First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF (FAAR)

Assets	$173.88M
Expense Ratio	0.97%
PE Ratio	n/a
Shares Out	5.15M
Dividend (ttm)	$3.11
Dividend Yield	9.13%
Ex-Dividend Date	Mar 26, 2026
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	n/a

Volume	54,681
Open	33.91
Previous Close	33.63
Day's Range	33.80 - 34.12
52-Week Low	25.19
52-Week High	34.34
Beta	0.01
Holdings	9
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
First Eagle Alternative Capital BDC Inc	FCRD	23.31%
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio	MISXX	15.35%
Dreyfus Govt Cm Inst 289	n/a	15.35%
United States Treasury Bills 0%	B.0 06.16.26	11.44%
United States Treasury Bills 0%	B.0 04.16.26	8.63%
United States Treasury Bills 0%	B.0 04.30.26	8.62%
United States Treasury Bills 0%	B.0 05.14.26	8.61%
United States Treasury Bills 0%	WIB.0 06.02.26	8.59%
Cash	n/a	0.10%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
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
Dec 17, 2024	$0.3264	Dec 31, 2024

Performance

FAAR had a total return of 32.08% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.26%.