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First Trust Nasdaq Lux Digital Health Solutions ETF (EKG)
Portfolio of Investments
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS — 100.0%
Biotechnology — 9.7%
3,079
Exact Sciences Corp. (a)
$227,784
2,262
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a)
43,295
3,768
Natera, Inc. (a)
236,027
1,491
Twist Bioscience Corp. (a)
54,958
1,960
Veracyte, Inc. (a)
53,920
 
615,984
Health Care Equipment &
Supplies — 52.5%
1,392
Align Technology, Inc. (a)
381,408
2,849
Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (a)
43,048
1,560
Axonics, Inc. (a)
97,079
5,103
Dexcom, Inc. (a)
633,231
760
Establishment Labs Holdings,
Inc. (a)
19,677
3,551
Globus Medical, Inc.,
Class A (a)
189,233
3,447
Hologic, Inc. (a)
246,288
965
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)
196,310
1,344
Insulet Corp. (a)
291,621
1,648
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)
555,969
734
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)
78,567
1,112
Masimo Corp. (a)
130,338
1,296
QuidelOrtho Corp. (a)
95,515
1,614
ResMed, Inc.
277,640
1,541
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)
45,583
792
TransMedics Group, Inc. (a)
62,513
 
3,344,020
Health Care Providers &
Services — 6.2%
1,816
Accolade, Inc. (a)
21,810
608
Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a)
17,577
3,328
Guardant Health, Inc. (a)
90,023
5,397
Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (a)
48,033
3,565
NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)
57,682
3,010
Privia Health Group, Inc. (a)
69,320
2,478
Progyny, Inc. (a)
92,132
 
396,577
Health Care Technology —
11.7%
3,591
Doximity, Inc., Class A (a)
100,692
1,742
Health Catalyst, Inc. (a)
16,131
1,464
Schrodinger, Inc. (a)
52,411
4,773
Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)
102,858
2,469
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)
475,332
 
747,424
Life Sciences Tools & Services
— 19.9%
2,888
10X Genomics, Inc., Class A (a)
161,612
4,090
Adaptive Biotechnologies
Corp. (a)
20,041
Shares
Description
Value
 
Life Sciences Tools & Services
(Continued)
3,139
Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (a)
$28,628
1,559
Illumina, Inc. (a)
217,075
2,312
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)
534,951
6,262
Pacific Biosciences of
California, Inc. (a)
61,430
5,664
QIAGEN N.V. (a)
245,988
 
1,269,725
Total Common Stocks
6,373,730
(Cost $5,866,068)
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.1%
3,961
Morgan Stanley Institutional
Liquidity Funds - Treasury
Portfolio - Institutional Class -
5.22% (b)
3,961
(Cost $3,961)
Total Investments — 100.1%
6,377,691
(Cost $5,870,029)
Net Other Assets and
Liabilities — (0.1)%
(3,329
)
Net Assets — 100.0%
$6,374,362
 
(a)
Non-income producing security.
(b)
Rate shown reflects yield as of December 31, 2023.
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
 
 
Total
Value at
12/31/2023
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*
$ 6,373,730
$ 6,373,730
$ —
$ —
Money Market Funds
 3,961
 3,961
 —
 —
Total Investments
$6,377,691
$6,377,691
$—
$—
 
*
See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.
First Trust Indxx Metaverse ETF (ARVR)
Portfolio of Investments
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS (a) — 99.9%
Electronic Equipment,
Instruments & Components
— 5.6%
540
Amphenol Corp., Class A
$53,530
37,591
AUO Corp. (TWD)
22,231
2,402
Sunny Optical Technology
Group Co., Ltd. (HKD)
21,795
 
97,556
Entertainment — 29.6%
516
Capcom Co., Ltd. (JPY)
16,675
1,930
DeNA Co., Ltd. (JPY)
18,851
344
Electronic Arts, Inc.
47,063
1,182
GungHo Online Entertainment,
Inc. (JPY)
19,715
1,336
Koei Tecmo Holdings Co., Ltd.
(JPY)
15,243
1,262
Mixi, Inc. (JPY)
21,135
2,042
NetEase, Inc. (HKD)
36,768
125
Netflix, Inc. (b)
60,860
600
Netmarble Corp.
(KRW) (b) (c) (d)
27,067
2,512
Nexon Co., Ltd. (JPY)
45,784
1,040
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (JPY)
54,287
1,438
ROBLOX Corp., Class A (b)
65,745
510
Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
(JPY)
18,316
321
Take-Two Interactive Software,
Inc. (b)
51,665
619
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A.
(EUR) (b)
15,802
 
