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First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF (FTXO)
Portfolio of Investments
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS — 99.6%
Banks — 95.4%
6,387
BancFirst Corp.
$621,647
340,182
Bank of America Corp.
11,453,928
44,829
Bank OZK
2,233,829
23,319
BOK Financial Corp.
1,997,272
236,207
Citigroup, Inc.
12,150,488
41,186
Comerica, Inc.
2,298,591
21,828
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
1,165,833
13,099
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
1,421,110
44,759
East West Bancorp, Inc.
3,220,410
183,673
Fifth Third Bancorp
6,334,882
2,674
First Citizens BancShares, Inc.,
Class A
3,794,326
21,258
First Financial Bankshares, Inc.
644,117
197,383
FNB Corp.
2,717,964
33,542
Hancock Whitney Corp.
1,629,806
65,808
Home BancShares, Inc.
1,666,917
439,721
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
5,593,251
18,899
International Bancshares Corp.
1,026,594
66,649
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
11,336,995
38,997
M&T Bank Corp.
5,345,709
280,468
New York Community Bancorp,
Inc.
2,869,188
132,857
Old National Bancorp
2,243,955
32,974
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
2,875,992
40,393
PNC Financial Services Group
(The), Inc.
6,254,856
24,682
Popular, Inc.
2,025,652
265,896
Regions Financial Corp.
5,153,064
29,053
SouthState Corp.
2,453,526
52,656
Synovus Financial Corp.
1,982,498
266,986
U.S. Bancorp
11,555,154
279,144
Valley National Bancorp
3,031,504
75,856
Webster Financial Corp.
3,850,451
236,207
Wells Fargo & Co.
11,626,108
41,890
Western Alliance Bancorp
2,755,943
23,383
Wintrust Financial Corp.
2,168,773
 
137,500,333
Consumer Finance — 4.2%
54,141
Discover Financial Services
6,085,449
Total Investments — 99.6%
143,585,782
(Cost $139,158,201)
Net Other Assets and
Liabilities — 0.4%
532,656
Net Assets — 100.0%
$144,118,438
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
 
 
Total
Value at
12/31/2023
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*
$ 143,585,782
$ 143,585,782
$ —
$ —
 
*
See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.
First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG)
Portfolio of Investments
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS — 99.8%
Beverages — 38.6%
1,392
Boston Beer (The) Co., Inc.,
Class A (a)
$481,061
26,288
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B
1,501,045
5,899
Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)
321,614
102,350
Coca-Cola (The) Co.
6,031,486
2,761
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
2,563,312
11,749
Constellation Brands, Inc.,
Class A
2,840,321
90,988
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.
3,031,720
48,224
Molson Coors Beverage Co.,
Class B
2,951,791
53,333
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
3,072,514
8,177
National Beverage Corp. (a)
406,560
34,418
PepsiCo, Inc.
5,845,553
 
29,046,977
Consumer Staples Distribution
& Retail — 4.6%
75,733
US Foods Holding Corp. (a)
3,439,036
Food Products — 55.9%
77,223
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
5,577,045
3,373
Bunge Global S.A.
340,504
62,834
Campbell Soup Co.
2,716,314
37,673
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)
1,877,622
45,253
General Mills, Inc.
2,947,781
14,250
Hershey (The) Co.
2,656,770
68,331
Hormel Foods Corp.
2,194,108
11,027
Ingredion, Inc.
1,196,760
2,712
J & J Snack Foods Corp.
453,284
50,179
Kellanova
2,805,508
185,059
Kraft Heinz (The) Co.
6,843,482
20,857
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
2,254,433
28,548
McCormick & Co., Inc.
1,953,254
85,934
Mondelez International, Inc.,
Class A
6,224,200
18,169
Post Holdings, Inc. (a)
1,599,962
10,732
Simply Good Foods (The)
Co. (a)
424,987
 
42,066,014
Personal Care Products —
0.7%
9,287
BellRing Brands, Inc. (a)
514,778
Total Investments — 99.8%
75,066,805
(Cost $83,083,134)
Net Other Assets and
Liabilities — 0.2%
186,898
Net Assets — 100.0%
$75,253,703
 
(a)
Non-income producing security.
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
 
 
Total
Value at
12/31/2023
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*
$ 75,066,805
$ 75,066,805
$ —
$ —
 
