First Trust Intermediate Government Opportunities ETF
Name
As of 06/01/2026Price
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
First Trust Intermediate Government Opportunities ETF
MGOV | Active ETF
$20.13
$102 M
4.77%
$0.96
0.66%
Vitals
YTD Return
0.4%
1 yr return
6.8%
3 Yr Avg Return
N/A
5 Yr Avg Return
N/A
Net Assets
$102 M
Holdings in Top 10
27.6%
52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH
$20.1
$19.74
$20.84
Expenses
OPERATING FEES
Expense Ratio 0.66%
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 06/01/2026Price
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
First Trust Intermediate Government Opportunities ETF
MGOV | Active ETF
$20.13
$102 M
4.77%
$0.96
0.66%
MGOV - Profile
Distributions
- YTD Total Return 0.4%
- 3 Yr Annualized Total Return N/A
- 5 Yr Annualized Total Return N/A
- Capital Gain Distribution Frequency N/A
- Net Income Ratio N/A
- Dividend Yield 4.8%
- Dividend Distribution Frequency Monthly
Fund Details
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Legal NameFirst Trust Intermediate Government Opportunities ETF
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Fund Family NameFirst Trust Advisors L.P.
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Inception DateAug 02, 2023
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Shares OutstandingN/A
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Share ClassN/A
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CurrencyUSD
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Domiciled CountryUS
Fund Description
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The Fund's investments in Government /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"Securities include publicly-issued U.S. Treasury securities and mortgage-related securities such as pass-through securities, collateralized mortgage obligations (/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;""CMOs"/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;") and commercial mortgage-backed securities (/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;""CMBS"/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"). The Fund may also invest /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"in exchange-traded funds (/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"“ETFs”/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;") that principally invest in Government Securities as well as futures contracts, options and /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"swap agreements that utilize Government Securities as their reference asset. Such ETFs and derivatives (using their market values) count towards the 80% investment requirement set forth above. As discussed in more detail below, the Fund may purchase mortgage-related securities in “to-be-announced” transactions (/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"“TBA Transactions”/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"), including mortgage dollar rolls, /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"which also count toward the 80% investment requirement set forth above. The Fund may invest in fixed or floating rate /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"securities. /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"Under normal market conditions, the portfolio managers will manage the Fund’s portfolio to have a weighted average effective duration of three to eight years. Duration is a mathematical calculation of the average life of a debt security (or portfolio of debt securities) that serves as a measure of its price risk. In general, each year of duration represents an expected 1% change in the value of a security for every 1% immediate change in interest rates. For example, the price of a debt security with a three-year duration would be expected to drop by approximately 3% in response to a 1% increase in interest rates. Therefore, prices of debt securities with shorter durations tend to be less sensitive to interest rate changes than debt securities with longer durations. As the value of a debt security changes over time, so will its duration. The Fund’s portfolio managers will calculate the duration of the portfolio by modeling the cash flows of all the individual holdings, including the impact of prepayment variability and coupon adjustments where applicable, to determine the duration of each holding and then aggregating based on the size of the position. In performing this duration calculation, the Fund’s portfolio managers will utilize /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"third-party models. /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"In managing the Fund’s portfolio, the Fund’s portfolio managers utilize a top-down, bottom-up analytical investment process. The portfolio managers will first conduct a top-down review of available mortgage-backed and U.S. Treasury securities to determine position weights based on its evaluation of market fundamentals. The portfolio managers then perform a bottom-up analysis of individual securities to determine in which asset types the portfolio will be over, neutral and underweight. Based upon this process, the Fund's portfolio managers decide when to buy and sell securities. The portfolio managers analyze the Fund’s holdings on a systematic basis to monitor any changes in security and portfolio performance, in addition to looking /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"for meaningful changes in risk factors. /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"The Fund’s investments in mortgage-related securities may include investments structured as “pass-through” securities, CMOs and CMBS. The Fund's investments in mortgage-related securities will primarily be in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies (such as Ginnie Mae), and U.S. government-sponsored entities (such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). The Fund may purchase government-sponsored mortgage-related securities in TBA Transactions, including mortgage dollar rolls. In a TBA Transaction, a seller and buyer of securities agree upon a price for delivering a given volume of securities at a specified future date. The characteristic feature of a TBA Transaction is that the actual identity of the securities to be delivered at settlement is not specified on the trade date. Instead, participants agree upon only the general parameters of the securities to be delivered, including issuer, maturity, coupon, price, par amount and settlement date. Generally, two days prior to the settlement date, the seller provides the buyer with the identity of the securities it intends to deliver on the settlement date. In a mortgage dollar roll, the Fund will sell (or buy) mortgage-backed securities for delivery on a specified date and simultaneously contract to repurchase (or sell) substantially similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities on a future /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"date. /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"In addition to its investment in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and government-sponsored entities, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in other types of debt securities, including privately-issued, non-agency sponsored asset-backed securities, non-agency sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities (/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"“RMBS”/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"), non-agency /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"sponsored CMBS and cash and cash equivalents. However, U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and bills are not counted toward this 20% investment limitation. Cash set aside or otherwise used for margin or collateral purposes is not included within this 20% limitation. Further, the Fund may enter into short sales as part of its overall portfolio management strategy, or to offset a potential decline in the value of a security; however, the Fund does not expect, under normal market conditions, to engage /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"in short sales with respect to more than 30% of the value of its total assets. /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"Although the Fund intends to invest primarily in investment grade securities, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of any credit quality, including securities that are below investment grade. Below investment grade securities are those that, at the time of purchase, are rated lower than “BBB/spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:2.5pt;"–” by Samp;P Global /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"Ratings, or lower than “Baa3” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization (/spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;""NRSRO"/spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;") or, if unrated, determined by the Advisor to be of comparable credit quality. High yield debt /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"securities that are rated below investment grade are commonly referred to as “junk” debt. In the case of a split rating between one or more of the /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"NRSROs, the Fund will consider the highest rating. Additionally, for newly-issued securities, the Fund may consider an expected rating provided by an NRSRO as if it were a final rating. /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"“1940 Act”/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;")./span
