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First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF HISF

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV Fixed income
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Last price 42.75 USD Change: Up +0.10 Percent change: Up +0.24%

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

Net expense ratio
0.83%
Prospectus 2 Mar 2026
Net assets
$98.5M
As of 31 Jul 2026
Holdings
12
As of 31 Jul 2026
12-month distribution yield
5.26%
Monthly
Asset class
Fixed income
From holdings

First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF (HISF) is an exchange-traded fund listed on the Nasdaq in the United States, issued by First Trust. Its category is Fixed income. Its last price was US$42.75 on 20 Oct 2026. Its net expense ratio is 0.83% a year, from its prospectus dated 2 Mar 2026. It reported net assets of US$98.51 million as of 31 Jul 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 12 holdings as of 31 Jul 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$2.25 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 5.26%, paid monthly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.83%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
0.83%
Management fee
0.10%
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
$98,505,309
Total assets
$98,514,226
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 12 of 12 positions, as of 31 Jul 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

HISF top holdings as of 31 Jul 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF US33738D7883 27.82% $27.4M Equity (common) United States USD
2 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF US33738D4088 10.08% $9.9M Equity (common) United States USD
3 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF US33739Q2003 10.07% $9.9M Equity (common) United States USD
4 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Intermediate Duration Investment Grade Corporate ETF US33738D7966 9.94% $9.8M Equity (common) United States USD
5 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF US33740F8059 9.92% $9.8M Equity (common) United States USD
6 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Long Duration Opportunities ETF US33738D6067 6.87% $6.8M Equity (common) United States USD
7 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF US33739P2020 5.11% $5.0M Equity (common) United States USD
8 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Senior Loan Fund US33738D3098 5.08% $5.0M Equity (common) United States USD
9 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Limited Duration Investment Grade Corporate ETF US33738D8048 5.04% $5.0M Equity (common) United States USD
10 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF US33739E1082 5.02% $4.9M Equity (common) United States USD
11 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Structured Credit Income Opportunities ETF US33738D7701 5.02% $4.9M Equity (common) United States USD
12 DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS SH BEN INT US2620062081 0.03% $27K Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD

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

All 12 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) 99.98%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.03%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 100.01%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 100.01%

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, 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
$2.2480
12 payments per unit
12-month yield
5.26%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Monthly
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 ($2.2480) ÷ latest price ($42.75) × 100 = 5.26%. 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 (59 payments)
HISF distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
24 Sep 2026$0.1840
21 Aug 2026$0.1820
21 Jul 2026$0.1860
25 Jun 2026$0.1860
21 May 2026$0.1900
21 Apr 2026$0.1900
26 Mar 2026$0.1930
20 Feb 2026$0.1930
21 Jan 2026$0.1880
12 Dec 2025$0.1920
21 Nov 2025$0.1840
21 Oct 2025$0.1800
25 Sep 2025$0.1820
21 Aug 2025$0.1780
22 Jul 2025$0.1750
26 Jun 2025$0.1720
21 May 2025$0.1720
22 Apr 2025$0.1720
27 Mar 2025$0.1720
21 Feb 2025$0.1720
22 Jan 2025$0.1720
13 Dec 2024$0.1670
21 Nov 2024$0.1690
22 Oct 2024$0.1740
26 Sep 2024$0.1770
21 Aug 2024$0.1770
23 Jul 2024$0.1770
27 Jun 2024$0.1750
21 May 2024$0.1680
23 Apr 2024$0.1670
21 Mar 2024$0.1640
21 Feb 2024$0.1640
23 Jan 2024$0.1690
22 Dec 2023$0.1760
21 Nov 2023$0.1750
24 Oct 2023$0.1740
22 Sep 2023$0.1730
22 Aug 2023$0.1710
21 Jul 2023$0.1530
27 Jun 2023$0.1480
23 May 2023$0.1480
21 Apr 2023$0.1480
24 Mar 2023$0.1480
22 Feb 2023$0.1480
24 Jan 2023$0.1520
23 Dec 2022$0.1550
22 Nov 2022$0.1450
21 Oct 2022$0.1370
23 Sep 2022$0.1450
23 Aug 2022$0.1400
21 Jul 2022$0.1370
24 Jun 2022$0.1370
24 May 2022$0.1300
21 Apr 2022$0.1300
25 Mar 2022$0.1200
18 Feb 2022$0.1500
21 Jan 2022$0.1500
23 Dec 2021$0.1570
23 Nov 2021$0.1700

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

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