*
See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.
First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF (FTXN)
Portfolio of Investments
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS — 99.8%
Energy Equipment & Services
— 6.3%
84,236
Baker Hughes Co.
$2,879,186
22,559
Cactus, Inc., Class A
1,024,179
33,342
ChampionX Corp.
973,920
92,234
Halliburton Co.
3,334,259
94,939
Schlumberger N.V.
4,940,625
13,594
Weatherford
International PLC (a)
1,329,901
 
14,482,070
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
— 93.5%
101,288
APA Corp.
3,634,213
21,549
California Resources Corp.
1,178,299
58,242
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
9,942,492
48,906
Chesapeake Energy Corp.
3,762,828
118,002
Chevron Corp.
17,601,178
14,824
Chord Energy Corp.
2,464,194
29,038
Civitas Resources, Inc.
1,985,618
58,828
CNX Resources Corp. (a)
1,176,560
159,709
ConocoPhillips
18,537,424
218,380
Coterra Energy, Inc.
5,573,058
158,771
Devon Energy Corp.
7,192,326
47,556
Diamondback Energy, Inc.
7,374,984
73,901
EOG Resources, Inc.
8,938,326
113,773
EQT Corp.
4,398,464
170,970
Exxon Mobil Corp.
17,093,581
30,741
Hess Corp.
4,431,623
51,071
HF Sinclair Corp.
2,838,015
54,897
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp.,
Class A
1,168,757
199,591
Marathon Oil Corp.
4,822,119
109,304
Marathon Petroleum Corp.
16,216,341
32,327
Matador Resources Co.
1,838,113
48,301
Murphy Oil Corp.
2,060,521
31,312
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.
1,160,736
235,970
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
14,089,769
85,792
Ovintiv, Inc.
3,767,985
75,140
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A
3,303,154
136,536
Permian Resources Corp.
1,856,890
83,261
Phillips 66
11,085,370
39,949
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
8,983,731
60,549
Range Resources Corp.
1,843,112
40,895
SM Energy Co.
1,583,454
555,645
Southwestern Energy Co. (a)
3,639,475
37,373
Targa Resources Corp.
3,246,592
638
Texas Pacific Land Corp.
1,003,223
Shares
Description
Value
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
(Continued)
73,172
Valero Energy Corp.
$9,512,360
185,522
Williams (The) Cos., Inc.
6,461,731
 
215,766,616
Total Investments — 99.8%
230,248,686
(Cost $223,355,503)
Net Other Assets and
Liabilities — 0.2%
391,078
Net Assets — 100.0%
$230,639,764
 
(a)
Non-income producing security.
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
 
 
Total
Value at
12/31/2023
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*
$ 230,248,686
$ 230,248,686
$ —
$ —
 
*
See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.
First Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals ETF (FTXH)
Portfolio of Investments
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS — 99.9%
Biotechnology — 43.6%
9,144
AbbVie, Inc.
$1,417,046
3,484
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (a)
109,084
1,898
Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
44,318
3,493
Alkermes PLC (a)
96,896
476
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (a)
91,111
2,621
Amgen, Inc.
754,900
7,343
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
104,197
2,514
Biogen, Inc. (a)
650,548
1,029
BioMarin Pharmaceutical,
Inc. (a)
99,216
1,126
Exact Sciences Corp. (a)
83,302
9,492
Exelixis, Inc. (a)
227,713
8,786
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
711,754
4,893
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
180,845
5,944
ImmunoGen, Inc. (a)
176,240
6,402
Incyte Corp. (a)
401,982
2,338
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
118,279
756
Krystal Biotech, Inc. (a)
93,789
834
Moderna, Inc. (a)
82,941
1,635
MoonLake
Immunotherapeutics (a)
98,738
1,709
Morphic Holding, Inc. (a)
49,356
905
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)
119,243
813
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (a)
714,050
2,771
REVOLUTION Medicines,
Inc. (a)
79,472
8,137
Roivant Sciences Ltd. (a)
91,379
777
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
74,926
2,499
United Therapeutics Corp. (a)
549,505
1,814
Vaxcyte, Inc. (a)
113,919
1,928
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
784,484
 
8,119,233
Health Care Providers &
Services — 4.5%
7,693
Cardinal Health, Inc.
775,454
2,409
Guardant Health, Inc. (a)
65,164
 
