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AFDM · First Trust Active Factor International ETF

AFDM returned +20.1% over the year to Oct 20, 2026, charges 0.80% a year and holds $149m in net assets on Oct 20, 2026.

Equity fundActively managed0.80% fee$149m on Oct 20, 2026First traded Apr 14, 2016Fund page at the issuer ↗SEC filings ↗Dividend history

AFDM is actively managed and returned +20.1% over the past year.

+20.1%
Total return, 1 year
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0.80%
Expense ratio
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179
Holdings
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−3.5%
Below its high
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4.0%
12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price
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$0.6819
Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 24, 2026
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Price and total return, 1 year

$89.36+0.7%1 day, priceClose, Oct 20, 2026

Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

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AFDM returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnS&P 500 (SPY)
1M Sep 18 – Oct 20, 2026−0.5%+1.0%
3M Jul 21 – Oct 20, 2026+1.2%+3.0%
6M Apr 21 – Oct 20, 2026+6.5%+9.8%
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 20, 2026+13.7%+13.7%
1Y Oct 20, 2025 – Oct 20, 2026+20.1%+15.8%
3Y Oct 20, 2023 – Oct 20, 2026+86.2%+89.3%
5Y Oct 21, 2021 – Oct 20, 2026+52.0%+81.3%
10Y Oct 21, 2016 – Oct 20, 2026+134.5%+321.1%
Since launch Apr 14, 2016 – Oct 20, 2026+141.0%+337.7%
Since launch, annualised Apr 14, 2016 – Oct 20, 2026+8.7%–

Total return at closing prices, distributions reinvested. Every column is a total return. Year to date runs from the last close of the year before. Annualised is the steady yearly rate that gives the since-launch total over the same days. Source: ETFIQ.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested. Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

AFDM top ten by weight, 14.9% of the fund, of its 179 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.

ASML Holding N.V. ASML AMS 2.04%
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. 6098 TYO 1.94%
Advantest Corporation 6857 TYO 1.79%
Barclays Plc BARC LON 1.55%
BNP Paribas S.A. BNP EPA 1.44%
Unipol Assicurazioni S.p.A. UNI BIT 1.37%
Shell Plc SHEL LON 1.27%
The Toronto-Dominion Bank TD 1.20%
Novartis AG NOVN SWX 1.18%
Evonik Industries AG EVK ETR 1.14%
Holdings, the issuer’s own daily file ↗See all 179 holdings →Check overlap with another fund →

Source: the issuer’s own daily file. Data as of Oct 19, 2026. Updated each trading day. Last checked Oct 21, 2026. Report a data error

Money in and out

Daily figures · as of Oct 20, 2026

AFDM: in the 2 trading days to Oct 20, 2026, nothing net moved.

1D
$0
0.0% of $149m on Oct 19, 2026
Oct 20, 2026
12 months
+$12.4m
10.3% of $120m on Jul 31, 2025
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
3 years
−$13.6m
−11.1% of $122m on Jul 31, 2023
Aug 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
5 years
−$24.7m
−14.7% of $169m on Jul 31, 2021
Aug 1, 2021 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Aug 2019 to Jul 2026
−$190m
Aug 1, 2019 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Net flow each trading day
Net flow into AFDM each trading day, Jul 23, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026monthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from First TrustJul 23, 2026Oct 20, 2026

AFDM, net flow each trading day over the 63 sessions from Jul 23, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 2 days with a daily figure; the other 61 have none. Before Oct 19, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly figures only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

No money in or out. Daily figures for 2 of 63 trading days; none for 61.

Net flow into AFDM each trading day, Oct 20, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026monthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from First TrustOct 20, 2025Oct 20, 2026

AFDM, net flow each trading day over the 252 sessions from Oct 20, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 2 days with a daily figure; the other 250 have none. Before Oct 19, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly figures only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

No money in or out. Daily figures for 2 of 252 trading days; none for 250.