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MGOV - Performance
Return Ranking - Trailing
| Period | MGOV Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YTD | 0.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1 Yr | 6.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 5 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 10 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
* Annualized
Return Ranking - Calendar
| Period | MGOV Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2024 | -3.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2022 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2021 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total Return Ranking - Trailing
| Period | MGOV Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YTD | 0.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1 Yr | 6.8% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 5 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 10 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
* Annualized
Total Return Ranking - Calendar
| Period | MGOV Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2024 | 1.6% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2022 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2021 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
MGOV - Holdings
Concentration Analysis
| MGOV | Category Low | Category High | MGOV % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Assets | 102 M | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of Holdings | 172 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Net Assets in Top 10 | 23.2 M | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Weighting of Top 10 | 27.63% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Top 10 Holdings
- Fannie Mae Pool 3.47%
- Fannie Mae Pool 3.41%
- Fannie Mae Pool 3.41%
- Fannie Mae REMICS 2.93%
- Fannie Mae Pool 2.85%
- Freddie Mac Pool 2.43%
- Fannie Mae REMICS 2.40%
- Fannie Mae Pool 2.31%
- Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction Trust Series 2025-2 2.25%
- MSILF Treasury Portfolio 2.17%
Asset Allocation
| Weighting | Return Low | Return High | MGOV % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonds | 98.99% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Cash | 2.17% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Other | 0.56% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Stocks | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Preferred Stocks | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Convertible Bonds | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Bond Sector Breakdown
| Weighting | Return Low | Return High | MGOV % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.17% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Securitized | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Corporate | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Municipal | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Government | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Derivative | -0.04% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Bond Geographic Breakdown
| Weighting | Return Low | Return High | MGOV % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | 98.99% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Non US | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
MGOV - Expenses
Operational Fees
| MGOV Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expense Ratio | 0.66% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Management Fee | 0.49% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 12b-1 Fee | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Administrative Fee | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sales Fees
| MGOV Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front Load | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Deferred Load | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Trading Fees
| MGOV Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Redemption Fee | N/A | N/A | N/A | 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.
| MGOV Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
MGOV - Distributions
Dividend Yield Analysis
| MGOV | Category Low | Category High | MGOV % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Yield | 4.77% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Dividend Distribution Analysis
| MGOV | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Distribution Frequency | Monthly |
Net Income Ratio Analysis
| MGOV | Category Low | Category High | MGOV % Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Capital Gain Distribution Analysis
| MGOV | Category Low | Category High | Capital Mode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Gain Distribution Frequency |
Distributions History
| Date | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | $0.080 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Apr 21, 2026 | $0.080 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Mar 26, 2026 | $0.085 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Feb 20, 2026 | $0.085 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Jan 21, 2026 | $0.085 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $0.085 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Nov 21, 2025 | $0.085 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Oct 21, 2025 | $0.014 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Oct 21, 2025 | $0.015 | ReturnOfCapital |
| Oct 21, 2025 | $0.026 | CapitalGainShortTerm |
| Oct 21, 2025 | $0.030 | CapitalGainLongTerm |
| Sep 25, 2025 | $0.068 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Sep 25, 2025 | $0.014 | ReturnOfCapital |
| Aug 21, 2025 | $0.014 | ReturnOfCapital |
| Aug 21, 2025 | $0.068 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Jul 22, 2025 | $0.083 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Jun 26, 2025 | $0.083 | OrdinaryDividend |
| May 21, 2025 | $0.083 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $0.083 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Mar 27, 2025 | $0.088 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Feb 21, 2025 | $0.088 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Jan 22, 2025 | $0.088 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.088 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Nov 21, 2024 | $0.088 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $0.014 | ReturnOfCapital |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $0.074 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Sep 26, 2024 | $0.014 | ReturnOfCapital |
| Sep 26, 2024 | $0.074 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Aug 21, 2024 | $0.014 | ReturnOfCapital |
| Aug 21, 2024 | $0.074 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Jul 23, 2024 | $0.088 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Jun 27, 2024 | $0.083 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Apr 23, 2024 | $0.080 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Mar 21, 2024 | $0.078 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Feb 21, 2024 | $0.078 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Jan 23, 2024 | $0.078 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Dec 22, 2023 | $0.078 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Nov 21, 2023 | $0.075 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Oct 24, 2023 | $0.075 | OrdinaryDividend |
| Sep 22, 2023 | $0.075 | OrdinaryDividend |