First Trust Materials Etf Profile
| FXZ Etf | USD 66.39 1.57 2.42% |
PerformanceMild
| Odds Of DistressLow
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First Trust is trading at 66.39 as of the 4th of January 2026; that is 2.42 percent increase since the beginning of the trading day. The etf's open price was 64.82. First Trust has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years but had a somewhat mild performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 5th of December 2025 and ending today, the 4th of January 2026. Click here to learn more.
The fund will normally invest at least 90 percent of its net assets in the common stocks that comprise the index. Materials Alphadex is traded on NYSEARCA Exchange in the United States. More on First Trust Materials
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| 0.95 | XLB | Materials Select Sector | PairCorr |
| 0.94 | VAW | Vanguard Materials Index | PairCorr |
| 0.75 | XME | SPDR SP Metals | PairCorr |
| 0.92 | MOO | VanEck Agribusiness ETF | PairCorr |
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First Etf Highlights
| Thematic Ideas | (View all Themes) |
| Business Concentration | Materials ETFs, Sector ETFs, Natural Resources, First Trust (View all Sectors) |
| Issuer | First Trust |
| Inception Date | 2007-05-08 |
| Benchmark | StrataQuant Materials Index |
| Entity Type | Regulated Investment Company |
| Asset Under Management | 210.47 Million |
| Average Trading Volume | 14,051.9 |
| Asset Type | Equity |
| Category | Sector |
| Focus | Materials |
| Market Concentration | Developed Markets |
| Region | North America |
| Administrator | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation |
| Advisor | First Trust Advisors L.P. |
| Custodian | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation |
| Distributor | First Trust Portfolios L.P. |
| Portfolio Manager | Daniel J. Lindquist, Jon Erickson David McGarel, RogerTestin, Stan Ueland, Chris Peterson, Erik Russo |
| Transfer Agent | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation |
| Fiscal Year End | 31-Jul |
| Exchange | NYSE Arca, Inc. |
| Number of Constituents | 38.0 |
| Market Maker | GTS |
| Total Expense | 0.61 |
| Management Fee | 0.5 |
| Country Name | USA |
| Returns Y T D | 18.99 |
| Name | First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund |
| Currency Code | USD |
| Open Figi | BBG000R6B0D9 |
| In Threey Volatility | 21.0 |
| 1y Volatility | 19.51 |
| 200 Day M A | 58.7183 |
| 50 Day M A | 62.2388 |
| Code | FXZ |
| Updated At | 3rd of January 2026 |
| Currency Name | US Dollar |
First Trust Materials [FXZ] is traded in USA and was established 2007-05-08. The fund is classified under Natural Resources category within First Trust family. The entity is thematically classified as Materials ETFs. First Trust Materials currently have 1.24 B in assets under management (AUM). , while the total return for the last 3 years was 4.4%.
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Sector Allocation
Investors will always prefer to have their portfolios divercified against different sectors. The broad sector allocation increases the possibility of making a profit or at least avoiding a loss. However, this may also reduce the expected return on First Etf. Generally, it depends on diversification level and type but usually, the broader the sector allocation, the less risk can be expected from holding First Etf, and the less return is expected.
Institutional investors that are interested in enforcing a sector tilt in their portfolio can use exchange-traded funds, such as First Trust Materials Etf, as a low-cost alternative to building a custom portfolio. So, using sector ETFs to diversify your portfolio can be a profitable strategy. However, no matter what sectors are desirable at a given time, no single industry should ever make up more than 20 percent of your stock portfolio.
Top First Trust Materials Etf Constituents
| WLK | Westlake Chemical | Stock | Materials | |
| NUE | Nucor Corp | Stock | Materials | |
| ESI | Element Solutions | Stock | Materials | |
| OC | Owens Corning | Stock | Industrials | |
| OI | O I Glass | Stock | Materials | |
| NEM | Newmont Goldcorp Corp | Stock | Materials | |
| CC | Chemours Co | Stock | Materials | |
| PKG | Packaging Corp of | Stock | Materials |
First Trust Top Holders
| APSHX | Pinnacle Sherman Multi Strategy | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation | |
| ASPGX | Astor Star Fund | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation | |
| CPSHX | Pinnacle Sherman Multi Strategy | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation | |
| CSPGX | Astor Star Fund | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation | |
| IPSHX | Pinnacle Sherman Multi Strategy | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation | |
| QALAX | Quantified Alternative Investment | Mutual Fund | Macro Trading | |
| QALTX | Quantified Alternative Investment | Mutual Fund | Macro Trading | |
| STARX | Astor Star Fund | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation |
First Trust Materials Risk Profiles
The market premium is part of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which most analysts and investors use to calculate the acceptable rate of return on investment in First Trust. At the center of the CAPM is the concept of risk and reward, which is usually communicated by investors using alpha and beta measures.
| Mean Deviation | 1.1 | |||
| Semi Deviation | 1.21 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 1.43 | |||
| Variance | 2.04 |
First Trust Materials Technical Analysis
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The output start index for this execution was zero with a total number of output elements of sixty-one. First Trust Materials Inverse Tangent Over Price Movement function is an inverse trigonometric method to describe First Trust price patterns.
First Trust Against Markets
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The market value of First Trust Materials is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of First that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of First Trust's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is First Trust's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because First Trust's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect First Trust's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between First Trust's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if First Trust is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, First Trust's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.