840,618
Life Sciences Tools & Services
— 5.0%
1,929
Charles River Laboratories
International, Inc. (a)
456,016
569
Illumina, Inc. (a)
79,227
1,047
Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)
320,937
8,346
Pacific Biosciences of
California, Inc. (a)
81,874
 
938,054
Shares
Description
Value
 
Pharmaceuticals — 46.8%
1,766
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (a)
$109,227
1,166
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
92,802
21,796
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
1,118,353
3,184
Catalent, Inc. (a)
143,057
7,717
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)
114,983
1,212
Eli Lilly & Co.
706,499
1,696
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)
121,467
4,686
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)
576,378
8,310
Johnson & Johnson
1,302,509
12,330
Merck & Co., Inc.
1,344,217
20,684
Organon & Co.
298,263
5,332
Perrigo Co. PLC
171,584
37,980
Pfizer, Inc.
1,093,444
2,554
Prestige Consumer Healthcare,
Inc. (a)
156,356
62,500
Viatris, Inc.
676,875
3,526
Zoetis, Inc.
695,927
 
8,721,941
Total Investments — 99.9%
18,619,846
(Cost $19,054,073)
Net Other Assets and
Liabilities — 0.1%
22,001
Net Assets — 100.0%
$18,641,847
 
(a)
Non-income producing security.
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
 
 
Total
Value at
12/31/2023
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*
$ 18,619,846
$ 18,619,846
$ —
$ —
 
*
See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.
First Trust S-Network E-Commerce ETF (ISHP)
Portfolio of Investments
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS (a) — 99.6%
Air Freight & Logistics —
6.0%
1,541
DHL Group (EUR)
$76,307
253
FedEx Corp.
64,001
410
United Parcel Service, Inc.,
Class B
64,464
2,643
ZTO Express Cayman, Inc.,
ADR
56,243
 
261,015
Broadline Retail — 19.5%
753
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.,
ADR
58,365
481
Amazon.com, Inc. (b)
73,083
3,640
Coupang, Inc. (b)
58,931
1,491
eBay, Inc.
65,037
981
Etsy, Inc. (b)
79,510
2,284
JD.com, Inc., ADR
65,985
52
MercadoLibre, Inc. (b)
81,720
383
Naspers Ltd., Class N (ZAR)
65,493
752
Next PLC (GBP)
77,814
596
PDD Holdings, Inc., ADR (b)
87,201
2,132
Prosus N.V. (EUR)
63,512
15,800
Rakuten Group, Inc. (JPY)
70,372
 
847,023
Commercial Services &
Supplies — 1.6%
1,384
Copart, Inc. (b)
67,816
Consumer Staples Distribution
& Retail — 4.1%
99,000
Alibaba Health Information
Technology Ltd. (HKD) (b)
53,757
12,292
JD Health International, Inc.
(HKD) (b) (c) (d)
61,550
401
Walmart, Inc.
63,218
 
178,525
Financial Services — 10.7%
80
Adyen N.V. (EUR) (b) (c) (d)
103,029
1,232
Fidelity National Information
Services, Inc.
74,006
565
Fiserv, Inc. (b)
75,055
256
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (b)
72,348
558
Global Payments, Inc.
70,866
1,128
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (b)
69,271
 
464,575
Ground Transportation —
2.0%
1,383
Uber Technologies, Inc. (b)
85,151
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
— 9.9%
506
Airbnb, Inc., Class A (b)
68,887
Shares
Description
Value
 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
(Continued)
21
Booking Holdings, Inc. (b)
$74,491
793
DoorDash, Inc., Class A (b)
78,420
620
Expedia Group, Inc. (b)
94,110
4,205
Meituan, Class B
(HKD) (b) (c) (d)
44,104
1,875
Trip.com Group Ltd., ADR (b)
67,519
 
427,531
Industrial REITs — 1.8%
581
Prologis, Inc.
77,447
Interactive Media & Services
— 23.9%
458
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (b)
63,978
8,067
Auto Trader Group PLC
(GBP) (c) (d)
74,179
497
Baidu, Inc., ADR (b)
59,188
3,371
CAR Group Ltd. (AUD)
71,534
7,650
Kuaishou Technology
(HKD) (b) (c) (d)
51,875
23,000
LY Corp. (JPY)
81,511
197
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (b)
69,730
440
NAVER Corp. (KRW)
76,528
2,289
Pinterest, Inc., Class A (b)
84,784
613
REA Group Ltd. (AUD)
75,671
8,762
Rightmove PLC (GBP)
64,286
909
Scout24 SE (EUR) (c) (d)
64,384
4,271
SEEK Ltd. (AUD)
77,797
6,976
Snap, Inc., Class A (b)
118,104
6,796
Yandex N.V.,
Class A (b) (e) (f) (g)
0
 
