AFEM · First Trust Active Factor Emerging Markets ETF
AFEM returned −3.1% from Sep 14, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, charges 0.85% a year and holds $79m in net assets on Oct 20, 2026.
AFEM is actively managed and returned −3.1% since it first traded on Sep 14, 2026.
Price since launch, Sep 14, 2026
$93.950.0%1 day, priceClose, Oct 20, 2026
Price only. Total return over the same days, distributions reinvested, was −3.1%. 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
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 (SPY) |
|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 18 – Oct 20, 2026 | −3.9% | +1.0% |
| Since launch Sep 14 – Oct 20, 2026 | −3.1% | +1.3% |
Total return at closing prices, distributions reinvested. Every column is a total return. Not shown: 3 months, 6 months, year to date, 1 year and 3 years, which the fund has not been listed long enough to fill (listed Sep 2026); its since-launch row covers all of its record. 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
AFEM top ten by weight, 35.5% of the fund, of its 136 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.
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, 2026AFEM: in the 2 trading days to Oct 20, 2026, nothing net moved.
Oct 20, 2026
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Aug 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Aug 1, 2021 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
AFEM, 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.
AFEM, 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.
AFEM, 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.
ETFIQ’s daily counts for AFEM 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 AFEM, back to Aug 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare AFEM with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months2 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year1 week
Net flow into AFEM 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
AFEM, 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 AFEM’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 2.
Every bar is from AFEM’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 6 and went out in 2.
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
AFEM key stats
About AFEM
Questions people ask about AFEM
- What does AFEM cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.85% a year.
- What does AFEM hold?
- 136 positions as published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, with the top ten at 35.5% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.
- How far is AFEM below its high?
- 6.3% below its high of Oct 5, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 20, 2026.
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