First Trust Natural Gas ETF
Find Ratings Reports- Last Ratings Update:02/29/2024
- Price as of 02/29/2024 :$25.02
- Net Assets:$0 Million
- NAV:$25.38
- Premium-1.42%
- Peer Rank:12 of 397
- Investment Rating:A+
- Performance:A-
- RiskB-
We rate First Trust Natural Gas at A+. This overall rating indicates it is among the top 10% of all closed end funds in its peer group. Positive factors that influence this rating include a well above average total return, low price volatility, low expense structure and long term portfolio management tenure. The fund invests approximately 100% of its assets in stocks and may be considered for investors seeking an Equity Income strategy.
Total return ranks very high in comparison with peers over the last three years. The First Trust Natural Gas has returned an annual rate of -6.42% since inception. More recently, the fund has generated a total return of 13.13% in the last five years, 25.28% in the last three years, and 6.77% in the last year. How does that compare to other equity funds? In the last five years, it has outperformed 88% of them. It has also outpaced 98% of its competitors on a three year basis and 37% of them over the last year for the period ending 2/29/2024. On a year to date basis, FCG has returned 4.41%.
Downside risk has been below average. FCG has a draw down risk of -24.64%, which is the largest price decline experienced over the last three years. This fund has a three year standard deviation of 35.4%. This fund has experienced excessive volatility in its monthly performance over the last 36 months.
Low expense ratio helps performance. As FCG is an exchange traded fund, it has no front end or back end load.
The First Trust Natural Gas is managed by David G. McGarel at First Trust Advisors LP. This fund is one of 195 First Trust Advisors LP exchange-traded funds launched since 8/19/2003 that we track.