Security Snapshot

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD) Institutional Ownership

CUSIP: 33740F805

13F Institutional Holders and Ownership History from Q1 2016 to Q2 2026

Latest Period

Q2 2026

Institutions Reporting

315

Shares (Excl. Options)

58,860,579

Price

$43.61

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Latest holder snapshot 5 signals
Portfolio coverage rank
0.01%
Share change
-2,320,743
Value change
-$101,216,572
Number of holders
315
Issuer context Names, identifiers, and filing context for this profile. 2 identity fields
Shares outstanding
75,834,685
SEC-reported price per share
$42.90
13F Shares, Excluding Options vs Price
13F Value, Excluding Options
Total Investors

Key facts

  • FIXD - First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF is tracked under CUSIP 33740F805.
  • 315 institutions reported positions in Q2 2026.
  • 1 significant owner is listed from Schedule 13D/13G reporting.

Change

  • Holder count moved from 320 to 315 between Q1 2026 and Q2 2026.
  • SEC-reported value moved from $2,673,239,393 to $2,566,697,928.

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  • 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 315 institutions filings for Q2 2026.

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Security key

33740F805

Latest holder period

Q2 2026

13F holders

315

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
FIXD
Filer Ownership Change % Holdings Value Net Change Nb Shares Change % Reporting Name Report Period
FIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS LP 4.4% $149,564,805 3,367,060 First Trust Portfolios L.P. 30 Sep 2025

As of 30 Jun 2026, 315 institutional investors reported holding 58,860,579 shares of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD). This represents 78% of the company’s total 75,834,685 outstanding shares.

13F concentration

Top 25 institutional shareholders

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

Top holder share
59%
Institution Ownership % Shares Held Share Change % Portfolio % Holdings Value
MORGAN STANLEY 12% 9,271,481 +4.1% 0.02% $404,329,348
LPL Financial LLC 9.5% 7,240,550 -11% 0.07% $315,760,361
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 6.3% 4,756,148 -20% 0.04% $207,415,607
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 3.1% 2,317,649 +2.5% 0.02% $101,072,652
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 2.9% 2,169,904 -23% 0.03% $94,629,503
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 2.3% 1,710,220 -26% 0.02% $74,594,493
HighTower Advisors, LLC 2.1% 1,607,387 -2% 0.07% $70,098,159
UBS Group AG 2% 1,531,195 -0.29% 0.01% $66,775,414
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 2% 1,519,654 -1.1% 0.01% $66,272,000
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 1.6% 1,236,235 +3% 0.06% $54,085,281
NewEdge Advisors, LLC 1.4% 1,073,904 +25% 0.14% $46,832,937
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 1.2% 943,810 +3.1% 0% $41,159,575
Cetera Investment Advisers 1.2% 940,552 -0.54% 0.04% $41,017,455
Geneos Wealth Management Inc. 1.2% 887,302 +3.6% 0.79% $38,695,245
&PARTNERS 1.1% 819,967 +12% 0.15% $35,362,041
OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 1.1% 807,975 +6.4% 0.04% $35,240,178
GDS Wealth Management 1% 783,681 +14% 1.6% $34,176,341
Arax Advisory Partners 0.95% 723,246 +13% 0.21% $31,540,784
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.89% 673,508 -12% 0.07% $29,372,000
Great Lakes Retirement, Inc. 0.86% 654,829 +2.6% 2.5% $28,557,097
PARK NATIONAL CORP /OH/ 0.83% 630,782 +29% 0.77% $27,508,403
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.8% 609,036 -18% 0.04% $26,560,000
Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.79% 602,672 +12% 0.04% $26,282,526
Prospera Financial Services Inc 0.69% 526,865 -1.7% 0.33% $22,982,115
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.68% 514,423 -9.9% 0.02% $22,434,271

Quarter history

Institutional holders across reporting periods

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

Periods
40
Latest
Q2 2026
Rows shown
1-25 of 40
Period 13F Shares, Excl. Options Value, Excl. Options Value Change Price (Median) Investors
2026 Q2 58,860,579 $2,566,697,928 -$101,216,572 $43.61 315
2026 Q1 61,323,774 $2,673,239,393 +$1,920,774 $43.59 320
2025 Q4 61,085,328 $2,707,297,682 +$116,831,074 $44.32 312
2025 Q3 58,303,213 $2,582,144,266 +$36,758,027 $44.42 293
2025 Q2 58,035,708 $2,547,074,160 -$507,012,386 $43.89 306
2025 Q1 69,650,041 $3,052,746,133 -$645,596,382 $43.84 331
2024 Q4 85,984,517 $3,695,582,187 -$494,532,992 $42.97 357
2024 Q3 97,415,715 $4,405,751,780 +$134,910,378 $45.24 333
2024 Q2 94,493,447 $4,068,413,473 -$128,400,024 $43.05 339
2024 Q1 98,131,703 $4,278,116,290 +$171,668,401 $43.60 344
2023 Q4 93,274,004 $4,158,676,158 +$116,349,382 $44.60 345
2023 Q3 89,782,690 $3,776,756,586 +$217,571,435 $42.06 319
2023 Q2 84,458,173 $3,729,721,587 +$595,044,829 $44.17 329
2023 Q1 70,377,543 $3,173,564,622 +$437,867,221 $45.06 303
2022 Q4 58,777,690 $2,584,355,423 -$279,609,615 $43.92 291
2022 Q3 61,672,903 $2,686,210,451 +$28,236,014 $43.54 282
2022 Q2 60,342,851 $2,799,521,726 -$510,989,902 $46.37 296
2022 Q1 70,522,233 $3,494,094,246 -$281,453,739 $49.58 313
2021 Q4 75,751,526 $4,030,422,442 -$4,865,843 $53.21 321
2021 Q3 67,824,409 $3,631,969,724 +$53,967,014 $53.55 284
2021 Q2 67,172,451 $3,602,999,988 -$20,797,060 $53.63 278
2021 Q1 68,294,166 $3,607,490,065 +$410,018,163 $52.83 279
2020 Q4 58,625,006 $3,206,927,817 +$424,637,937 $54.73 257
2020 Q3 48,288,528 $2,657,487,754 +$695,313,683 $55.03 208
2020 Q2 34,491,558 $1,889,320,065 +$786,100,711 $54.79 168
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