First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD)

NASDAQ: FIXD · Real-Time Price · USD
44.01
+0.01 (0.01%)
At close: Aug 5, 2025, 4:00 PM
44.50
+0.49 (1.12%)
After-hours: Aug 5, 2025, 5:08 PM EDT
0.01%
Assets$3.36B
Expense Ratio0.65%
PE Ration/a
Shares Out77.95M
Dividend (ttm)$1.85
Dividend Yield4.20%
Ex-Dividend DateJul 22, 2025
Payout FrequencyMonthly
Payout Ration/a
Volume366,176
Open43.94
Previous Close44.00
Day's Range43.94 - 44.04
52-Week Low39.42
52-Week High46.80
Beta0.26
Holdings380
Inception DateFeb 14, 2017

About FIXD

Fund Home Page

The First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund is an actively managed, broad-based, and broad-maturity bond fund that aims for a weighted average duration within 1 year of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index. The fund may hold derivatives. FIXD was launched on Feb 14, 2017 and is issued by First Trust.

Asset Class Fixed Income
Category Intermediate Core-Plus Bond
Region North America
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FIXD
ETF Provider First Trust

Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Jul 22, 2025$0.165Jul 31, 2025
Jun 26, 2025$0.155Jun 30, 2025
May 21, 2025$0.155May 30, 2025
Apr 22, 2025$0.155Apr 30, 2025
Mar 27, 2025$0.155Mar 31, 2025
Feb 21, 2025$0.155Feb 28, 2025
Full Dividend History

Performance

FIXD had a total return of 2.29% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 1.89%.

News

First Trust Announces Shareholder Approval of New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement and “Manager of Managers” Structure for First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD) and First Trust Smith Unconstrained Bond ETF (UCON)

WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that the shareholders of First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (formerly known as First Trust TCW Opportuni...

22 days ago - Business Wire

Board Approves Termination of Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement for First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF and First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF

WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (the “Trust”) voted to terminate the...

5 months ago - Business Wire

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Jennifer Grancio, TCW's global head of distribution, discusses the integration of Engine No. 1 and the company's investment strategy with Katie Greifeld on Bloomberg Television.

Other symbols: UCON
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