FTCS First Trust Capital Strength ETF
FTCS seeks to outperform the broader large-cap space by selecting companies based on their strength of their balance sheets, looking at cash balances, long-term debt ratios, and ROE. FTCS picks from a relatively narrow subset of the large-cap universe: the NASDAQ US benchmark, a 500-firm composite of NASDAQ-listed companies. By design, FTCS will always struggle to reflect the broad large-cap market given its limited selection universe, but it fills a niche within a crowded segment. The index undergoes quarterly reconstitution and rebalance. FTCS formerly tracked a large-cap value index and traded under the ticker FDV. The fund was rebranded in May 2013.
Performance
| 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y ann. | 5Y ann. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTCS | +7.4% | +4.0% | +14.3% | +14.9% | +12.7% | +6.5% |
| Large Cap Equity average (47 funds) | -1.0% | -2.8% | +10.0% | +12.1% | +15.8% | +7.8% |
Insider activity in the holdings
Open-market insider buying across this fund’s holdings over 90 days, weighted by holding weight: −$948K net.
Holdings · as of Nov 12, 2026
| # | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VLTO Veralto Corporation | 2.23% |
| 2 | PPG PPG Industries, Inc. | 2.19% |
| 3 | MMM 3M Company | 2.17% |
| 4 | HD The Home Depot, Inc. | 2.13% |
| 5 | CINF Cincinnati Financial Corporation | 2.11% |
| 6 | LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation | 2.10% |
| 7 | MRSH Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | 2.09% |
| 8 | TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 2.08% |
| 9 | PEP PepsiCo, Inc. | 2.07% |
| 10 | COST Costco Wholesale Corporation | 2.07% |
| 11 | JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 2.07% |
| 12 | VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2.06% |
| 13 | ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. | 2.05% |
| 14 | CME CME Group Inc. | 2.04% |
| 15 | AMGN Amgen Inc. | 2.04% |
| 16 | NTRS Northern Trust Corporation | 2.03% |
| 17 | MA Mastercard Incorporated | 2.03% |
| 18 | NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation | 2.02% |
| 19 | GD General Dynamics Corporation | 2.02% |
| 20 | ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 2.02% |
| 21 | CSX CSX Corporation | 2.02% |
| 22 | RJF Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 2.02% |
| 23 | MCO Moody's Corporation | 2.02% |
| 24 | ECL Ecolab Inc. | 2.02% |
| 25 | AFL Aflac Incorporated | 2.02% |
| 26 | V Visa Inc. (Class A) | 2.00% |
| 27 | LIN Linde Plc | 2.00% |
| 28 | WMT Walmart Inc. | 2.00% |
| 29 | PG The Procter & Gamble Company | 2.00% |
| 30 | UNP Union Pacific Corporation | 1.98% |
| 31 | TGT Target Corporation | 1.98% |
| 32 | CL Colgate-Palmolive Company | 1.98% |
| 33 | WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 1.98% |
| 34 | KO The Coca-Cola Company | 1.98% |
| 35 | AMP Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 1.97% |
| 36 | CB Chubb Limited | 1.97% |
| 37 | AAPL Apple Inc. | 1.96% |
| 38 | AXP American Express Company | 1.95% |
| 39 | WRB W.R. Berkley Corporation | 1.95% |
| 40 | COR Cencora, Inc. | 1.94% |
| 41 | A Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 1.93% |
| 42 | SNA Snap-on Incorporated | 1.93% |
| 43 | ROST Ross Stores, Inc. | 1.92% |
| 44 | SCHW The Charles Schwab Corporation | 1.90% |
| 45 | NVR NVR, Inc. | 1.88% |
| 46 | MNST Monster Beverage Corporation | 1.88% |
| 47 | EXPD Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 1.88% |
| 48 | TJX The TJX Companies, Inc. | 1.75% |
| 49 | TT Trane Technologies plc | 1.74% |
| 50 | PSX Phillips 66 | 1.66% |
| 51 | FTCS US Dollar | 0.15% |
Sector breakdown
Country breakdown
Distributions
| Date | Per unit |
|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | $0.3332 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | $0.2636 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | $0.2873 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $0.2607 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | $0.2527 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | $0.2334 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | $0.2159 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.4043 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | $0.2566 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | $0.2843 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | $0.2247 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | $0.4313 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | $0.2150 |
| Jun 27, 2023 | $0.2368 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | $0.2921 |
| Dec 23, 2022 | $0.2915 |
| Sep 23, 2022 | $0.2563 |
| Jun 24, 2022 | $0.1794 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | $0.1956 |
| Dec 23, 2021 | $0.2821 |
| Sep 23, 2021 | $0.1559 |
| Jun 24, 2021 | $0.2132 |
| Mar 25, 2021 | $0.2410 |
| Dec 24, 2020 | $0.2077 |
| Sep 24, 2020 | $0.1154 |
| Jun 25, 2020 | $0.1531 |
| Mar 26, 2020 | $0.1535 |
| Dec 13, 2019 | $0.2023 |
| Sep 25, 2019 | $0.2300 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | $0.1554 |
| Mar 21, 2019 | $0.1716 |
| Dec 18, 2018 | $0.2294 |
| Sep 14, 2018 | $0.0956 |
| Jun 21, 2018 | $0.1485 |
| Mar 22, 2018 | $0.1350 |
| Dec 21, 2017 | $0.1638 |
| Sep 21, 2017 | $0.1066 |
| Jun 22, 2017 | $0.1828 |
| Mar 23, 2017 | $0.1353 |
| Dec 21, 2016 | $0.1695 |
Members of Congress who disclosed this ETF
No member of Congress has disclosed a trade in FTCS in the filings we hold.
Fund facts, prices, performance and distributions: our market-data vendor. Holdings: the vendor and SEC Form N-PORT. Insider and Congress data: InsiderBuying. Last updated Nov 13, 2026. This is historical data, not investment advice. Report a data error