First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG)

NASDAQ: FTXG · IEX Real-Time Price · USD
26.76
+0.15 (0.56%)
Mar 29, 2023, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
0.56%
Assets $953.99M
Expense Ratio 0.60%
PE Ratio 16.40
Shares Out 35.65M
Dividend (ttm) $0.41
Dividend Yield 1.52%
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 23, 2022
Payout Ratio 28.35%
1-Year Return -1.42%
Volume 62,076
Open 26.75
Previous Close 26.61
Day's Range 26.71 - 26.85
52-Week Low 24.51
52-Week High 29.66
Beta 0.62
Holdings 31
Inception Date Sep 20, 2016

About FTXG

The First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Nasdaq US Smart Food & Beverage index. The fund follows a liquidity-selected, multi-factor-weighted index of US food & beverage companies. FTXG was launched on Sep 20, 2016 and is managed by First Trust.

Asset Class Equity
Category Consumer Defensive
Region North America
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FTXG
Index Tracked Nasdaq US Smart Food & Beverage

Top 10 Holdings

60.33% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Mondelez International, Inc. MDLZ 8.27%
General Mills, Inc. GIS 8.26%
PepsiCo, Inc. PEP 8.01%
The Coca-Cola Company KO 8.00%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company ADM 7.64%
The Hershey Company HSY 4.11%
The J. M. Smucker Company SJM 4.10%
Campbell Soup Company CPB 4.04%
Conagra Brands, Inc. CAG 3.97%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. KDP 3.94%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 23, 2022 $0.1445 Dec 30, 2022
Sep 23, 2022 $0.0996 Sep 30, 2022
Jun 24, 2022 $0.0754 Jun 30, 2022
Mar 25, 2022 $0.0872 Mar 31, 2022
Dec 23, 2021 $0.1517 Dec 31, 2021
Sep 23, 2021 $0.1044 Sep 30, 2021
Full Dividend History

News

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