514,976
Health Care Technology —
1.3%
1,010
Teladoc Health, Inc. (b)
21,766
Household Durables — 2.7%
494
Sony Group Corp. (JPY)
46,989
Interactive Media & Services
— 10.1%
140
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (b)
49,554
4,991
Snap, Inc., Class A (b)
84,498
1,100
Tencent Holdings Ltd. (HKD)
41,360
 
175,412
IT Services — 1.4%
1,135
Keywords Studios PLC (GBP)
24,047
Semiconductors &
Semiconductor Equipment
— 28.1%
418
Advanced Micro Devices,
Inc. (b)
61,617
1,234
Intel Corp.
62,008
565
Microchip Technology, Inc.
50,952
Shares
Description
Value
 
Semiconductors &
Semiconductor Equipment
(Continued)
652
Micron Technology, Inc.
$55,642
97
NVIDIA Corp.
48,036
408
QUALCOMM, Inc.
59,009
1,015
STMicroelectronics N.V. (EUR)
50,691
492
Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co., Ltd., ADR
51,168
293
Texas Instruments, Inc.
49,945
 
489,068
Software — 15.1%
81
Adobe, Inc. (b)
48,325
137
Microsoft Corp.
51,517
91
Synopsys, Inc. (b)
46,857
1,565
Unity Software, Inc. (b)
63,993
716
Zoom Video Communications,
Inc., Class A (b)
51,487
 
262,179
Technology Hardware, Storage
& Peripherals — 6.0%
252
Apple, Inc.
48,517
28,024
Xiaomi Corp., Class B
(HKD) (b) (c) (d)
55,987
 
104,504
Total Investments — 99.9%
1,736,497
(Cost $1,521,293)
Net Other Assets and
Liabilities — 0.1%
1,236
Net Assets — 100.0%
$1,737,733
 
(a)
Securities are issued in U.S. dollars unless otherwise
indicated in the security description.
(b)
Non-income producing security.
(c)
This security is exempt from registration upon resale under
Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“1933 Act”) and may be resold in transactions exempt from
registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This
security is not restricted on the foreign exchange where it
trades freely without any additional registration. As such, it
does not require the additional disclosure required of
restricted securities.
(d)
This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and
foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the 1933
Act.
 
First Trust Indxx Metaverse ETF (ARVR)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
Abbreviations throughout the Portfolio of Investments:
ADR
–  American Depositary Receipt
EUR
–  Euro
GBP
–  British Pound Sterling
HKD
–  Hong Kong Dollar
JPY
–  Japanese Yen
KRW
–  South Korean Won
TWD
–  New Taiwan Dollar
USD
–  United States Dollar
 
Country Allocation†
% of Net
Assets
United States
65.2%
Japan
14.8
Cayman Islands
9.0
Taiwan
4.2
Netherlands
2.9
South Korea
1.5
United Kingdom
1.4
France
0.9
Total Investments
99.9
Net Other Assets and Liabilities
0.1
Total
100.0%
 
†
Portfolio securities are categorized based upon their country of
incorporation, which can be different from the country
categorization of the Fund’s underlying index.
 
Currency Exposure Diversification
% of Total
Investments
USD
68.2%
JPY
14.8
HKD
9.0
EUR
3.8
KRW
1.5
GBP
1.4
TWD
1.3
Total
100.0%
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
 
 
Total
Value at
12/31/2023
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*
$ 1,736,497
$ 1,736,497
$ —
$ —
 
*
See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.
First Trust Emerging Markets Human Flourishing ETF (FTHF)
Portfolio of Investments
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS (a) (b) — 99.7%
Brazil — 17.4%
8,337
B3 S.A. - Brasil Bolsa Balcao
(BRL)
$24,972
999
BB Seguridade Participacoes
S.A. (BRL)
6,920
917
Cia de Saneamento Basico do
Estado de Sao Paulo (BRL)
14,228
3,842
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais
(Preference Shares) (BRL)
9,080
3,115
Gerdau S.A. (Preference Shares)
(BRL)
15,237
7,138
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.
(Preference Shares) (BRL)
49,917
8,129
Itausa S.A. (Preference Shares)
(BRL)
17,354
1,833
PRIO S.A. (BRL)
17,377
3,213
Raia Drogasil S.A. (BRL)
19,446
4,063
WEG S.A. (BRL)
30,872
 
205,403
Cayman Islands — 0.4%
50
Airtac International Group
(TWD)
1,645
26
Alchip Technologies Ltd.
(TWD)
2,775
 
4,420
Chile — 2.6%
64,029
Banco de Chile (CLP)
7,521
383
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de
Chile S.A., Class B
(Preference Shares) (CLP)
22,889
 
30,410
Czech Republic — 1.6%
435
CEZ AS (CZK)
18,644
Greece — 1.0%
3,656
Eurobank Ergasias Services and
Holdings S.A. (EUR) (c)
6,498
807
National Bank of Greece S.A.
(EUR) (c)
5,604
 
