First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF (FAAR)

Assets	$103.90M
Expense Ratio	0.97%
PE Ratio	n/a
Shares Out	3.60M
Dividend (ttm)	$0.86
Dividend Yield	2.97%
Ex-Dividend Date	Jun 26, 2025
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	n/a

Volume	42,735
Open	28.88
Previous Close	28.86
Day's Range	28.79 - 28.91
52-Week Low	25.19
52-Week High	31.10
Beta	0.09
Holdings	10
Inception Date	May 18, 2016

About FAAR

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The First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF (FAAR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in multi-strategy alternatives. The fund is an actively-managed fund that, through a subsidiary, provides broad long/short exposure to commodity futures contracts. FAAR was launched on May 18, 2016 and is issued by First Trust.

• Asset Class: Alternatives
• Category: Commodities Broad Basket
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: FAAR
• ETF Provider: First Trust

Top 10 Holdings

100.00% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
United States Treasury Notes 0.375%	T.0.375 11.30.25	22.85%
First Eagle Alternative Capital BDC Inc	n/a	21.48%
United States Treasury Notes 0.75%	T.0.75 03.31.26	15.09%
United States Treasury Notes 0.25%	T.0.25 09.30.25	12.45%
United States Treasury Bills 0%	B.0 08.14.25	11.55%
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio	MISXX	7.33%
Dreyfus Govt Cm Inst 289	n/a	7.33%
United States Treasury Bills 0%	B.0 09.09.25	0.96%
United States Treasury Bills 0%	WIB.0 09.16.25	0.96%
Cash	n/a	-0.00%

Dividends

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Jun 26, 2025	$0.1753	Jun 30, 2025
Mar 27, 2025	$0.1533	Mar 31, 2025
Dec 17, 2024	$0.3264	Dec 31, 2024
Sep 26, 2024	$0.201	Sep 30, 2024
Jun 27, 2024	$0.2352	Jun 28, 2024
Mar 21, 2024	$0.2032	Mar 28, 2024

Performance

FAAR had a total return of 4.63% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 2.61%.