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First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF (FTCB)

Intermediate Core Bond | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
20.66 USD -0.07 (-0.338%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:42 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook remains flat due to persistent selling pressure against key moving averages, with the price trading below both the 50-day and 200-day benchmarks, signaling a lack of immediate upward momentum despite the high yield. While the statistical forecast model indicates a tight, reliable band pointing slightly higher over the next month, this minor technical uptick cannot overcome the broader structural weakness evident in the recent price action. On a longer horizon, the asset presents as a neutral hold; the one-year trajectory shows a modest decline, reflecting a market that has reassessed the underlying investment-grade portfolio, yet there are no signs of deteriorating fundamentals or a multi-year structural collapse that would warrant avoidance. The dividend profile supports a steady income stream with consistent quarterly payments, offering a yield that is robust enough to offset the lack of capital appreciation, making it suitable for income-focused investors who can tolerate sideways-to-slightly-downward price movement.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.011433
MSTL0.012764
AutoETS0.012866
AutoARIMA0.012867
MSTL_610.015103

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 77%
H-stat 3.76
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.677
Excess Kurtosis -0.04

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.40% 5.28%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-25 0.083 0.396750
2026-05-21 0.085 0.410926
2026-04-21 0.090 0.428571
2026-03-26 0.090 0.433735
2026-02-20 0.090 0.421743
2026-01-21 0.090 0.426338
2025-12-12 0.174 0.823864
2025-11-21 0.095 0.444757
2025-10-21 0.083 0.385688
2025-09-25 0.083 0.391140
2025-08-21 0.075 0.357483
2025-07-22 0.075 0.359540
2025-06-26 0.075 0.356803
2025-05-21 0.075 0.365675
2025-04-22 0.075 0.364609
2025-03-27 0.080 0.384061
2025-02-21 0.080 0.385171
2025-01-22 0.090 0.437530
2024-12-13 0.090 0.432900
2024-11-21 0.105 0.506390
2024-10-22 0.105 0.500119
2024-09-26 0.105 0.486449
2024-08-21 0.105 0.488941
2024-07-23 0.105 0.502874
2024-06-27 0.078 0.374910
2024-05-21 0.078 0.377633
2024-04-23 0.078 0.383104
2024-03-21 0.075 0.360924
2024-02-21 0.075 0.362319
2024-01-23 0.075 0.359023
2023-12-22 0.075 0.355282
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 4.86

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 22.69
All Time Low 18.76
Ask 23.82
Ask Size 5,400
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,092,740
Average Daily Volume3 Month 681,836
Average Volume 681,836
Average Volume10Days 1,092,740
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 17.82
Bid Size 1,000
Category Intermediate Core Bond
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 20.716
Day Low 20.655
Dividend Yield 4.86
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 20.8413
Fifty Day Average Change -0.18129921
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.008699036
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -0.6253004
Fifty Two Week High 21.87
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.210001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.055326976
Fifty Two Week Low 20.591
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.069000244
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.0033509906
Fifty Two Week Range 20.591 - 21.87
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,699,453,800,000
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,699,315,200
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 market conditions, the fund seeks to invest 100% of its investment portfolio in investment grade securities. Investment grade securities are those securities that are, at the time of purchase, rated as investment grade (i.e., rated Baa3/BBB- or above) by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) rating such securities, or if unrated, debt securities determined by the fund’s investment advisor to be of comparable quality. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1854107166
Nav Price 20.72
Net Assets 2,533,059,070.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.56
Open 20.72
Previous Close 20.73
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0699997
Regular Market Change Percent -0.337673
Regular Market Day High 20.716
Regular Market Day Low 20.655
Regular Market Day Range 20.655 - 20.716
Regular Market Open 20.72
Regular Market Previous Close 20.73
Regular Market Price 20.66
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 388,674
Short Name First Trust Core Investment Gra
Source Interval 15
Symbol FTCB
Total Assets 2,533,059,072
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 0.85288
Trailing Three Month Returns 0.85288
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 21.150576
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.4905758
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.023194442
Type Disp ETF
Volume 388,674
Yield 0.048600003
Ytd Return 0.89698