1,033,549
IT Services — 2.1%
1,193
Shopify, Inc., Class A (b)
92,935
Marine Transportation —
2.9%
35
AP Moller - Maersk A.S.,
Class B (DKK)
62,923
64,500
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings
Co., Ltd., Class H (HKD)
64,843
 
127,766
Real Estate Management &
Development — 5.0%
794
CoStar Group, Inc. (b)
69,388
3,856
KE Holdings, Inc., ADR
62,506
1,460
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (b)
84,475
 
216,369
Specialty Retail — 6.5%
903
Best Buy Co., Inc.
70,687
930
CarMax, Inc. (b)
71,368
First Trust S-Network E-Commerce ETF (ISHP)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS (a) (Continued)
Specialty Retail (Continued)
2,764
Zalando SE (EUR) (b) (c) (d)
$65,451
3,200
ZOZO, Inc. (JPY)
72,057
 
279,563
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury
Goods — 2.0%
170
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (b)
86,919
Wireless Telecommunication
Services — 1.6%
21,223
Taiwan Mobile Co., Ltd. (TWD)
68,184
Total Investments — 99.6%
4,314,368
(Cost $4,782,881)
Net Other Assets and
Liabilities — 0.4%
18,353
Net Assets — 100.0%
$4,332,721
 
(a)
Securities are issued in U.S. dollars unless otherwise
indicated in the security description.
(b)
Non-income producing security.
(c)
This security is exempt from registration upon resale under
Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“1933 Act”) and may be resold in transactions exempt from
registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This
security is not restricted on the foreign exchange where it
trades freely without any additional registration. As such, it
does not require the additional disclosure required of
restricted securities.
(d)
This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and
foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the 1933
Act.
(e)
Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of
Trustees, this security has been determined to be illiquid by
First Trust Advisors L.P., the Fund’s advisor.
(f)
This security is fair valued by the Advisor’s Pricing
Committee in accordance with procedures approved by the
Trust’s Board of Trustees, and in accordance with provisions
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules
thereunder, as amended. At December 31, 2023, securities
noted as such are valued at $0 or 0.0% of net assets.
(g)
This security’s value was determined using significant
unobservable inputs (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional
Information section).
 
Abbreviations throughout the Portfolio of Investments:
ADR
–  American Depositary Receipt
AUD
–  Australian Dollar
DKK
–  Danish Krone
EUR
–  Euro
GBP
–  British Pound Sterling
HKD
–  Hong Kong Dollar
JPY
–  Japanese Yen
KRW
–  South Korean Won
TWD
–  New Taiwan Dollar
USD
–  United States Dollar
ZAR
–  South African Rand
 
Country Allocation†
% of Net
Assets
United States
50.2%
Cayman Islands
14.2
Australia
5.2
Japan
5.2
United Kingdom
5.0
Germany
4.8
Netherlands
3.8
Canada
2.1
South Korea
1.8
Taiwan
1.6
South Africa
1.5
China
1.5
Denmark
1.5
Bermuda
1.2
Total Investments
99.6
Net Other Assets and Liabilities
0.4
Total
100.0%
 
†
Portfolio securities are categorized based upon their country of
incorporation, which can be different from the country
categorization of the Fund’s underlying index.
 
