FBT First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund
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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FBT returned 47.1%.
Promise check: Not measuredIts theme exposure is measured once ETFIQ defines its theme company by company.
FBT risk and return scorecard
vs its own holdings
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Oct 27, 2026What you earned
What did you actually buy?
Biotech · holdings as of Oct 27, 2026More on FBT
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price, 1 year
$279.50+2.1%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Price only. No distribution was paid over these days, so total return is the same. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 (SPY) |
|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | +2.2% | +0.9% |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +11.6% | +6.1% |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +39.3% | +9.1% |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +35.3% | +14.1% |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +47.1% | +13.6% |
| 3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | +112.4% | +95.0% |
| 5Y Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026 | +71.9% | +79.8% |
| 10Y Oct 28, 2016 – Oct 28, 2026 | +225.5% | +325.8% |
| Since launch Jun 23, 2006 – Oct 28, 2026 | +1,349.9% | +799.1% |
| Since launch, annualised Jun 23, 2006 – Oct 28, 2026 | +14.0% | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Oct 27, 2026FBT: in the 17 trading days to Oct 27, 2026, net $40.0m came in.
Oct 27, 2026
Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026
Jul 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Jul 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
FBT, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 2 days and went out on 0 days, of the 16 days with daily data; the other 49 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 2 days, out on 0. 49 days missing.
FBT, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 2 days and went out on 0 days, of the 16 days with daily data; the other 235 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 2 days, out on 0. 235 days missing.
FBT, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 26, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 2 days and went out on 0 days, of the 16 days with daily data; the other 384 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 2 days, out on 0. 384 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 6, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from First Trust’s daily data: 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. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for FBT, back to Jul 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare FBT with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months16 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year4 weeks
Net flow into FBT each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outAug 2023 to Oct 2026
FBT, money in and money out each month from Aug 2023 to Jun 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from FBT’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 8 and went out in 27.
Every bar is from FBT’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 8 and went out in 27.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: 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 data; 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 27, 2026. Last checked Oct 29, 2026.
FBT key stats
Trading
as of Oct 27, 2026
FBT top ten by weight, 36.0% of the fund, of its 30 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.
Source: First Trust’s daily holdings file. Updated each trading day. Last checked Oct 28, 2026.
About FBT
12 seats on FBT, as of Oct 28, 2026: 2 Supports, 7 Challenges, 3 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about FBT
- How much of FBT is in S&P 500 companies?
- By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 24% of FBT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 99%, so that share is the part doing something different.
- What does FBT hold?
- 30 positions as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, with the top ten at 36% of the fund. The largest are Genmab A/S (ADR) at 3.9%, Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. at 3.8%, Biogen Inc. at 3.6%.
- Has FBT beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 FBT returned +47.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 33.5 points.
- What does FBT cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% a year. Because 99% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.55%.
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