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ETF NYSE Arca USD

First Trust Smith Unconstrained Bond ETF UCON

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII Fixed income · US
Last price 23.88 USD Change: Unchanged 0.00 Percent change: Unchanged 0.00%

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

Expense ratio
0.86%
Prospectus 2 Jan 2026
Net assets
$3.3B
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
505
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
4.88%
Monthly
Asset class
Fixed income
From holdings

First Trust Smith Unconstrained Bond ETF (UCON) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by First Trust. Its category is Fixed income · US (fixed income). Its last price was US$23.88 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.86% a year, from its prospectus dated 2 Jan 2026. It reported net assets of US$3.28 billion as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 505 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$1.17 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 4.88%, paid monthly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.86%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.85%
Prospectus date
2 Jan 2026
Filed with the SEC
29 Dec 2025

Size and reporting

Net assets
$3,277,164,505
Total assets
$3,302,436,732
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.

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 505 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

UCON top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT T 3.375 02/29/28 US91282CQB09 2.33% $76.3M Debt United States USD
2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT T 4.625 11/15/45 US912810UQ93 2.13% $69.8M Debt United States USD
3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT T 4.75 02/15/56 US912810UR76 2.12% $69.3M Debt United States USD
4 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT T 4.375 05/15/36 US91282CQQ77 1.69% $55.4M Debt United States USD
5 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT T 3.875 04/30/31 US91282CQK08 1.18% $38.7M Debt United States USD
6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT T 4.625 11/15/55 US912810UP11 1.04% $34.0M Debt United States USD
7 Federal National Mortgage Association FN BM7755 US3140JCTM60 0.96% $31.4M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
8 BOEING COMPANY (THE) BA 7.008 05/01/64 US097023DU67 0.81% $26.4M Debt United States USD
9 FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION FNR 2024-82 CF US3136BTFB49 0.73% $24.0M Other asset-backed securities United States USD
10 ALBERTSONS COMPANIES INC / SAFEWAY INC / NEW ALBERTSONS LP / ALBERTSONS LLC ACI 6.5 02/15/28 144A US01309QAA67 0.71% $23.3M Debt United States USD
11 JANE STREET GROUP LLC / JSG FINANCE INC JANEST 7.125 04/30/31 144A US47077WAC29 0.67% $22.0M Debt United States USD
12 Federal National Mortgage Association FN BQ7973 US3140KT2F15 0.65% $21.5M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
13 DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS SH BEN INT US2620062081 0.65% $21.3M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
14 AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC AMNPHA 6.875 08/01/32 144A US03168LAA35 0.62% $20.4M Debt United States USD
15 GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC GILCN 4.7 10/07/30 144A US375916AF02 0.61% $20.1M Debt Canada USD
16 HILCORP ENERGY I LP / HILCORP FINANCE CO HILCRP 7.25 02/15/35 144A US431318BG88 0.60% $19.6M Debt United States USD
17 PERMIAN RESOURCES OPERATING LLC PR 7 01/15/32 144A US71424VAA89 0.57% $18.6M Debt United States USD
18 CITADEL SECURITIES GLOBAL HOLDINGS LLC CITSEC 5.5 06/18/30 US17289RAA41 0.55% $18.1M Debt United States USD
19 FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP FR SD0778 US3132DM2K07 0.54% $17.6M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
20 Fnma Pass-Thru I FN FA4541 US3140W5BK91 0.53% $17.3M Mortgage-backed securities United States USD
21 FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC FCNCA V6.254 03/12/40 US31959XAF06 0.52% $17.0M Debt United States USD
22 UBS GROUP AG UBS V7.125 PERP 144a US225401BJ63 0.50% $16.5M Debt Switzerland USD
23 Raising Cane's Restaurants Raising Cane's Restaurants Term Loan B (Incremental) 200 2032-10-18 US75101XAQ07 0.49% $16.2M Loans United States USD
24 KENNEDY-WILSON INC KW 5 03/01/31 US489399AM73 0.49% $16.1M Debt United States USD
25 CVS HEALTH CORP CVS V7 03/10/55 US126650EH94 0.49% $16.1M Debt United States USD

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
Debt 82.20%
Mortgage-backed securities 9.11%
Other asset-backed securities 4.59%
Loans 2.17%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.65%
Equity (preferred) 0.58%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 91.99%
Canada 2.40%
Bermuda 1.22%
Switzerland 0.90%
Cayman Islands 0.71%
Saudi Arabia 0.49%
Denmark 0.48%
Ireland 0.48%
United Kingdom 0.41%
Japan 0.13%
France 0.06%
Luxembourg 0.02%

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 99.28%

Sector

No sector data

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

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

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.1650
12 payments per unit
12-month yield
4.88%
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 ($1.1650) ÷ latest price ($23.88) × 100 = 4.88%. 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)
UCON distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
24 Sep 2026$0.0950
21 Aug 2026$0.0950
21 Jul 2026$0.0950
25 Jun 2026$0.0950
21 May 2026$0.0950
21 Apr 2026$0.0900
26 Mar 2026$0.0900
20 Feb 2026$0.0900
21 Jan 2026$0.0900
12 Dec 2025$0.1100
21 Nov 2025$0.1100
21 Oct 2025$0.1100
25 Sep 2025$0.0950
21 Aug 2025$0.0950
22 Jul 2025$0.0950
26 Jun 2025$0.0900
21 May 2025$0.0900
22 Apr 2025$0.0900
27 Mar 2025$0.0900
21 Feb 2025$0.0950
22 Jan 2025$0.0950
13 Dec 2024$0.0950
21 Nov 2024$0.0950
22 Oct 2024$0.1050
26 Sep 2024$0.1050
21 Aug 2024$0.1050
23 Jul 2024$0.1050
27 Jun 2024$0.1000
21 May 2024$0.1000
23 Apr 2024$0.1000
21 Mar 2024$0.1000
21 Feb 2024$0.1000
23 Jan 2024$0.1100
22 Dec 2023$0.1100
21 Nov 2023$0.1100
24 Oct 2023$0.1100
22 Sep 2023$0.1100
22 Aug 2023$0.1100
21 Jul 2023$0.0950
27 Jun 2023$0.0850
23 May 2023$0.0850
21 Apr 2023$0.0850
24 Mar 2023$0.0850
22 Feb 2023$0.0900
24 Jan 2023$0.1000
23 Dec 2022$0.1150
22 Nov 2022$0.1150
21 Oct 2022$0.0850
23 Sep 2022$0.0850
23 Aug 2022$0.0850
21 Jul 2022$0.0500
24 Jun 2022$0.0400
24 May 2022$0.0380
21 Apr 2022$0.0350
25 Mar 2022$0.0350
18 Feb 2022$0.0350
21 Jan 2022$0.0350
23 Dec 2021$0.0420
23 Nov 2021$0.0400

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