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First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF (ILDR) Price, Holdings & Fees

$347.78+0.24%+$0.83End-of-day price as of Oct 9, 2026

First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF (ILDR) closed at $347.78 on Oct 9, 2026, up 0.24% from the previous close of $346.95.

Share price, past year

1Y +12.89%

52-week range $303.19 – $366.58. Daily closing prices.
Monthly closing prices
Last closing price of each month
DateClose
Oct 9, 2026$347.78
Sep 30, 2026$356.30
Aug 31, 2026$356.13
Jul 31, 2026$363.99
Jun 30, 2026$357.96
May 29, 2026$331.14
Apr 30, 2026$348.83
Mar 31, 2026$338.99
Feb 27, 2026$330.73
Jan 30, 2026$319.52
Dec 31, 2025$309.32
Nov 28, 2025$322.24
Oct 31, 2025$321.33

Key statistics

Expense ratio
0.75%
as of Aug 31, 2025
Net assets
$286.9M
as of May 31, 2026
Holdings
77
as of May 31, 2026
52-week range
$303.19 – $366.58

First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF's expense ratio is 0.75%: $75.00 a year on $10,000 invested.

Holdings

First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF held 77 investments worth $286.85M as of May 31, 2026. Its largest holding was NVIDIA CORP, at 6.86% of the fund.

First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF largest holdings by share of net assets
#Holding% of fundValue
1NVIDIA CORPNVDA6.86%$19.69M
2AMAZON.COM INCAMZN5.60%$16.08M
3ALPHABET INCGOOGL5.18%$14.86M
4BROADCOM INCAVGO5.05%$14.50M
5ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INCAMD4.63%$13.29M
6MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INCMRVL4.05%$11.61M
7ORACLE CORPORCL4.03%$11.57M
8MICROSOFT CORPMSFT3.96%$11.35M
9MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCMU3.78%$10.83M
10ELI LILLY & COMPANYLLY3.45%$9.89M
11PALO ALTO NETWORKS INCPANW2.41%$6.91M
12META PLATFORMS INCMETA2.22%$6.37M
13TESLA INCTSLA2.16%$6.19M
14SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SESU2.12%$7.08M
15SIEMENS ENERGY AGENR1.98%$6.63M
16SERVICENOW INCNOW1.57%$4.50M
17EATON CORP PLCETN1.41%$4.04M
18NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INCNBIX1.29%$3.69M
19ARISTA NETWORKS INCANET1.23%$3.54M
20NEXTERA ENERGY INCNEE1.18%$3.37M
21ARGENX SEARGX1.17%$3.93M
22SHOPIFY INCSHOP1.15%$3.30M
23ASCENDIS PHARMA A/SASND1.12%$3.21M
24MADRIGAL PHARMACEUTICALS INCMDGL1.10%$3.16M
25DELL TECHNOLOGIES INCDELL1.04%$2.97M

Top 25 of 77 holdings, as of May 31, 2026. Percentages are of the fund's net assets.

What the fund owns

First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF holdings by asset type
Asset type% of fund
Stocks99.73%
Cash and short-term investments0.31%
First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF holdings by country, largest 9
Country% of fund
United States88.22%
France2.12%
Germany1.98%
Ireland1.93%
Netherlands1.84%
Canada1.66%
Denmark1.12%
Luxembourg0.66%
Israel0.52%

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 May 31, 2026, First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF's total return was +27.36%, as reported to the SEC.

First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF monthly total returns
MonthTotal return
May 31, 2026+13.94%
Apr 30, 2026+16.35%
Mar 31, 2026−3.93%

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 Innovation Leaders ETF
Ticker
ILDR
Exchange
ARCA
Fund type
ETF
Trust
FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VIII
SEC series ID
S000071847
SEC CIK
0001667919
Fractional shares
Yes

Recent SEC filings

Shareholder reports and prospectuses are filed by FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VIII, the trust behind First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF, and cover all of its funds.

Frequently asked questions

What is ILDR's price?

First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF (ILDR) closed at $347.78 on Oct 9, 2026, up 0.24% from the previous close of $346.95.

What is ILDR's expense ratio?

First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF's expense ratio is 0.75%: $75.00 a year on $10,000 invested.

What does ILDR hold?

First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF held 77 investments worth $286.85M as of May 31, 2026. Its largest holding was NVIDIA CORP, at 6.86% of the fund. Its five largest holdings were NVIDIA CORP, AMAZON.COM INC, ALPHABET INC, BROADCOM INC, ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC.

How has ILDR performed?

Over the 3 months to May 31, 2026, First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF's total return was +27.36%, 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 May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 22, 2026). The expense ratio is from the fund's prospectus or shareholder report, as of Aug 31, 2025. Prices are generated sample data for development. Data sources and disclosures