FSGS

First Trust SMID Growth Strength ETF

First Trust · $28.5m in assets, October 8, 2026

FSGS, the First Trust SMID Growth Strength ETF ($29 million), sits in StoryVector’s Beta Book: it selects holdings by a factor such as value, size, quality or dividends, not by a story. It carries no market story, so it is not ranked against one. Over the past year it returned +2.8%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.

FSGS · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+7.0% a yearTotal return since launch, June 2017
+2.8%Last 12 months
+5.4%Year to date
22.5%Volatility since launch

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It selects holdings by a factor such as value, size, quality or dividends, not by a story.

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We check every ETF against the 22 narratives. This one follows the market, a factor or a manager’s choices rather than a story, so it has no narrative and no Share of Narrative. See the narratives on the board → · See the whole Beta Book →

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
FSGS−4.2%−0.2%+5.4%+2.8%+9.6%+4.1%
The marketbroad US ETFs+0.8%+2.6%+14.6%+16.8%+22.9%+12.9%

1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on June 26, 2017: +7.0% a year.

$10,000 invested June 30, 2017

FSGS $18,590The market $36,308
$0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000Jun 2017Jun 2019Jun 2021Jun 2023Jun 2025$0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000Jun 2017Jun 2021Jun 2025

Year by year

FSGSThe market
-20%0%20%40%FSGS 2019: +21.3%The market 2019: +31.3%2019FSGS 2020: +10.3%The market 2020: +21.4%2020FSGS 2021: +25.5%The market 2021: +27.1%2021FSGS 2022: -13.2%The market 2022: -19.8%2022FSGS 2023: +16.0%The market 2023: +27.9%2023FSGS 2024: +6.4%The market 2024: +23.1%2024FSGS 2025: +2.4%The market 2025: +16.8%2025FSGS YTD: +5.4%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD-20%0%20%40%FSGS 2019: +21.3%The market 2019: +31.3%2019FSGS 2020: +10.3%The market 2020: +21.4%2020FSGS 2021: +25.5%The market 2021: +27.1%2021FSGS 2022: -13.2%The market 2022: -19.8%2022FSGS 2023: +16.0%The market 2023: +27.9%2023FSGS 2024: +6.4%The market 2024: +23.1%2024FSGS 2025: +2.4%The market 2025: +16.8%2025FSGS YTD: +5.4%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD

Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if FSGS traded for all of it.

Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Common questions

Why does FSGS have no story?

It selects holdings by a factor such as value, size, quality or dividends, not by a story.

How has FSGS performed?

FSGS returned +2.8% over the past year, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs, to October 2, 2026. Past performance only.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →