First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

Shareclass

First Trust Morningstar Div Leaders ETF (FDL)

Type

Exchange-traded fund

Manager

First Trust

Gender equality score

/ 100 points

Overall score

Average Equileap Gender Equality Score of fund holdings, weighted by market value

Group ranking

99.3

percentile

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Group: U.S. Equity Fund

Ranking: 18 out of 2,554 funds

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Social

Gender equality

Gender equality group ranking, based on Equileap company data

Civilian firearms

Investments in civilian firearms manufacturers, and related gun retailers

Prison industrial complex

Investments in prisons and borders industry, including private prison operators

Military weapons

Investments in military arms manufacturers and services companies, including nuclear weapon manufacturers and servicers

Tobacco

Investments in tobacco and e-cigarette manufacturers, and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies

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Top scoring holdings

The top 10 holdings in this portfolio with the best scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.

1. Dow Inc
1.32% of assets
$70.9M invested
2. The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc
0.35% of assets
$18.98M invested
3. JM Smucker Co
0.34% of assets
$18.07M invested
4. Ford Motor Co
3.39% of assets
$182.4M invested
5. Philip Morris International Inc
6.05% of assets
$325.01M invested
6. Hasbro Inc
0.25% of assets
$13.5M invested
7. Exelon Corp
1.19% of assets
$63.72M invested
8. Kimberly-Clark Corp
1.14% of assets
$61.06M invested
9. Verizon Communications Inc
8.35% of assets
$448.93M invested
10. Altria Group Inc
4.94% of assets
$265.61M invested

Bottom scoring holdings

The bottom 10 holdings in this portfolio with the worst scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.

1. Federated Hermes Inc Class B
0.08% of assets
$4.16M invested
2. UGI Corp
0.22% of assets
$11.92M invested
3. Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc Class A
0.16% of assets
$8.76M invested
4. United Bankshares Inc
0.14% of assets
$7.78M invested
5. Bank OZK
0.12% of assets
$6.61M invested
6. Columbia Banking System Inc
0.21% of assets
$11.46M invested
7. Valley National Bancorp
0.15% of assets
$7.83M invested
8. Franklin Resources Inc
0.25% of assets
$13.57M invested
9. ALLETE Inc
0.12% of assets
$6.25M invested
10. Nexstar Media Group Inc
0.16% of assets
$8.4M invested

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Financial performance

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Gender Equality and Returns

Returns chart for First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

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The figure above charts annualized returns and Gender Equality Fund grades. The orange marker represents this fund. The purple marker (if present) represents an assigned benchmark. Blue dots represent funds in the same Morningstar category as this fund. Dark gray dots represent funds in the same grading group as this fund. Returns are for the most recent available for this fund of 1, 3, 5, or 10 year annualized returns. The higher a fund is marked on the Y axis, the better its returns for the specified time period. The higher a fund is marked on the X axis, the better its Gender Equality Funds group ranking. Read more on the How it Works page.

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FDL

First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

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Large Value

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Category

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Investment timeline

Performance as of: 3/31/25

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3 years

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Benchmark

Suggested: S&P 500

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

1.76% less in annualized returns

Higher overall gender equality score

4 / 100 points higher

Higher gender balance in leadership and workforce score

2 / 40 points higher

Higher equal compensation and work life balance score

1 / 30 points higher

Higher policies promoting gender equality score

1 / 20 points higher

Same commitment, transparency, and accountability score

0 / 10 points

Current fund

FDL

First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

Family

First Trust

Category

Large Value

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Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

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iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

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Investment timeline

Performance as of: 3/31/25

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: S&P 500

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

1.76% less in annualized returns

Higher overall gender equality score

4 / 100 points higher

Higher gender balance in leadership and workforce score

2 / 40 points higher

Higher equal compensation and work life balance score

1 / 30 points higher

Higher policies promoting gender equality score

1 / 20 points higher

Same commitment, transparency, and accountability score

0 / 10 points

Current fund

FDL

First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

Family

First Trust

Category

Large Value

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 3/31/25

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: S&P 500

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

1.76% less in annualized returns

Higher overall gender equality score

4 / 100 points higher

Higher gender balance in leadership and workforce score

2 / 40 points higher

Higher equal compensation and work life balance score

1 / 30 points higher

Higher policies promoting gender equality score

1 / 20 points higher

Same commitment, transparency, and accountability score

0 / 10 points

Month-end trailing returns

Performance as of date: 3/31/25

Morningstar suggested benchmark: S&P 500 TR USD

Annualized returns

Gender-lens analysis

1-yr

3-yr

5-yr

10-yr

This fund
FDL - First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

18%

9.66%

19%

11%

59 / 100 points

Benchmark

8.22%

9.03%

19%

12%

55 / 100 points

Fund compared to benchmark

9.46%

0.62%

0.6%

-1.76%

4 / 100 points higher

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