Emerging Markets Strength, 56  Ticker: FLWRNX
 
Description
A unit investment trust that seeks above-average capital appreciation by investing in a concentrated portfolio of companies headquartered in emerging foreign markets.
Please note that there is no assurance the objective will be met.
 
Summary
Product Code: EMST56
Portfolio Status: Secondary
Initial Offer Date: 06/01/2022
Secondary Date: 09/16/2022
Portfolio Ending Date: 05/31/2024
Tax Structure: Regulated Investment Company
Distributions: Semi-Annual
 
Initial Offer Price: $10.0000
NAV(*): $9.5880
POP(*): Not Avail
Remaining Deferred Sales Charge: $0.0000
* As of Trade Date: 04/19/2024 4:00pm ET
The Public Offering Price (POP) represents the net asset value per unit plus any applicable organization costs and sales charges. The Net Asset Value (NAV) represents the value per unit of a trust’s portfolio securities and other assets reduced by applicable deferred sales charges and other liabilities.

 Historical 12-Month Distribution of Trust Holdings:^
Rate  Per Unit (as of 4/15/2024)
----- $0.24490
^ There is no guarantee the issuers of the securities included in the trust will declare dividends or distributions in the future. The historical 12-month distribution per unit of the securities included in the trust are for illustrative purposes only and are not indicative of the trust's distribution or distribution rate. The historical 12-month distribution per unit is based on the weighted average of the trailing twelve month distributions paid by the securities included in the portfolio. The historical 12-month distributions are reduced to account for the effects of fees and expenses, which will be incurred when investing in a trust. For trusts that include funds, distributions may include realized short term capital gains, realized long-term capital gains and/or return of capital. Certain of the issuers may have reduced their dividends or distributions over the prior twelve months. The distribution per unit paid by the trust may be higher or lower than the amount shown above due to certain factors that may include, but are not limited to, a change in the dividends or distributions paid by issuers, actual expenses incurred, or the sale of securities in the portfolio.

 Holdings Analysis Click here to Perform a Benchmark Comparison  
 Sector Weighting
Communication Services  Communication Services 9.88%
Consumer Discretionary  Consumer Discretionary 13.37%
Consumer Staples  Consumer Staples 7.27%
Energy  Energy 0.00%
Financials  Financials 17.45%
Health Care  Health Care 0.00%
Industrials  Industrials 15.45%
Information Technology  Information Technology 27.04%
Materials  Materials 8.93%
Real Estate  Real Estate 0.00%
Utilities  Utilities 0.00%
Other  Other 0.61%
 
  Large Mid Small  
Growth  24.36% 17.44% 11.31%  
Value  32.23% 10.94% 3.11%  

 Style Weighting
Large-Cap Growth 24.36%
Large-Cap Value 32.23%
Mid-Cap Growth 17.44%
Mid-Cap Value 10.94%
Small-Cap Growth 11.31%
Small-Cap Value 3.11%
Undetermined 0.61%
 Composition
U.S. Stocks 0.00%   Other 0.61%
Non-U.S. Stocks 99.39%      
The style and sector characteristics of the portfolio are determined as of 04/19/2024 and will likely vary thereafter due to market fluctuations in the underlying securities.  

 Key Stats
Weighted Average Market Cap $79,869
Price/Earnings 13.24
Price/Book 2.63
As of 4/18/2024
All market capitalization numbers are in USD$ Millions. All figures are subject to change.

