# First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF

First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III (series S000045700). Net assets $2.3B as of 2026-04-30.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000045700
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III
- LEI: 549300751U9S8UPOSL94
- Net assets: $2.3B
- Total assets: $2.9B
- As of: 2026-04-30
- Type: ETF

## Advisers

- [First Trust Advisors L.P. (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/107027)

## Top holdings (200 reported)

_Showing 15 of 200 holdings by value._

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [APPLE INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/037833100) | — | $135.1M | 588.64% |
| [NVIDIA CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/67066G104) | — | $79.3M | 345.38% |
| [MICROSOFT CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/594918104) | — | $73.7M | 321.00% |
| [ALPHABET INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/02079K305) | — | $61.6M | 268.46% |
| [JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/46625H100) | — | $56.4M | 245.57% |
| [BANK OF AMERICA CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/060505104) | — | $54.9M | 239.20% |
| ASML HOLDING NV | — | $53.9M | 234.65% |
| [BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/084670702) | — | $48.7M | 212.35% |
| [QUALCOMM INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/747525103) | — | $46.9M | 204.45% |
| [COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/22160K105) | — | $45.4M | 197.69% |
| [CITIGROUP INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/172967424) | — | $45.2M | 196.81% |
| [AMAZON.COM INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/023135106) | — | $41.0M | 178.53% |
| [BROADCOM INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/11135F101) | — | $40.1M | 174.81% |
| [SANDISK CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/80004C200) | — | $39.9M | 173.68% |
| [DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/262006208) | — | $39.5M | 172.19% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-04-30 | $2.3B |
| 2026-01-31 | $2.2B |
| 2025-10-31 | $2.1B |
| 2025-07-31 | $1.9B |
| 2025-04-30 | $1.9B |
| 2025-01-31 | $1.9B |
| 2024-10-31 | $1.6B |
| 2024-07-31 | $1.5B |

## More

- [Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/1424212)
- [This page as markdown (for LLM agents)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000045700.md)
- [Search all SEC filings, advisers and people on Adviser Search](https://search.stillhousedata.com/)

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Source: public SEC filing data via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com).
Agents: this data is also queryable via MCP tools and read-only SQL — see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.