Launched on June 19, 2006, the First Trust Dow Jones Internet ETF (FDN Quick QuoteFDN - Free Report) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Technology - Internet segment of the equity market.

While an excellent vehicle for long term investors, passively managed ETFs are a popular choice among institutional and retail investors due to their low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency.

Additionally, sector ETFs offer convenient ways to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Technology - Internet is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 3, placing it in top 19%.

Index Details

The fund is sponsored by First Trust Advisors. It has amassed assets over $4.77 billion, making it one of the largest ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Technology - Internet segment of the equity market. FDN seeks to match the performance of the Dow Jones Internet Composite Index before fees and expenses.

The Dow Jones Internet Composite Index includes only companies whose primary focus is Internet-related.

Costs

Cost is an important factor in selecting the right ETF, and cheaper funds can significantly outperform their more expensive counterparts if all other fundamentals are the same.

Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.49%, making it on par with most peer products in the space.

Sector Exposure and Top Holdings

While ETFs offer diversified exposure, which minimizes single stock risk, a deep look into a fund's holdings is a valuable exercise. And, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.

This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Information Technology sector -- about 36.5% of the portfolio. Telecom and Consumer Discretionary round out the top three.

Looking at individual holdings, Meta Platforms, Inc. (class A) (META) accounts for about 11.56% of total assets, followed by Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) and Netflix, Inc. (NFLX).

The top 10 holdings account for about 65.76% of total assets under management.

Performance and Risk

The ETF has lost about 9.08% and was up about 6.44% so far this year and in the past one year (as of 03/18/2026), respectively. FDN has traded between $200.29 and $287.34 during this last 52-week period.

The ETF has a beta of 1.20 and standard deviation of 21.36% for the trailing three-year period, making it a high risk choice in the space. With about 42 holdings, it has more concentrated exposure than peers.

Alternatives

First Trust Dow Jones Internet ETF holds a Zacks ETF Rank of 2 (Buy), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. Because of this, FDN is an outstanding option for investors seeking exposure to the Technology ETFs segment of the market. There are other additional ETFs in the space that investors could consider as well.

ALPS (OGIG) tracks OSHARES GLOBAL INTERNET GIANTS INDEX and the Invesco NASDAQ Internet ETF (PNQI) tracks NASDAQ Internet Index. ALPS has $113.72 million in assets, Invesco NASDAQ Internet ETF has $560.13 million. OGIG has an expense ratio of 0.48%, and PNQI charges 0.6%.

Bottom Line

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