Currency Exposure Diversification
% of Total
Investments
USD
63.2%
EUR
8.6
HKD
6.4
AUD
5.2
JPY
5.2
GBP
5.0
KRW
1.8
TWD
1.6
ZAR
1.5
DKK
1.5
Total
100.0%
First Trust S-Network E-Commerce ETF (ISHP)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
 
 
Total
Value at
12/31/2023
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks:
Interactive Media &
Services
$ 1,033,549
$ 1,033,549
$ —
$ —**
Other Industry
Categories*
 3,280,819
 3,280,819
 —
 —
Total Investments
$4,314,368
$4,314,368
$—
$—**
 
*
See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.
**
Investment is valued at $0.
Level 3 investments are fair valued by the Advisor’s Pricing Committee and are footnoted in the Portfolio of Investments. All Level 3 values are based on unobservable inputs.
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF (FTXL)
Portfolio of Investments
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS — 99.9%
Electronic Equipment,
Instruments & Components
— 2.4%
51,453
Advanced Energy Industries,
Inc.
$5,604,261
108,375
Avnet, Inc.
5,462,100
794,960
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
19,055,191
 
30,121,552
Semiconductors &
Semiconductor Equipment
— 97.5%
413,914
Advanced Micro Devices,
Inc. (a)
61,015,063
165,118
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a)
4,998,122
1,344,270
Amkor Technology, Inc.
44,723,863
240,729
Analog Devices, Inc.
47,799,150
572,918
Applied Materials, Inc.
92,852,820
44,088
Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)
5,717,773
94,832
Broadcom, Inc.
105,856,220
68,882
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)
5,730,294
175,512
Diodes, Inc. (a)
14,132,226
136,951
Entegris, Inc.
16,409,469
2,490,628
Intel Corp.
125,154,057
87,189
KLA Corp.
50,682,966
62,299
Lam Research Corp.
48,796,315
80,204
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)
5,533,274
65,053
MACOM Technology Solutions
Holdings, Inc. (a)
6,046,676
527,694
Marvell Technology, Inc.
31,825,225
534,704
Microchip Technology, Inc.
48,219,607
625,691
Micron Technology, Inc.
53,396,470
18,081
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
11,405,133
88,653
NVIDIA Corp.
43,902,739
212,709
NXP Semiconductors N.V.
48,855,003
444,449
ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)
37,124,825
39,587
Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)
6,052,852
175,255
Qorvo, Inc. (a)
19,735,465
764,165
QUALCOMM, Inc.
110,521,184
122,623
Rambus, Inc. (a)
8,369,020
402,424
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
45,240,506
191,171
Teradyne, Inc.
20,745,877
520,773
Texas Instruments, Inc.
88,770,965
 
1,209,613,159
Total Investments — 99.9%
1,239,734,711
(Cost $990,515,752)
Net Other Assets and
Liabilities — 0.1%
751,453
Net Assets — 100.0%
$1,240,486,164
 
(a)
Non-income producing security.
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
 
 
Total
Value at
12/31/2023
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common
Stocks*
$ 1,239,734,711
$ 1,239,734,711
$ —
$ —
 
*
See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.
First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF (FTXR)
Portfolio of Investments
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS — 99.8%
Air Freight & Logistics —
15.7%
8,022
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
$693,021
6,154
Expeditors International of
Washington, Inc.
782,789
5,749
FedEx Corp.
1,454,325
2,964
GXO Logistics, Inc. (a)
181,278
2,430
Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)
223,414
17,715
United Parcel Service, Inc.,
Class B
2,785,329
 
6,120,156
Automobile Components —
5.1%
7,111
Aptiv PLC (a)
637,999
14,633
BorgWarner, Inc.
524,593
5,806
Gentex Corp.
189,624
18,641
Goodyear Tire & Rubber (The)
Co. (a)
266,939
2,631
Lear Corp.
371,524
 
1,990,679
Automobiles — 23.3%
247,402
Ford Motor Co.
3,015,830
89,555
General Motors Co.
3,216,816
11,628
Tesla, Inc. (a)
2,889,325
 
9,121,971
Construction & Engineering
— 0.8%
7,107
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings
Corp. (a)
316,262
Distributors — 2.1%
2,804
Genuine Parts Co.
388,354
8,953
LKQ Corp.
427,864
 
816,218
Ground Transportation —
27.3%
49,685
CSX Corp.
1,722,579
4,321
J.B. Hunt Transport Services,
Inc.
863,076
10,490
Knight-Swift Transportation
Holdings, Inc.
604,748
1,249
Landstar System, Inc.
241,869
7,319
Norfolk Southern Corp.
1,730,065
1,454
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
589,350
9,398
Ryder System, Inc.
1,081,334
517
Saia, Inc. (a)
226,560
10,745
Schneider National, Inc., Class B
273,460
12,558
Union Pacific Corp.
3,084,496
2,952
XPO, Inc. (a)
258,566
 
