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First Trust Balanced Income ETF (FTBI)

Moderate Allocation | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
21.73 USD -0.09 (-0.420%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 3:30 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 21.73

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:58 a.m. EDT

The most critical observation is that this security is effectively brand new, with no multi-year price history available to assess its trajectory. Consequently, the long-term rating remains neutral despite the attractive yield, as there is insufficient data to confirm whether the business quality is sustaining or deteriorating. The short-term outlook is similarly flat; while the price has held steady near its 50-day average recently, the statistical forecasting model predicts a negligible downward drift over the next 45 days, offering no clear edge for a momentum play. However, the dividend profile stands out as the primary strength: the distribution has been consistent and actually increased slightly in early 2026 compared to late 2025, providing a robust income floor that currently outweighs the lack of price appreciation data.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.006002
MSTL0.006877
AutoETS0.007466
AutoARIMA0.007584

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 75%
H-stat 3.85
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.421
Excess Kurtosis -0.26
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 22.76

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.67% 7.76%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-21 0.145 0.665443
2026-07-21 0.139 0.646211
2026-06-25 0.139 0.642715
2026-05-21 0.139 0.645701
2026-04-21 0.139 0.647144
2026-03-26 0.144 0.697979
2026-02-20 0.146 0.671820
2026-01-21 0.145 0.674732
2025-12-12 0.143 0.672403
2025-11-21 0.128 0.612939
2025-10-21 0.128 0.596181
2025-09-25 0.124 0.582844
2025-08-21 0.124 0.598427
2025-07-22 0.121 0.584400
2025-06-26 0.118 0.575610
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 7.62

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 24.14
All Time Low 19.81
Ask 33.0
Ask Size 500
Average Daily Volume10 Day 8,790
Average Daily Volume3 Month 6,603
Average Volume 6,603
Average Volume10Days 8,790
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 10.54
Bid Size 100
Category Moderate Allocation
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 21.785
Day Low 21.7284
Dividend Yield 7.62
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.9548289
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 21.72124
Fifty Day Average Change 0.007160187
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.00032963988
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 4.577172
Fifty Two Week High 24.14
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.4116
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.09990059
Fifty Two Week Low 19.81
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.9183998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.09683997
Fifty Two Week Range 19.81 - 24.14
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,748,525,400,000
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change -0.09160042
Fullday Change Percent -0.41980025
Fullday Price 21.7284
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,748,390,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary Under normal conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in the ETFs that comprise the index. The index seeks to track a portfolio with fixed allocations to income-generating ETFs across three asset classes: target income and buywrite income equity ETFs, actively managed investment grade fixed income ETFs and target income commodities ETFs. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name First Trust Balanced Income ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1917893831
Nav Price 21.83
Net Assets 21,494,116.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.98
Open 21.785
Phone (800) 621-1675
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 21.7284
Post Market Time 1,787,951,100
Previous Close 21.82
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0916004
Regular Market Change Percent -0.4198
Regular Market Day High 21.785
Regular Market Day Low 21.7284
Regular Market Day Range 21.7284 - 21.785
Regular Market Open 21.785
Regular Market Previous Close 21.82
Regular Market Price 21.7284
Regular Market Time 1,787,945,453
Regular Market Volume 1,151
Short Name First Trust Balanced Income ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol FTBI
Total Assets 21,494,116
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 22.756327
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.56436
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.56436
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 21.52391
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.20448875
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.009500539
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,151
Yield 0.0762
Ytd Return 5.75039