done
FTXL share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 47.21%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Jun 2026 has been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so it is 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 Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF is a U.S. equity index ETF that tracks the Nasdaq US Smart Semiconductor Index. 30% of FTXL’s stock holdings are in companies whose revenue grew in the top quartile of U.S. companies over the last five fiscal years (covering 97% of the fund’s equity).
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- United States
- Management
- Index (passive)
- Fund type
- ETF
- Features
- Non-diversified
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.60%· FTXL 0.60%
- Portfolio turnover
- 19.00% a year · as of 2025 Q3
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
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
0 new
0 exited
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