12,102
Mexico — 14.5%
1,135
Arca Continental S.A.B. de C.V.
(MXN)
12,393
1,348
Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de
C.V. (MXN)
12,778
10,406
Fibra Uno Administracion S.A.
de C.V. (MXN)
18,733
490
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste
S.A.B. de C.V., Class B
(MXN)
14,355
3,452
Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V.,
Series A (MXN)
17,472
Shares
Description
Value
 
Mexico (Continued)
4,269
Grupo Financiero Banorte
S.A.B. de C.V., Class O
(MXN)
$42,929
2,433
Grupo Financiero Inbursa S.A.B.
de C.V., Class O (MXN) (c)
6,692
10,771
Wal-Mart de Mexico S.A.B. de
C.V. (MXN)
45,397
 
170,749
Philippines — 0.8%
3,870
BDO Unibank, Inc. (PHP)
9,120
Poland — 7.7%
311
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A.
(PLN)
12,018
129
Dino Polska S.A.
(PLN) (c) (d) (e)
15,104
368
KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.
(PLN)
11,475
1,568
ORLEN S.A. (PLN)
26,102
1,306
Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci
Bank Polski S.A. (PLN) (c)
16,702
841
Powszechny Zaklad
Ubezpieczen S.A. (PLN)
10,103
 
91,504
South Africa — 13.7%
1,071
Absa Group Ltd. (ZAR)
9,585
679
Bid Corp., Ltd. (ZAR)
15,837
712
Bidvest Group (The) Ltd. (ZAR)
9,820
92
Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.
(ZAR)
10,191
5,520
FirstRand Ltd. (ZAR)
22,182
2,089
Gold Fields Ltd. (ZAR)
31,722
2,032
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.
(ZAR)
10,139
723
Nedbank Group Ltd. (ZAR)
8,546
7,212
Old Mutual Ltd. (ZAR)
5,149
2,440
Sanlam Ltd. (ZAR)
9,711
1,128
Sasol Ltd. (ZAR)
11,426
1,557
Standard Bank Group Ltd.
(ZAR)
17,713
 
162,021
South Korea — 20.1%
78
Celltrion Healthcare Co., Ltd.
(KRW) (f) (g)
4,597
78
Celltrion, Inc. (KRW)
12,203
226
Hana Financial Group, Inc.
(KRW)
7,616
46
Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. (KRW)
8,465
260
KB Financial Group, Inc.
(KRW)
10,922
183
Kia Corp. (KRW)
14,209
7
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. (KRW)
2,707
First Trust Emerging Markets Human Flourishing ETF (FTHF)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS (a) (b) (Continued)
South Korea (Continued)
110
NAVER Corp. (KRW)
$19,132
15
Samsung Biologics Co., Ltd.
(KRW) (c) (d) (e)
8,852
60
Samsung C&T Corp. (KRW)
6,033
41
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.,
Ltd. (KRW)
4,877
1,603
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
(KRW)
97,706
25
Samsung Fire & Marine
Insurance Co., Ltd. (KRW)
5,105
57
Samsung Life Insurance Co.,
Ltd. (KRW)
3,058
40
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KRW)
14,659
385
Shinhan Financial Group Co.,
Ltd. (KRW)
12,002
487
Woori Financial Group, Inc.
(KRW)
4,916
 
237,059
Taiwan — 19.9%
181
Accton Technology Corp.
(TWD)
3,084
181
Advantech Co., Ltd. (TWD)
2,194
245
Asustek Computer, Inc. (TWD)
3,908
232
Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.
(TWD)
1,467
3,196
Cathay Financial Holding Co.,
Ltd. (TWD)
4,764
2,377
Chang Hwa Commercial Bank
Ltd. (TWD)
1,386
5,947
China Development Financial
Holding Corp. (TWD) (c)
2,432
6,650
CTBC Financial Holding Co.,
Ltd. (TWD)
6,143
699
Delta Electronics, Inc. (TWD)
7,140
290
E Ink Holdings, Inc. (TWD)
1,862
5,352
E.Sun Financial Holding Co.,
Ltd. (TWD)
4,499
25
eMemory Technology, Inc.
(TWD)
1,996
4,100
First Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
(TWD)
3,660
1,766
Formosa Plastics Corp. (TWD)
4,557
2,850
Fubon Financial Holding Co.,
Ltd. (TWD)
6,018
208
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
(TWD)
1,803
32
Global Unichip Corp. (TWD)
1,814
3,624
Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co.,
Ltd. (TWD)
2,639
969
Inventec Corp. (TWD)
1,667
Shares
Description
Value
 
