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Name

As of 06/01/2026

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$23.73

$2.16 B

8.70%

$2.06

0.75%

Vitals

YTD Return

4.3%

1 yr return

16.3%

3 Yr Avg Return

14.9%

5 Yr Avg Return

10.3%

Net Assets

$2.16 B

Holdings in Top 10

31.2%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$23.8
$22.39
$24.11

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.75%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover N/A

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

N/A

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Exchange Traded Fund


Name

As of 06/01/2026

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$23.73

$2.16 B

8.70%

$2.06

0.75%

FTHI - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 4.3%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 14.9%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 10.3%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency N/A
  • Net Income Ratio 1.29%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 8.7%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Monthly

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF
  • Fund Family Name
    First Trust Advisors L.P.
  • Inception Date
    Jan 06, 2014
  • Shares Outstanding
    2174201
  • Share Class
    N/A
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    John Gambla

Fund Description

span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"Under normal market conditions, the Fund will pursue its investment objectives by investing primarily in equity securities listed on U.S. exchanges and by utilizing an “option strategy” consisting of writing (selling) U.S. exchange-traded call options on the Standard amp; Poor’s 500/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-2.75pt;"®/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;" Index (the /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"“Samp;P 500 Index”/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"). The Fund will employ an option strategy in which it will write /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"U.S. exchange-traded call options on the Samp;P 500 Index in order to seek additional cash flow in the form of premiums on the options that may be distributed to shareholders on a monthly basis. A premium is the income received by an investor who sells or writes an option contract to another party. In exchange for the premiums received in connection with its written U.S. exchange-traded call options on the Samp;P 500 Index, the Fund forfeits any upside potential of the Samp;P 500 Index above the /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"strike price of the written call options. /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"The equity securities in which the Fund will invest and the options which the Fund will write will be limited to U.S. exchange-traded securities and options. /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"However, at certain times, certain of the securities held by the Fund may not trade /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"on an exchange for a period of time due to a corporate action or other unforeseen event./spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;" The equity securities held by the /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"Fund will be selected using a mathematical optimization process which attempts to favor higher dividend paying common stocks for the Fund’s portfolio. The equity securities held by the Fund may include non-U.S. securities that are either directly listed on a U.S. securities exchange or in the form of depositary receipts. The equity securities in the Fund’s portfolio will be periodically rebalanced at the discretion of the Fund’s portfolio managers. Depending on market volatility, the Fund may engage in active trading, which may result in a turnover of the Fund’s portfolio greater than 100% annually. The Fund may also invest in master limited partnerships (/spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;""MLPs"/spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"), real estate investment trusts (/spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;""REITs"/spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;") and companies with various market capitalizations. /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"The option portion of the portfolio will generally consist of U.S. exchange-traded calls on the Samp;P 500 Index that are written by the Fund. In certain instances, the Fund may also write call spreads on the Samp;P 500 Index. A call spread is an options strategy whereby an investor holds two short calls at one strike and a long call at a higher strike price. The call options written by the Fund will be a laddered portfolio of call options with expirations of less than one year, written at-the-money to slightly out-of-the-money. A call option will give the holder the right to buy the Samp;P 500 Index at a predetermined strike price from the Fund. The notional value of calls written will be generally between 25% and 75% of the overall Fund. In general, the notional value is the total value of a leveraged position’s assets. The call options that the Fund will write (sell) on the Samp;P 500 Index will technically be “uncovered”. A written (sold) call option is “covered” when an investor (such as the Fund) owns the security serving as the reference asset for the call option and is “uncovered” when an investor (such as the Fund) does not own the security serving as the reference asset. While the potential losses on uncovered call options are theoretically unlimited, the Fund may hold individual stocks comprising the Samp;P 500 Index that will serve to hedge the risk associated with the Fund’s /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"sale of options referencing the Samp;P 500 Index. /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"As of March 31, 2026, the Fund had significant investments in information technology companies, although this may change from time to time./spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;" To the extent the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a given jurisdiction or investment sector, the Fund may be exposed to the risks associated with that jurisdiction or investment sector./span
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FTHI - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period FTHI Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 4.3% -2.8% 240.8% 28.46%
1 Yr 16.3% -4.3% 140.6% 50.00%
3 Yr 14.9%* -8.3% 18.3% 87.18%
5 Yr 10.3%* -5.0% 17.3% 67.80%
10 Yr 8.6%* -4.6% 13.2% N/A

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period FTHI Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2025 1.5% -34.1% 904.0% 98.20%
2024 8.9% -28.6% 438.4% 34.68%
2023 10.5% -93.5% 8.2% 75.86%
2022 -12.1% -38.9% 19.8% 30.23%
2021 9.0% -10.9% 12.8% 17.48%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period FTHI Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 4.3% -2.7% 244.0% 28.46%
1 Yr 16.3% -4.3% 140.6% 48.70%
3 Yr 14.9%* -8.3% 18.3% 86.54%
5 Yr 10.3%* -5.4% 17.3% 65.25%
10 Yr 8.6%* -4.6% 13.2% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period FTHI Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2025 11.0% -34.1% 904.0% 98.20%
2024 20.7% -5.9% 438.4% 35.26%
2023 20.7% -81.2% 8.2% 84.83%
2022 -4.4% -29.0% 19.8% 42.64%
2021 13.9% -10.9% 12.8% 32.04%

