First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund (FTGC)

NASDAQ: FTGC · Real-Time Price · USD
28.77
-0.16 (-0.56%)
At close: Apr 7, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
29.13
+0.36 (1.26%)
After-hours: Apr 7, 2026, 7:42 PM EDT
Assets$2.54B
Expense Ratio0.98%
PE Ration/a
Shares Out89.05M
Dividend (ttm)$4.39
Dividend Yield15.26%
Ex-Dividend DateMar 26, 2026
Payout FrequencyQuarterly
Payout Ration/a
Volume628,746
Open28.99
Previous Close28.93
Day's Range28.63 - 29.02
52-Week Low22.70
52-Week High29.03
Beta0.20
Holdings10
Inception DateOct 23, 2013

About FTGC

Fund Home Page

The First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund (FTGC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad market commodities. The fund is an actively managed fund that, through a subsidiary, provides broad exposure to commodities through futures contracts. The fund is structured as a 1940 Act open-ended fund. FTGC was launched on Oct 23, 2013 and is issued by First Trust.

Asset Class Commodity
Category Commodities Broad Basket
Region Global
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FTGC
ETF Provider First Trust

Top Holdings

NameSymbolWeight
First Trust Global Commodity Cayman Entity 659022n/a20.85%
Dreyfus Govt Cm Inst 289n/a18.64%
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury PortfolioMISXX18.64%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 04.16.267.95%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 05.14.267.92%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 06.02.267.91%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 04.30.266.15%
United States Treasury Notes 0.875%T.0.875 06.30.265.93%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 06.16.265.92%
Cashn/a0.10%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Mar 26, 2026$0.4093Mar 31, 2026
Dec 16, 2025$3.6647Dec 31, 2025
Sep 25, 2025$0.1641Sep 30, 2025
Jun 26, 2025$0.1509Jun 30, 2025
Mar 27, 2025$0.1417Mar 31, 2025
Dec 17, 2024$0.1846Dec 31, 2024
Full Dividend History

Performance

FTGC had a total return of 43.21% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 3.29%.

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