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First Trust Long/Short Equity (FTLS) Price, Holdings & Fees

$1,066.82+1.40%+$14.68End-of-day price as of Oct 9, 2026

First Trust Long/Short Equity (FTLS) closed at $1,066.82 on Oct 9, 2026, up 1.40% from the previous close of $1,052.14.

Share price, past year

1Y +28.11%

52-week range $832.75 – $1,091.38. Daily closing prices.
Monthly closing prices
Last closing price of each month
DateClose
Oct 9, 2026$1,066.82
Sep 30, 2026$1,085.14
Aug 31, 2026$1,044.72
Jul 31, 2026$1,042.89
Jun 30, 2026$1,053.95
May 29, 2026$1,055.57
Apr 30, 2026$996.96
Mar 31, 2026$1,011.70
Feb 27, 2026$949.74
Jan 30, 2026$954.16
Dec 31, 2025$872.04
Nov 28, 2025$907.74
Oct 31, 2025$863.07

Key statistics

Expense ratio
1.38%
as of Oct 31, 2025
Net assets
$2.5B
as of Jul 31, 2026
Holdings
355
as of Jul 31, 2026
52-week range
$832.75 – $1,091.38

First Trust Long/Short Equity's expense ratio is 1.38%: $138.00 a year on $10,000 invested.

Holdings

First Trust Long/Short Equity held 355 investments worth $2.49B as of Jul 31, 2026. Its largest holding was APPLE INC, at 7.02% of the fund.

First Trust Long/Short Equity largest holdings by share of net assets
#Holding% of fundValue
1APPLE INCAAPL7.02%$174.96M
2DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS4.86%$121.24M
3MICROSOFT CORPMSFT3.69%$91.97M
4NVIDIA CORPNVDA3.14%$78.35M
5MASTERCARD INCMA2.36%$58.92M
6ALPHABET INCGOOGL2.21%$55.18M
7TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTDTSM2.15%$53.71M
8SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLCSTX2.12%$52.75M
9CISCO SYSTEMS INCCSCO1.96%$48.86M
10WESTERN DIGITAL CORPWDC1.95%$48.72M
11ABBVIE INCABBV1.74%$43.26M
12CITIGROUP INCC1.73%$43.13M
13AMAZON.COM INCAMZN1.64%$40.89M
14DELL TECHNOLOGIES INCDELL1.50%$37.41M
15META PLATFORMS INCMETA1.35%$33.77M
16MERCK & COMPANY INCMRK1.33%$33.14M
17SHOPIFY INCSHOP1.32%$32.84M
18VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCVZ1.30%$32.51M
19ANALOG DEVICES INCADI1.24%$30.88M
20BANK OF AMERICA CORPBAC1.22%$30.34M
21BROADCOM INCAVGO1.20%$30.03M
22T-MOBILE US INCTMUS1.16%$28.90M
23VALERO ENERGY CORPVLO1.11%$27.66M
24PFIZER INCPFE1.05%$26.27M
25BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC1.00%$24.94M

Top 25 of 355 holdings, as of Jul 31, 2026. Percentages are of the fund's net assets.

What the fund owns

First Trust Long/Short Equity holdings by asset type
Asset type% of fund
Stocks68.18%
Cash and short-term investments4.86%
Derivatives−0.10%
First Trust Long/Short Equity holdings by country, largest 10
Country% of fund
United States65.82%
Canada4.46%
Taiwan2.15%
Ireland1.71%
Israel0.57%
United Kingdom0.55%
Switzerland0.52%
Luxembourg0.36%
Germany0.13%
Sweden0.09%

Shares of net assets from the fund's N-PORT report. Funds that borrow can add up to more than 100%, with borrowing (such as repurchase agreements) shown as a negative share.

Monthly total returns

Over the 3 months to Jul 31, 2026, First Trust Long/Short Equity's total return was +2.19%, as reported to the SEC.

First Trust Long/Short Equity monthly total returns
MonthTotal return
Jul 31, 2026+1.87%
Jun 30, 2026−0.72%
May 31, 2026+1.04%

The fund's own total returns as reported to the SEC (N-PORT), including reinvested distributions. Not the sample prices above.

Fund profile

Name
First Trust Long/Short Equity
Ticker
FTLS
Exchange
ARCA
Fund type
ETF
Trust
FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND III
SEC series ID
S000045700
SEC CIK
0001424212
Fractional shares
Yes

Recent SEC filings

Shareholder reports and prospectuses are filed by FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND III, the trust behind First Trust Long/Short Equity, and cover all of its funds.

Frequently asked questions

What is FTLS's price?

First Trust Long/Short Equity (FTLS) closed at $1,066.82 on Oct 9, 2026, up 1.40% from the previous close of $1,052.14.

What is FTLS's expense ratio?

First Trust Long/Short Equity's expense ratio is 1.38%: $138.00 a year on $10,000 invested.

What does FTLS hold?

First Trust Long/Short Equity held 355 investments worth $2.49B as of Jul 31, 2026. Its largest holding was APPLE INC, at 7.02% of the fund. Its five largest holdings were APPLE INC, DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS, MICROSOFT CORP, NVIDIA CORP, MASTERCARD INC.

How has FTLS performed?

Over the 3 months to Jul 31, 2026, First Trust Long/Short Equity's total return was +2.19%, as reported to the SEC.

Sources and methodology

Holdings, net assets and monthly returns come from the fund's N-PORT filing with the SEC, as of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 24, 2026). The expense ratio is from the fund's prospectus or shareholder report, as of Oct 31, 2025. Prices are generated sample data for development. Data sources and disclosures