FTHI - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

FTHI Category Low Category High FTHI % Rank
Net Assets 2.16 B 25 17.4 B 64.42%
Number of Holdings 207 2 508 11.45%
Net Assets in Top 10 636 M -6.66 M 5.12 B 81.68%
Weighting of Top 10 31.19% 11.3% 100.0% 76.00%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. Apple Inc. COM 6.66%
  2. NVIDIA Corp. COM 5.14%
  3. Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds SH BEN INT 3.93%
  4. JPMorgan Chase Co. COM 2.52%
  5. Costco Wholesale Corporation COM 2.46%
  6. Bank of America Corp. COM 2.18%
  7. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CL B NEW 2.16%
  8. Amazon.com, Inc. COM 2.10%
  9. Microsoft Corp. COM 2.03%
  10. Johnson Johnson COM 2.00%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High FTHI % Rank
Stocks
96.54% -3.92% 100.76% 56.11%
Cash
4.02% -0.76% 100.29% 38.55%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 3.08% 29.39%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 20.91% 31.68%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 97.96% 35.50%
Other
-0.56% 0.00% 45.92% 42.37%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High FTHI % Rank
Technology
19.97% 0.00% 44.43% 78.15%
Healthcare
13.16% 0.00% 25.91% 9.24%
Energy
11.32% 0.00% 69.54% 9.66%
Consumer Cyclical
10.41% 0.00% 19.02% 11.34%
Consumer Defense
9.81% 0.00% 22.87% 95.38%
Financial Services
9.28% 0.00% 29.60% 11.76%
Communication Services
7.26% 0.00% 21.22% 74.79%
Industrials
5.62% 1.41% 43.91% 88.66%
Basic Materials
5.12% 0.00% 60.58% 13.87%
Utilities
4.37% 0.00% 13.35% 97.06%
Real Estate
3.68% 0.00% 9.74% 9.66%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High FTHI % Rank
US
96.54% -3.89% 100.00% 51.91%
Non US
0.00% -2.17% 99.33% 29.77%

FTHI - Expenses

Operational Fees

FTHI Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.75% 0.20% 6.78% 67.08%
Management Fee 0.75% 0.20% 1.75% 55.60%
12b-1 Fee 0.00% 0.00% 1.00% 15.52%
Administrative Fee N/A 0.02% 0.28% N/A

Sales Fees

FTHI Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 4.75% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 1.00% N/A

Trading Fees

FTHI Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 1.00% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

FTHI Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover N/A 0.00% 456.80% 95.98%

FTHI - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

FTHI Category Low Category High FTHI % Rank
Dividend Yield 8.70% 0.00% 3.76% 1.86%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

FTHI Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Monthly Annually Monthly Annually

Net Income Ratio Analysis

FTHI Category Low Category High FTHI % Rank
Net Income Ratio 1.29% -2.54% 14.24% 26.64%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

FTHI Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Annually

Distributions History

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FTHI - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

John Gambla


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jan 06, 2014

8.4

8.4%

John W. Gambla, CFA, FRM, PRM, is a senior portfolio manager for the Alternatives Investment Team at First Trust Advisors L.P. Prior to joining First Trust in July 2011, he was co-Chief Investment Officer at the Nuveen HydePark Group LLC where he started in 2007. While at Nuveen HydePark Group LLC, he co-directed investment activities including research, product development, trading, portfolio management and performance attribution. John also led the research systems and infrastructure development for Nuveen HydePark Group LLC. Previously, he was a Senior Trader and Quantitative specialist at Nuveen Asset Management. While there, he was responsible for trading all derivatives for the 120+ municipal mutual funds with Nuveen Asset Management. John W. Gambla, has served in a variety of roles throughout his career including: portfolio management, research, business development and strategy development. He was born in 1966 and earned a B.S. in Genetics and Developmental Biology and a B.A. in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and an MBA from the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business.

Rob Guttschow


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jan 06, 2014

8.4

8.4%

Rob A. Guttschow, CFA, is a senior portfolio manager for the Alternatives Investment Team at First Trust Advisors L.P. Prior to joining First Trust in July 2011, Mr. Guttschow was co-Chief Investment Officer at the Nuveen HydePark Group LLC where he started in 2007. While at Nuveen HydePark Group LLC, Mr. Guttschow co-directed investment activities including research, product development, trading, portfolio management and performance attribution. Previously, Mr. Guttschow was an Overlay Manager and Senior Portfolio Manager at Nuveen Asset Management. While there, he developed Nuveen’s buy-side derivative desk for fixed income and equity portfolio hedging. He was born in 1968 and earned a B.S. in Materials/Ceramic Engineering and a MBA from the University of Illinois in Urbana/Champaign.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.04 19.77 3.61 5.67