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First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF LDSF

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII Multi-asset · US
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Last price 18.53 USD Change: Up +0.03 Percent change: Up +0.17%

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

Expense ratio
0.87%
Prospectus 2 Jan 2026
Net assets
$162.1M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
8
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
4.78%
Monthly
Asset class
Multi-asset
From holdings

First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (LDSF) is an exchange-traded fund listed on the Nasdaq in the United States, issued by First Trust. Its category is Multi-asset · US (multi-asset). Its last price was US$18.53 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.87% a year, from its prospectus dated 2 Jan 2026. It reported net assets of US$162.07 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 8 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$0.89 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 4.78%, paid monthly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.87%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.20%
Prospectus date
2 Jan 2026
Filed with the SEC
29 Dec 2025

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

Size and reporting

Net assets
$162,067,580
Total assets
$162,081,249
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
22 Jul 2026 (52 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 8 of 8 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

LDSF top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF US33739Q2003 37.82% $61.3M Equity (common) United States USD
2 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Limited Duration Investment Grade Corporate ETF US33738D8048 34.81% $56.4M Equity (common) United States USD
3 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF US33738D4088 12.03% $19.5M Equity (common) United States USD
4 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Senior Loan Fund US33738D3098 6.48% $10.5M Equity (common) United States USD
5 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF US33739P2020 3.06% $5.0M Equity (common) United States USD
6 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF US33739Q4082 2.98% $4.8M Equity (common) United States USD
7 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF US33739P8555 2.52% $4.1M Equity (common) United States USD
8 MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS TREAS PTF INST US61747C5821 0.29% $478K 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 May 2026

All 8 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) 99.70%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.29%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 100.00%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 100.00%

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
$0.8860
12 payments per unit
12-month yield
4.78%
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 ($0.8860) ÷ latest price ($18.53) × 100 = 4.78%. 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)
LDSF distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
24 Sep 2026$0.0750
21 Aug 2026$0.0750
21 Jul 2026$0.0740
25 Jun 2026$0.0740
21 May 2026$0.0740
21 Apr 2026$0.0740
26 Mar 2026$0.0750
20 Feb 2026$0.0750
21 Jan 2026$0.0730
12 Dec 2025$0.0710
21 Nov 2025$0.0730
21 Oct 2025$0.0730
25 Sep 2025$0.0740
21 Aug 2025$0.0720
22 Jul 2025$0.0720
26 Jun 2025$0.0720
21 May 2025$0.0720
22 Apr 2025$0.0720
27 Mar 2025$0.0720
21 Feb 2025$0.0720
22 Jan 2025$0.0720
13 Dec 2024$0.0720
21 Nov 2024$0.0720
22 Oct 2024$0.0720
26 Sep 2024$0.0720
21 Aug 2024$0.0750
23 Jul 2024$0.0750
27 Jun 2024$0.0750
21 May 2024$0.0660
23 Apr 2024$0.0660
21 Mar 2024$0.0690
21 Feb 2024$0.0690
23 Jan 2024$0.0690
22 Dec 2023$0.0730
21 Nov 2023$0.0740
24 Oct 2023$0.0730
22 Sep 2023$0.0650
22 Aug 2023$0.0630
21 Jul 2023$0.0630
27 Jun 2023$0.0630
23 May 2023$0.0630
21 Apr 2023$0.0630
24 Mar 2023$0.0570
22 Feb 2023$0.0570
24 Jan 2023$0.0570
23 Dec 2022$0.0560
22 Nov 2022$0.0490
21 Oct 2022$0.0440
23 Sep 2022$0.0450
23 Aug 2022$0.0450
21 Jul 2022$0.0430
24 Jun 2022$0.0350
24 May 2022$0.0350
21 Apr 2022$0.0330
25 Mar 2022$0.0330
18 Feb 2022$0.0330
21 Jan 2022$0.0330
23 Dec 2021$0.0290
23 Nov 2021$0.0290

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

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