Taiwan (Continued)
35
Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
(TWD)
$3,273
814
Lite-On Technology Corp.
(TWD)
3,103
529
MediaTek, Inc. (TWD)
17,495
4,007
Mega Financial Holding Co.,
Ltd. (TWD)
5,118
258
Micro-Star International Co.,
Ltd. (TWD)
1,715
215
Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
(TWD)
3,622
654
Pegatron Corp. (TWD)
1,860
1,019
Quanta Computer, Inc. (TWD)
7,454
160
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
(TWD)
2,458
5,089
Shin Kong Financial Holding
Co., Ltd. (TWD) (c)
1,468
4,079
SinoPac Financial Holdings Co.,
Ltd. (TWD)
2,618
4,458
Taishin Financial Holding Co.,
Ltd. (TWD)
2,629
3,726
Taiwan Cooperative Financial
Holding Co., Ltd. (TWD)
3,242
5,013
Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
(TWD)
96,861
460
Unimicron Technology Corp.
(TWD)
2,638
4,207
United Microelectronics Corp.
(TWD)
7,210
25
Voltronic Power Technology
Corp. (TWD)
1,393
29
Wiwynn Corp. (TWD)
1,725
907
Yang Ming Marine Transport
Corp. (TWD)
1,516
4,557
Yuanta Financial Holding Co.,
Ltd. (TWD)
4,098
 
234,529
Total Common Stocks
1,175,961
(Cost $996,226)
RIGHTS (a) (b) — 0.0%
Taiwan — 0.0%
83
Mega Financial Holding Co.,
Ltd., expiring 01/19/24
(TWD) (c) (f) (g)
17
(Cost $0)
Total Investments — 99.7%
1,175,978
(Cost $996,226)
Net Other Assets and
Liabilities — 0.3%
2,975
Net Assets — 100.0%
$1,178,953
 
First Trust Emerging Markets Human Flourishing ETF (FTHF)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
(a)
Portfolio securities are categorized based upon their country
of incorporation, which can be different from the country
categorization of the Fund’s underlying index. For a
breakdown of the portfolio securities by sector, please see the
Sector Allocation table.
(b)
Securities are issued in U.S. dollars unless otherwise
indicated in the security description.
(c)
Non-income producing security.
(d)
This security is exempt from registration upon resale under
Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“1933 Act”) and may be resold in transactions exempt from
registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This
security is not restricted on the foreign exchange where it
trades freely without any additional registration. As such, it
does not require the additional disclosure required of
restricted securities.
(e)
This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and
foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the 1933
Act.
(f)
Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of
Trustees, this security has been determined to be illiquid by
First Trust Advisors L.P., the Fund’s advisor.
(g)
This security is fair valued by the Advisor’s Pricing
Committee in accordance with procedures approved by the
Trust’s Board of Trustees, and in accordance with provisions
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules
thereunder, as amended. At December 31, 2023, securities
noted as such are valued at $4,614 or 0.4% of net assets.
 
Abbreviations throughout the Portfolio of Investments:
BRL
–  Brazilian Real
CLP
–  Chilean Peso
CZK
–  Czech Koruna
EUR
–  Euro
KRW
–  South Korean Won
MXN
–  Mexican Peso
PHP
–  Philippine Peso
PLN
–  Polish Zloty
TWD
–  New Taiwan Dollar
ZAR
–  South African Rand
 
Sector Allocation
% of Total
Long-Term
Investments
Financials
33.5%
Information Technology
25.2
Consumer Staples
11.8
Industrials
7.5
Materials
7.4
Energy
3.7
Utilities
3.6
Health Care
2.2
Consumer Discretionary
1.9
Communication Services
1.6
Real Estate
1.6
Total
100.0%
 
Currency Exposure Diversification
% of Total
Investments
TWD
20.3%
KRW
20.1
BRL
17.5
MXN
14.5
ZAR
13.8
PLN
7.8
CLP
2.6
CZK
1.6
EUR
1.0
PHP
0.8
Total
100.0%
Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section):
 
 
Total
Value at
12/31/2023
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks:
South Korea
$ 237,059
$ 232,462
$ 4,597
$ —
Other Country
Categories*
 938,902
 938,902
 —
 —
Rights*
 17
 —
 17
 —
Total Investments
$1,175,978
$1,171,364
$4,614
$—
 
*
See Portfolio of Investments for country breakout.
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II
Additional Information
December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
Valuation Inputs
The Funds are subject to fair value accounting standards that define fair value, establish the framework for measuring fair value and provide a three-level hierarchy for fair valuation based upon the inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
• Level 1 – Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.
• Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, either directly or indirectly. (Quoted prices for similar investments, valuations based on interest rates and yield curves, or valuations derived from observable market data.)
• Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that may reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the investment.
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.
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First Trust Nasdaq Lux Digital Health Solutions ETF
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First Trust Indxx Metaverse ETF
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