First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF (FAAR)

Assets	$194.89M
Expense Ratio	0.98%
PE Ratio	n/a
Shares Out	6.45M
Dividend (ttm)	$3.08
Dividend Yield	10.01%
Ex-Dividend Date	Jun 25, 2026
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	n/a

Volume	n/a
Open	30.76
Previous Close	30.74
Day's Range	30.76 - 30.76
52-Week Low	26.73
52-Week High	35.81
Beta	0.02
Holdings	6
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 Holdings

Name	Symbol	Weight
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Treasury Portfolio Institutional Class	MISXX	32.91%
Dreyfus Govt Cm Inst 289	n/a	32.91%
First Eagle Alternative Capital BDC Inc	FCRD	18.69%
United States Treasury Bills 0%	B.0 08.18.26	7.68%
United States Treasury Bills 0%	B.0 09.03.26	7.67%
Cash	n/a	0.15%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Jun 25, 2026	$0.144	Jun 30, 2026
Mar 26, 2026	$0.1087	Mar 31, 2026
Dec 16, 2025	$2.6485	Dec 31, 2025
Sep 25, 2025	$0.1759	Sep 30, 2025
Jun 26, 2025	$0.1753	Jun 30, 2025
Mar 27, 2025	$0.1533	Mar 31, 2025

Performance

FAAR had a total return of 19.37% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.08%.

Data Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence, CBOE, and more

Historical data is provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Real-time stock price data is provided by CBOE and 15-minute delayed consolidated tape pricing data is provided by Nasdaq UTP. Several fund data points are also provided by Finnhub.

Last checked:

Aug 10, 2026

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