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FDTS was created on 2012-02-15 by First Trust. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on small cap equity. The ETF currently has 13.2m in AUM and 398 holdings. FDTS tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of 400 small-cap companies selected from the S&P Developed Markets ex-US BMI based on S&P's AlphaDex selection methodology.

NYSE/NASDAQ

ETF - A bundle of shares

High Price Growth

Performance
$64.77

USD

▲ $34.06 (107.75%)

1st April 2026, 07:19 p.m.

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Quick facts
▲ 8.76% Growth

5 year average annual growth

▲ 3.29% Dividends

5 year average dividend yield

$15 AUD minimum investment

Due to minimum AUD to USD conversion

$188.20 USD median portfolio

Median amount held by the community

Holdings & exposure
Top holdings
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580 (Furukawa Electric Co Ltd)

1%

3393 (Wasion Holdings Ltd)

1%

570 (Mitsui Kinzoku Co Ltd)

1%
Top country exposure
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Japan

37%

Korea

18%

Canada

7%
Top industry exposure
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Industrials

27%

Consumer

18%

Materials

16%
Distributions

Annual dividend yield

1.02%

Average franked amount

0%

5 year avg. dividend yield (p.a.)

3.29%

Dividend reinvestment

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Highest franked amount

N/A

Payout dates

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Costs

PURCHASE FEE

$6.50 AUD (or $5.50 with Pearler Prepay)

MANAGEMENT FEE

0.80% p.a.
Advanced information

Leveraged

No

P/E ratio

10.63

Inverse

No

P/B ratio

1.13

Expense ratio

0.8

Inception date

2012-02-15
Community insights
General statistics
1 investors hold FDTS
26 weeks average time between investments
$207 average holding per investor
36 days since last community investment
Demographics
Income of investors

50k - 100k

100%

Less than 50k

0%

100k - 150k

0%

150k - 200k

0%

More than 200k

0%
Age of investors

35-90 years old

100%

18-25 years old

0%

26-34 years old

0%
Legal gender of investors
0% male
100% female
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