Security Snapshot

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III - First Trust Short Duration Managed Municipal ETF (FSMB) Institutional Ownership

CUSIP: 33739P830

13F Institutional Holders and Ownership History from Q4 2018 to Q1 2026

Latest Period

Q1 2026

Institutions Reporting

139

Shares (Excl. Options)

23,163,364

Price

$19.96

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Latest holder snapshot 5 signals
Portfolio coverage rank
0%
Share change
+2,575,869
Value change
+$51,375,157
Number of holders
139
Issuer context Names, identifiers, and filing context for this profile. 2 identity fields
Shares outstanding
25,456,738
SEC-reported price per share
$19.98
13F Shares, Excluding Options vs Price
13F Value, Excluding Options
Total Investors

Key facts

  • FSMB - First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III - First Trust Short Duration Managed Municipal ETF is tracked under CUSIP 33739P830.
  • 139 institutions reported positions in Q1 2026.
  • 1 significant owner is listed from Schedule 13D/13G reporting.

Change

  • Holder count moved from 140 to 139 between Q4 2025 and Q1 2026.
  • SEC-reported value moved from $416,710,252 to $462,363,492.

Research use

  • You can quickly see who holds this security, then open quarter and manager detail pages for full evidence.
  • 13F and Schedule 13D/13G sections are kept together so you can cross-check institutional and beneficial ownership context.

Evidence

Source: SEC Form 13F

Latest holder context comes from 139 institutions filings for Q1 2026.

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Security key

33739P830

Latest holder period

Q1 2026

13F holders

139

13D/G owners

1

CIK / CUSIP context first

13D/G owners

Significant owners

Large-stake holder rows connected to Schedule 13D/G evidence.

Rows
1
Security
FSMB
Filer Ownership Change % Holdings Value Net Change Nb Shares Change % Reporting Name Report Period
FIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS LP 5.6% $28,473,642 1,420,486 First Trust Portfolios L.P. 31 Dec 2025

As of 31 Mar 2026, 139 institutional investors reported holding 23,163,364 shares of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III - First Trust Short Duration Managed Municipal ETF (FSMB). This represents 91% of the company’s total 25,456,738 outstanding shares.

13F concentration

Top 25 institutional shareholders

Largest 13F positions for this security by reported shares and value.

Top holder share
73%
Institution Ownership % Shares Held Share Change % Portfolio % Holdings Value
MORGAN STANLEY 20% 5,146,534 +17% 0.01% $102,724,824
LPL Financial LLC 8.9% 2,267,473 +59% 0.01% $45,258,754
RMR Wealth Builders 4.2% 1,077,267 +5.3% 1.7% $21,502,249
Corient Private Wealth LLC 4.1% 1,052,630 -14% 0.03% $21,010,487
HighTower Advisors, LLC 3.7% 949,368 +7.9% 0.02% $18,949,391
PFS Partners, LLC 2.7% 685,295 -0.34% 6.3% $13,678,497
UBS Group AG 2.7% 678,124 -1.1% 0% $13,535,355
TruWealth Advisors, LLC 2.6% 668,643 +7.9% 0.64% $13,346,115
Cetera Investment Advisers 2.2% 551,996 +157% 0.01% $11,017,847
NewEdge Advisors, LLC 2.1% 531,145 +8.9% 0.04% $10,601,650
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 2% 509,788 +6.7% 0.02% $10,175,373
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 1.8% 460,518 +0.38% 0% $9,191,934
EnRich Financial Partners LLC 1.6% 415,619 +4.9% 2.2% $8,295,755
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 1.6% 414,123 -10% 0% $8,265,897
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 1.5% 377,831 -2.5% 0% $7,541,503
Francis Financial, Inc. 1.4% 357,351 +122% 1.3% $7,132,726
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.3% 323,015 -33% 0% $6,447,000
Per Stirling Capital Management, LLC. 1.2% 298,162 +51% 0.66% $5,951,319
Nilsine Partners, LLC 1.1% 282,049 +12% 0.45% $5,639,570
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 1.1% 277,522 +101% 0.01% $5,539,000
COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 1.1% 273,172 +37% 0.01% $5,452,500
CONDOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 0.98% 248,646 +7.7% 0.41% $4,962,993
Gateway Wealth Partners, LLC 0.92% 234,040 +103% 0.18% $4,671,464
Allworth Financial LP 0.86% 219,812 -6.5% 0.02% $4,387,442
True Blue Financial, LLC 0.83% 211,162 +4.7% 3.3% $4,214,801

Quarter history

Institutional holders across reporting periods

Holder count, reported shares/value, and median price by quarter.

Periods
30
Latest
Q1 2026
Rows shown
1-25 of 30
Period 13F Shares, Excl. Options Value, Excl. Options Value Change Price (Median) Investors
2026 Q1 23,163,364 $462,363,492 +$51,375,157 $19.96 139
2025 Q4 20,788,274 $416,710,252 +$15,746,738 $20.04 140
2025 Q3 18,373,288 $368,924,606 -$12,112,211 $20.08 126
2025 Q2 18,819,208 $374,597,181 +$18,400,366 $19.90 125
2025 Q1 18,006,433 $357,735,806 +$18,985,714 $19.87 127
2024 Q4 17,191,319 $341,089,346 +$19,870,944 $19.84 129
2024 Q3 15,927,338 $318,683,029 -$26,264,430 $20.01 118
2024 Q2 17,231,123 $340,685,040 +$9,926,359 $19.77 117
2024 Q1 16,635,159 $329,950,273 +$2,512,692 $19.84 116
2023 Q4 16,571,825 $330,613,333 +$9,594,077 $19.95 121
2023 Q3 15,645,437 $303,282,102 -$16,299,989 $19.38 112
2023 Q2 16,353,880 $322,824,069 +$11,812,120 $19.74 107
2023 Q1 15,821,126 $314,544,556 +$8,932,276 $19.88 106
2022 Q4 15,061,327 $297,348,072 +$42,902,005 $19.74 106
2022 Q3 12,746,474 $248,550,350 +$59,771,988 $19.50 98
2022 Q2 9,607,485 $190,726,754 +$29,122,593 $19.85 85
2022 Q1 8,133,437 $163,303,876 +$52,059,677 $20.08 68
2021 Q4 5,496,433 $114,381,449 +$26,303,054 $20.81 70
2021 Q3 3,975,518 $82,952,293 +$10,155,643 $20.87 55
2021 Q2 3,489,368 $72,952,976 +$27,766,299 $20.91 50
2021 Q1 2,161,455 $44,987,820 +$7,461,095 $20.81 41
2020 Q4 1,770,942 $36,852,146 +$2,567,526 $20.81 40
2020 Q3 1,575,827 $32,542,001 +$4,279,853 $20.66 36
2020 Q2 1,320,697 $27,100,767 +$6,610,349 $20.52 30
2020 Q1 1,000,046 $20,095,033 +$10,235,515 $20.10 22
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