# First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF

First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000056501). Net assets $3.3B as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000056501
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 549300LRCGY6CYZU0S37
- Net assets: $3.3B
- Total assets: $3.4B
- As of: 2026-05-31
- Type: ETF

## Advisers

- [First Trust Advisors L.P. (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/107027)
- [Smith Capital Investors, LLC (Subadvisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/294402)

## Top holdings (200 reported)

_Showing 15 of 200 holdings by value._

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/912810UQ9) | — | $112.0M | 337.42% |
| [UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/912810UP1) | — | $106.5M | 320.78% |
| [UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/912810UN6) | — | $79.7M | 240.06% |
| [UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/912810UR7) | — | $71.8M | 216.30% |
| [UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CLR0) | — | $70.2M | 211.42% |
| [UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/912810UM8) | — | $65.5M | 197.24% |
| [UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CQQ7) | — | $64.2M | 193.48% |
| [BOEING COMPANY (THE)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/097023DU6) | — | $35.4M | 106.58% |
| [GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/375916AG8) | — | $26.9M | 81.02% |
| [RTX CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/75513ECW9) | — | $24.4M | 73.58% |
| [FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/31959XAF0) | — | $22.7M | 68.42% |
| [Fnma Pass-Thru I](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/3140W5BK9) | — | $22.4M | 67.62% |
| [NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/666807CP5) | — | $21.6M | 65.23% |
| [JANE STREET GROUP LLC / JSG FINANCE INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/47077WAC2) | — | $21.6M | 65.04% |
| [GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/36179XHY5) | — | $21.2M | 63.75% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $3.3B |
| 2026-02-28 | $3.5B |
| 2025-11-30 | $3.4B |
| 2025-08-31 | $3.3B |
| 2025-05-31 | $3.4B |
| 2025-02-28 | $4.3B |
| 2024-11-30 | $5.6B |
| 2024-08-31 | $5.3B |

## More

- [Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/1667919)
- [This page as markdown (for LLM agents)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000056501.md)
- [Search all SEC filings, advisers and people on Adviser Search](https://search.stillhousedata.com/)

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