Net flow into AFDM each trading day, Mar 19, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026monthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from First TrustMar 19, 2025Oct 20, 2026

AFDM, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 19, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 2 days with a daily figure; the other 398 have none. Before Oct 19, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly figures only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

No money in or out. Daily figures for 2 of 400 trading days; none for 398.

Money in, netMoney out, netMonthly basis

ETFIQ’s daily counts for AFDM start Oct 19, 2026, so the 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, year to date and 1 year windows have no daily figure; the longer spans are from its SEC filings.

How this is computed

Computed by ETFIQ from First Trust’s daily figures: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Figures are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for AFDM, back to Aug 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare AFDM with other funds in the flows tool

Every trading day, last 3 months2 days
Oct 20, 2026 $0
Oct 19, 2026 $0

Most recent first.

Week by week, last year1 week
Oct 20, 2026 $0 2 days

Net flow into AFDM each week, Oct 19, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with a figure. Computed by ETFIQ.

Month by month, money in and money outSep 2023 to Oct 2026

AFDM, money in and money out each month from Sep 2023 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from AFDM’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Oct 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 6 and went out in 7.

Every bar is from AFDM’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 6 and went out in 7.

MonthInOutNet
Oct 2026 ETFIQ, the sum of its days, Oct 19 to Oct 20$0$0$0
Jul 2026 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jun 2026 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.3m$0+$4.3m
Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Mar 2026 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Feb 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.2m$0+$4.2m
Jan 2026 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Dec 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Nov 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Oct 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Sep 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$3.9m$0+$3.9m
Aug 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jul 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jun 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$3.6m$0+$3.6m
May 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$3.5m−$3.6m−$84k
Apr 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$3.3m$0+$3.3m
Mar 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$10.1m−$10.1m
Feb 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jan 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$3.1m$0+$3.1m
Dec 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$13.0m−$13.0m
Nov 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Oct 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Sep 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Aug 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jul 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$3.3m−$3.3m
Jun 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
May 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$3.3m−$3.3m
Apr 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$3.1m−$3.1m
Mar 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Feb 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$3.1m−$3.1m
Jan 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Dec 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Nov 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Oct 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Sep 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0

Most recent first.

How this is computed

N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily figures: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily figures; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Updated every trading night. Last checked Oct 21, 2026. Report a data error

AFDM key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Oct 20, 2026 (ETFIQ)$93.30 on Aug 25, 2026
52-week low, daily closes to Oct 20, 2026 (ETFIQ)$75.45 on Nov 20, 2025
Close on Oct 20, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$89.36, 78% of the way from the low to the high
Holdings179
Top ten weight14.9%
P/E ratio (First Trust, Sep 30, 2026)14.61
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices. P/E as First Trust states it, under its terms.

About AFDM

What it tracksNo index, actively managed
Fund typeEquity fund
Category (ETFIQ)Stocks · International large-cap value
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Sep 10, 2026)0.80%
Price$89.36
First tradedApr 14, 2016
Net assets (issuer page, as of Oct 20, 2026)$149mReport
Benchmark (ETFIQ, from its filings)Its own holdings, as of Oct 19, 2026; its prospectus names no index it tracks
Below its high (ETFIQ)−3.5%
Holdings179
Top ten weight14.9%
Holdings published for (the issuer’s daily file)Oct 19, 2026
Holdings as of the close of (the issuer’s daily file)Oct 19, 2026
Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)0.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ)100.0%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ)0.0%

Questions people ask about AFDM

How has AFDM performed?
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, AFDM returned +20.1% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the figure is +86.2%.
What does AFDM cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.80% a year.
What does AFDM hold?
179 positions as published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, with the top ten at 14.9% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.
How far is AFDM below its high?
3.5% below its high of Aug 25, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 20, 2026.
Sources and dates
Prices, AFDM and S&P 500 (SPY)Tiingo end-of-day · Oct 20, 2026
Fee, 0.80%Prospectus filing with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Net assets, $149mIssuer page · Oct 20, 2026
HoldingsHoldings, the issuer’s own daily file · Oct 19, 2026 ↗
IssuerFirst Trust page for AFDM ↗
All fund filingsFund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
First Trust’s own site ↗

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