10,676,103
Shares
Description
Value
 
Machinery — 7.0%
4,884
Allison Transmission Holdings,
Inc.
$284,005
3,111
Federal Signal Corp.
238,738
2,100
Oshkosh Corp.
227,661
17,194
PACCAR, Inc.
1,678,994
2,337
Westinghouse Air Brake
Technologies Corp.
296,565
 
2,725,963
Marine Transportation —
1.7%
2,289
Kirby Corp. (a)
179,641
4,371
Matson, Inc.
479,061
 
658,702
Passenger Airlines — 10.4%
101,866
American Airlines Group,
Inc. (a)
1,399,639
34,993
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
1,407,768
30,124
United Airlines Holdings,
Inc. (a)
1,242,916
 
4,050,323
Trading Companies &
Distributors — 6.4%
5,131
FTAI Aviation Ltd.
238,078
3,211
Herc Holdings, Inc.
478,086
3,149
United Rentals, Inc.
1,805,700
 
2,521,864
Total Investments — 99.8%
38,998,241
(Cost $40,196,185)
Net Other Assets and
Liabilities — 0.2%
59,688
Net Assets — 100.0%
$39,057,929
 
(a)
Non-income producing security.
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
 
 
Total
Value at
12/31/2023
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*
$ 38,998,241
$ 38,998,241
$ —
$ —
 
*
See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.
First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF (BNGE)
Portfolio of Investments
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS (a) (b) — 99.9%
Australia — 2.9%
4,252
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. (AUD)
$118,277
36,288
Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. (AUD)
20,648
 
138,925
Bermuda — 0.4%
80,000
China Ruyi Holdings Ltd.
(HKD) (c)
17,724
Cayman Islands — 16.0%
2,940
Hello Group, Inc., ADR
20,433
4,432
iQIYI, Inc., ADR (c)
21,628
4,588
JOYY, Inc., ADR
182,143
18,975
Kuaishou Technology
(HKD) (c) (d) (e)
128,671
1,767
NetEase, Inc., ADR
164,614
4,671
Tencent Holdings Ltd. (HKD)
175,630
6,676
Tencent Music Entertainment
Group, ADR (c)
60,151
 
753,270
Greece — 0.5%
1,290
OPAP S.A. (EUR)
21,888
Ireland — 4.3%
1,142
Flutter Entertainment PLC
(GBP) (c)
202,917
Isle Of Man — 1.3%
4,824
Entain PLC (GBP)
61,132
Italy — 0.5%
2,253
Lottomatica Group S.p.A.
(EUR) (c)
24,350
Japan — 12.1%
1,200
Capcom Co., Ltd. (JPY)
38,774
700
Konami Group Corp. (JPY)
36,653
3,161
Nexon Co., Ltd. (JPY)
57,604
4,490
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (JPY)
234,340
2,123
Sony Group Corp. (JPY)
201,911
 
569,282
Luxembourg — 3.9%
983
Spotify Technology S.A. (c)
184,716
Malta — 0.5%
2,383
Kindred Group PLC, SDR
(SEK)
22,039
South Korea — 0.5%
378
AfreecaTV Co., Ltd. (KRW)
25,124
Sweden — 4.0%
2,152
Betsson AB, Class B (SEK)
23,150
1,384
Evolution AB (SEK) (d) (e)
164,965
6,564
Viaplay Group AB (SEK) (c) (f)
3,368
 
191,483
Shares
Description
Value
 
Switzerland — 0.5%
2,316
Sportradar Holding AG,
Class A (c)
$25,592
United States — 52.5%
1,742
Advanced Micro Devices,
Inc. (c)
256,788
2,118
Bally’s Corp. (c)
29,525
3,226
DraftKings, Inc., Class A (c)
113,717
1,440
Electronic Arts, Inc.
197,006
8,846
fuboTV, Inc. (c)
28,130
2,010
GameStop Corp., Class A (c) (f)
35,235
5,143
Intel Corp.
258,436
701
Light & Wonder, Inc. (c)
57,559
2,144
MGM Resorts International (c)
95,794
525
Netflix, Inc. (c)
255,612
404
NVIDIA Corp.
200,069
1,031
Penn Entertainment, Inc. (c)
26,827
3,495
ROBLOX Corp., Class A (c)
159,791
933
Roku, Inc. (c)
85,519
4,152
Rumble, Inc. (c)
18,643
1,178
Take-Two Interactive Software,
Inc. (c)
189,599
1,759
Unity Software, Inc. (c)
71,926
2,246
Walt Disney (The) Co.
202,791
16,701
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (c)
190,057
 
