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First Trust Active Factor Emerging Markets ETF AFEM

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III Equity · International
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Last price 93.84 USD Change: Down −0.14 Percent change: Down −0.15%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.99%
Prospectus 2 Mar 2026
Net assets
$78.7M
As of 31 Jul 2026
Holdings
114
As of 31 Jul 2026
12-month distribution yield
2.65%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

First Trust Active Factor Emerging Markets ETF (AFEM) is an exchange-traded fund listed on the Nasdaq in the United States, issued by First Trust. Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$93.84 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.99% a year, from its prospectus dated 2 Mar 2026. It reported net assets of US$78.66 million as of 31 Jul 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 114 holdings as of 31 Jul 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$2.49 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 2.65%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.99%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.95%
Prospectus date
2 Mar 2026
Filed with the SEC
27 Feb 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$78,656,005
Total assets
$79,031,271
Holdings as of
31 Jul 2026
Report made public
24 Sep 2026 (55 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 114 positions, as of 31 Jul 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

AFEM top holdings as of 31 Jul 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD TWD10 TW0002330008 10.85% $8.5M Equity (common) Taiwan TWD
2 MEDIATEK INC MEDIATEK INC TWD10 TW0002454006 6.10% $4.8M Equity (common) Taiwan TWD
3 TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD HKD0.00002 KYG875721634 3.40% $2.7M Equity (common) Cayman Islands HKD
4 ISHARES TRUST ISHARES TRUST MSCI CHINA ETF US46429B6719 3.37% $2.7M Equity (common) United States USD
5 UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP TWD10 TW0003037008 3.18% $2.5M Equity (common) Taiwan TWD
6 KIA CORP KIA CORP KRW5000 KR7000270009 2.64% $2.1M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
7 INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES INC INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES INC PHP1 PHY411571011 2.50% $2.0M Equity (common) Philippines PHP
8 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) 'H'CNY1 CNE1000003G1 2.27% $1.8M Equity (common) China HKD
9 KASIKORNBANK PCL KASIKORNBANK PCL THB10 (NVDR) TH0016010R14 1.95% $1.5M Equity (common) Thailand THB
10 HDFC BANK LTD HDFC BANK LTD INR1 INE040A01034 1.95% $1.5M Equity (common) India INR
11 ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD USD0.000003125 KYG017191142 1.92% $1.5M Equity (common) Cayman Islands HKD
12 KASIKORNBANK PCL KASIKORNBANK PCL THB10 (LOCAL) TH0016010009 1.92% $1.5M Equity (common) Thailand THB
13 GLOBAL UNICHIP CORP GLOBAL UNICHIP CORP TWD10 TW0003443008 1.60% $1.3M Equity (common) Taiwan TWD
14 LENOVO GROUP LTD LENOVO GROUP LTD NPV HK0992009065 1.59% $1.3M Equity (common) Hong Kong HKD
15 EICHER MOTORS LTD EICHER MOTORS LTD INR1 INE066A01021 1.45% $1.1M Equity (common) India INR
16 JENTECH PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO LTD JENTECH PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO LTD TWD10 TW0003653002 1.44% $1.1M Equity (common) Taiwan TWD
17 ICICI BANK LTD ICICI BANK LTD INR2 INE090A01021 1.38% $1.1M Equity (common) India INR
18 ORLEN SA ORLEN SA PLN1.25 PLPKN0000018 1.38% $1.1M Equity (common) Poland PLN
19 BANK HAPOALIM LTD BANK HAPOALIM LTD ILS1 IL0006625771 1.37% $1.1M Equity (common) Israel ILS
20 SHRIRAM FINANCE LTD SHRIRAM FINANCE LTD INR2 (POST SUBD) INE721A01047 1.32% $1.0M Equity (common) India INR
21 TURKIYE PETROL RAFINERILERY AS TURKIYE PETROL RAFINERILERY AS TRY1 (A SHARES) TRATUPRS91E8 1.28% $1.0M Equity (common) Türkiye TRY
22 MERITZ FINANCIAL GROUP INC MERITZ FINANCIAL GROUP INC KRW500 KR7138040001 1.23% $968K Equity (common) South Korea KRW
23 SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS STATE STREET SPDR S&P CHINA ETF US78463X4007 1.21% $955K Equity (common) United States USD
24 HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KRW5000 KR7005380001 1.16% $910K Equity (common) South Korea KRW
25 SINGAPORE AIRLINES LTD SINGAPORE AIRLINES LTD NPV SG1V61937297 1.12% $883K Equity (common) Singapore SGD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 Jul 2026

All 114 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.88%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.34%
Foreign exchange derivatives -0.03%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
Taiwan 29.57%
India 18.05%
Cayman Islands 8.06%
South Korea 6.51%
United States 5.09%
Brazil 4.03%
Thailand 3.87%
Türkiye 3.25%
Philippines 2.50%
Poland 2.49%
China 2.27%
Hong Kong 2.24%
Other (13) 12.26%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
New Taiwan dollar (TWD) 29.99%
Indian rupee (INR) 18.05%
Hong Kong dollar (HKD) 13.06%
South Korean won (KRW) 6.51%
US dollar (USD) 5.09%
Brazilian real (BRL) 4.91%
Thai baht (THB) 3.87%
Turkish lira (TRY) 3.25%
Philippine peso (PHP) 2.50%
Polish zloty (PLN) 2.49%
Euro (EUR) 1.82%
Israeli shekel (ILS) 1.71%
Other (8) 6.95%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

No sector data

None of this fund's holdings matched a stock listed on this site, so no sector is shown.

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 0.0% of net assets (0% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$2.4910
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
2.65%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
24 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($2.4910) ÷ latest price ($93.84) × 100 = 2.65%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (16 payments)
AFEM distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
24 Sep 2026$0.6730
25 Jun 2026$1.1210
26 Mar 2026$0.0500
12 Dec 2025$0.6470
25 Sep 2025$0.6570
26 Jun 2025$0.2610
13 Dec 2024$1.2430
26 Sep 2024$0.3290
27 Jun 2024$0.7300
22 Dec 2023$0.6270
22 Sep 2023$0.5750
27 Jun 2023$0.7400
23 Dec 2022$1.4600
23 Sep 2022$1.6120
24 Jun 2022$0.8500
23 Dec 2021$0.8970

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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