Fund · First Trust Capital Strength ETF · measured from SEC filings
FTCS holdings
FTCS reports 52 holdings and behaves like 49.7 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-06-30. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 28 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-06-30Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 99.04% at a quoted market price (level 1), 2 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-06-30FTCS's largest investment is Cisco Systems Inc at 2.74% of net assets. Monster Beverage Corp and T. Rowe Price Group Inc follow; the three together are 7.63%. Ten companies are 23.04% of the fund; the other 42 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, FTCS behaves like 49.7 holdings against a median of 42.4 — close to the median. Across 28 quarterly filings FTCS has held roughly steady since 2019-09-30 (49.8 then, 49.7 now). Between the 2026-03-31 and 2026-06-30 filings 13 positions were added and 12 dropped; 28.8% of the weight moved.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
28Between 2019-09-30 and 2026-06-30, FTCS went from behaving like 49.8 equally weighted positions to 49.7 — 0% fewer, while its top ten went from 21.42% to 23.04% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 52 | 49.7 | 23.04% | 2.74% |
| 2026-03-31 | 51 | 49.4 | 23.13% | 2.84% |
| 2025-12-31 | 51 | 49.5 | 23% | 2.52% |
| 2025-09-30 | 51 | 49.6 | 22.7% | 2.6% |
| 2025-06-30 | 51 | 49.6 | 22.86% | 2.57% |
| 2025-03-31 | 51 | 49.6 | 22.66% | 2.38% |
| 2024-12-31 | 51 | 49.8 | 21.93% | 2.34% |
| 2024-09-30 | 51 | 49.9 | 21.64% | 2.31% |
Earlier filings (20 more, back to 2019-09-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 | 50 | 49.7 | 22.69% | 2.48% |
| 2024-03-31 | 51 | 49.6 | 22.58% | 2.43% |
| 2023-12-31 | 50 | 49.6 | 22.51% | 2.37% |
| 2023-09-29 | 50 | 49.8 | 21.77% | 2.42% |
| 2023-06-30 | 50 | 49.7 | 22.31% | 2.38% |
| 2023-03-31 | 50 | 49.8 | 21.98% | 2.3% |
| 2022-12-30 | 50 | 49.8 | 21.9% | 2.38% |
| 2022-09-30 | 50 | 49.7 | 22.28% | 2.4% |
| 2022-06-30 | 50 | 49.7 | 22.07% | 2.32% |
| 2022-03-31 | 50 | 49.5 | 22.89% | 2.42% |
| 2021-12-31 | 50 | 49.6 | 22.31% | 2.44% |
| 2021-09-30 | 50 | 49.8 | 21.86% | 2.25% |
| 2021-06-30 | 50 | 49.8 | 21.9% | 2.27% |
| 2021-03-31 | 50 | 49.7 | 22.11% | 2.41% |
| 2020-12-31 | 50 | 49.7 | 22.4% | 2.34% |
| 2020-09-30 | 50 | 49.5 | 22.59% | 2.53% |
| 2020-06-30 | 50 | 49.5 | 22.85% | 2.65% |
| 2020-03-31 | 50 | 49 | 24.08% | 2.61% |
| 2019-12-31 | 50 | 49.8 | 21.82% | 2.28% |
| 2019-09-30 | 50 | 49.8 | 21.42% | 2.2% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-06-30The 15 largest of 52 positions in FTCS's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: FTCS.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 2.74% | 2.7% |
| 2 | MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP | 2.52% | 5.3% |
| 3 | T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC | 2.36% | 7.6% |
| 4 | AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC | 2.25% | 9.9% |
| 5 | CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP | 2.24% | 12.1% |
| 6 | AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC | 2.20% | 14.3% |
| 7 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 2.19% | 16.5% |
| 8 | UNION PACIFIC CORP | 2.18% | 18.7% |
| 9 | VISA INC | 2.18% | 20.9% |
| 10 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 2.17% | 23.0% |
| 11 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 2.16% | 25.2% |
| 12 | APPLE INC | 2.16% | 27.4% |
| 13 | PAYCHEX INC | 2.15% | 29.5% |
| 14 | COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY | 2.15% | 31.7% |
| 15 | W. R. BERKLEY CORP | 2.14% | 33.8% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-06-30Share of FTCS's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 95.80% |
| Ireland° | 4.20% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-07 – 2026-06Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of FTCS's own filings, 84 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.05 percentage points over 84 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: FTCS.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-03-31 → 2026-06-3051 positions became 52: 13 added (23.6% of the fund at the later date), 12 dropped (23.5% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 28.8%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of FTCS compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC | 1.61% | 2.25% | EOG RESOURCES INC | 2.84% | 2.04% |
| T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC | 1.75% | 2.36% | NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP | 2.12% | 1.54% |
| CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 2.13% | 2.74% | CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS INC | 2.13% | 1.63% |
| MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP | 1.92% | 2.53% | PEPSICO INC | 2.20% | 1.73% |
| PAYCHEX INC | 1.71% | 2.16% | GILEAD SCIENCES INC | 2.31% | 1.85% |
| VISA INC | 1.90% | 2.18% | ROSS STORES INC | 2.33% | 1.88% |
New: CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP (2.24%), AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC (2.20%), UNION PACIFIC CORP (2.18%), MERCK & COMPANY INC (2.18%), 3M COMPANY (2.11%), ALPHABET INC (2.11%). Gone: Arch Capital Group Ltd. (2.19%), Hershey Co. (The) (2.17%), Honeywell International Inc. (2.13%), AbbVie Inc. (2.10%), Dover Corporation (2.09%), Aflac Incorporated (2.07%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-06-3099.95% equity, 0.05% short-term investment as filed; 99.0% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of FTCS (49.7). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKDV BNY Mellon Dynamic Value ETF | 81 | 49.2 | 33.25% | 2026-07-31 |
| SMRI Bushido Capital US Equity ETF | 51 | 49.2 | 23.45% | 2026-07-31 |
| NULV Nuveen ESG Large-Cap Value ETF | 101 | 49.5 | 28.67% | 2026-07-31 |
| USCL iShares Climate Conscious & Transition MSCI USA ETF | 272 | 49.6 | 38.38% | 2026-05-31 |
| AGIX KraneShares Artificial Intelligence and Technology Public and Private ETF | 62 | 49.6 | 30.75% | 2026-06-30 |
| ILCB iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF | 530 | 49.8 | 36.84% | 2026-07-31 |
| CGGO Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF | 108 | 49.9 | 35.03% | 2026-05-31 |
| BKLC BNY Mellon US Large Cap Core Equity ETF | 507 | 49.9 | 37.08% | 2026-07-31 |
| NFTY First Trust India NIFTY 50 Equal Weight ETF | 50 | 50 | 20.68% | 2026-06-30 |
| MOAT VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF | 55 | 50.1 | 25.32% | 2026-06-30 |
Essays that examine FTCS
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