2,473,024
Total Common Stocks
4,711,466
(Cost $4,192,282)
WARRANTS (a) (b) — 0.0%
Australia — 0.0%
339
PointsBet Holdings Ltd.,
expiring 07/08/24 (AUD)
(c) (g) (h)
0
(Cost $0)
 
First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF (BNGE)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
Principal
Value
Description
Value
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 0.8%
$36,759
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.33%
(i), dated 12/29/23, due
01/02/24, with a maturity
value of $36,786.
Collateralized by
U.S. Treasury Securities,
interest rates of 2.50% to
5.00%, due 02/15/29 to
08/15/53. The value of the
collateral including accrued
interest is $37,494. (j)
$36,759
(Cost $36,759)
Total Investments — 100.7%
4,748,225
(Cost $4,229,041)
Net Other Assets and
Liabilities — (0.7)%
(34,694
)
Net Assets — 100.0%
$4,713,531
 
(a)
Portfolio securities are categorized based upon their country
of incorporation, which can be different from the country
categorization of the Fund’s underlying index. For a
breakdown of the portfolio securities by sector, please see the
Sector Allocation table.
(b)
Securities are issued in U.S. dollars unless otherwise
indicated in the security description.
(c)
Non-income producing security.
(d)
This security is exempt from registration upon resale under
Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“1933 Act”) and may be resold in transactions exempt from
registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This
security is not restricted on the foreign exchange where it
trades freely without any additional registration. As such, it
does not require the additional disclosure required of
restricted securities.
(e)
This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and
foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the 1933
Act.
(f)
All or a portion of this security is on loan for securities
lending. The remaining contractual maturity of all of the
securities lending transactions is overnight and continuous.
The aggregate value of such securities, including those sold
and pending settlement, is $34,705 and the total value of the
collateral held by the Fund is $36,759.
(g)
Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of
Trustees, this security has been determined to be illiquid by
First Trust Advisors L.P., the Fund’s advisor.
(h)
This security is fair valued by the Advisor’s Pricing
Committee in accordance with procedures approved by the
Trust’s Board of Trustees, and in accordance with provisions
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules
thereunder, as amended. At December 31, 2023, securities
noted as such are valued at $0 or 0.0% of net assets.
(i)
Rate shown reflects yield as of December 31, 2023.
(j)
This security serves as collateral for securities on loan.
 
Abbreviations throughout the Portfolio of Investments:
ADR
–  American Depositary Receipt
AUD
–  Australian Dollar
EUR
–  Euro
GBP
–  British Pound Sterling
HKD
–  Hong Kong Dollar
JPY
–  Japanese Yen
KRW
–  South Korean Won
SDR
–  Swedish Depositary Receipt
SEK
–  Swedish Krona
USD
–  United States Dollar
 
Sector Allocation
% of Total
Long-Term
Investments
Communication Services
56.9%
Consumer Discretionary
26.4
Information Technology
16.7
Total
100.0%
 
Currency Exposure Diversification
% of Total
Investments
USD
66.7%
JPY
12.0
HKD
6.8
GBP
5.6
SEK
4.5
AUD
2.9
EUR
1.0
KRW
0.5
Total
100.0%
First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF (BNGE)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
 
 
Total
Value at
12/31/2023
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*
$ 4,711,466
$ 4,711,466
$ —
$ —
Warrants
 —**
 —
 —**
 —
Repurchase
Agreements
 36,759
 —
 36,759
 —
Total Investments
$4,748,225
$4,711,466
$36,759
$—
 
*
See Portfolio of Investments for country breakout.
**
Investment is valued at $0.
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI
Additional Information
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
Valuation Inputs
The Funds are subject to fair value accounting standards that define fair value, establish the framework for measuring fair value and provide a three-level hierarchy for fair valuation based upon the inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
• Level 1 – Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.
• Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, either directly or indirectly. (Quoted prices for similar investments, valuations based on interest rates and yield curves, or valuations derived from observable market data.)
• Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that may reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the investment.
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.
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