 Holdings  Export Current Holdings | View Initial Holdings  
NameSymbolSectorStyleWeighting
 Fabrinet FN Information Technology  Information Technology Mid-Cap Growth 7.65%
 MercadoLibre, Inc. MELI Consumer Discretionary  Consumer Discretionary Large-Cap Growth 7.00%
 Naspers Ltd. (ADR) NPSNY Consumer Discretionary  Consumer Discretionary Large-Cap Value 6.37%
 Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ADR) ASR Industrials  Industrials Mid-Cap Growth 5.77%
 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (ADR) TSM Information Technology  Information Technology Large-Cap Growth 5.44%
 Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V. OMAB Industrials  Industrials Small-Cap Growth 5.28%
 PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk (ADR) PPERY Financials  Financials Large-Cap Value 5.06%
 HDFC Bank Ltd. (ADR) HDB Financials  Financials Large-Cap Value 4.19%
 PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (ADR) BKRKY Financials  Financials Large-Cap Growth 4.18%
 Walmart de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (ADR) WMMVY Consumer Staples  Consumer Staples Large-Cap Growth 4.12%
 BB Seguridade Participacoes S.A. (ADR) BBSEY Financials  Financials Mid-Cap Growth 4.02%
 NetEase, Inc. (ADR) NTES Communication Services  Communication Services Large-Cap Value 3.68%
 Infosys Limited (ADR) INFY Information Technology  Information Technology Large-Cap Growth 3.62%
 Wipro Limited (ADR) WIT Information Technology  Information Technology Large-Cap Value 3.57%
 Tencent Holdings Limited (ADR) TCEHY Communication Services  Communication Services Large-Cap Value 3.47%
 United Microelectronics Corporation (ADR) UMC Information Technology  Information Technology Mid-Cap Value 3.42%
 ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (ADR) IMOS Information Technology  Information Technology Small-Cap Growth 3.34%
 Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (Ambev) (ADR) ABEV Consumer Staples  Consumer Staples Large-Cap Value 3.15%
 Gerdau S.A. (ADR) GGB Materials  Materials Mid-Cap Value 3.08%
 Vale S.A. (ADR) VALE Materials  Materials Large-Cap Value 2.74%
 PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (ADR) TLK Communication Services  Communication Services Mid-Cap Value 2.73%
 WNS (Holdings) Limited WNS Industrials  Industrials Small-Cap Growth 2.69%
 Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (ADR) SQM Industrials  Industrials Mid-Cap Value 1.71%
 Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. (ADR) SBSW Materials  Materials Small-Cap Value 1.61%
 Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) IMPUY Materials  Materials Small-Cap Value 1.50%
 
Total Number of Holdings:    25
Underlying Securities information represented above is as of 04/19/2024 but will vary with future fluctuations in the market.

Risk Considerations

Equity Risk. An investment in a portfolio containing common stocks is subject to certain risks, such as an economic recession and the possible deterioration of either the financial condition of the issuers of the equity securities or the general condition of the stock market.

Sector Concentration Risk. A portfolio which is concentrated in an individual sector is subject to additional risks, including limited diversification.

Asia Pacific Risk. Certain securities held by the portfolio are issued by companies in the Asia Pacific region, making the portfolio more susceptible to the economic, market, regulatory, political, natural disasters and local risks of the Asia Pacific region. The region has historically been highly dependent on global trade which creates a risk with this dependency on global growth. The stock markets tend to have a larger prevalence of smaller companies that are inherently more volatile and less liquid than larger companies.

Buy & Hold Risk – Taxable Trusts. This UIT is a buy and hold strategy and investors should consider their ability to hold the trust until maturity. There may be tax consequences unless units are purchased in an IRA or other qualified plan.

COVID-19 Economic Impact Risk. The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic, or the potential impacts of any future public health crisis, may cause significant volatility and uncertainty in global financial markets. While vaccines have been developed, there is no guarantee that vaccines will be effective against future variants of the disease.

Emerging Markets Risk. Risks associated with investing in non-U.S. securities may be more pronounced in emerging and developing markets where the securities markets are substantially smaller, less developed, less liquid, less regulated, and more volatile than the U.S. and developed non-U.S. markets.

Foreign Securities Risk. Securities of non-U.S. issuers are subject to additional risks, including currency fluctuations, political risks, withholding, the lack of adequate financial information, and exchange control restrictions impacting non-U.S. issuers.

Large-Cap Risk. Large capitalization companies may grow at a slower rate than the overall market.

Latin America Concentration Risk. Certain of the securities held by the trust are issued by companies headquartered or incorporated in Latin America. These securities may be subject to currency risks, such as restrictions on the flow of money in and out of a country, extreme volatility relative to the U.S. dollar, and devaluation, all of which could decrease the value of investments in Latin American companies.

Market Disruption Risk. Ongoing armed conflicts between Russia and Ukraine in Europe and among Israel, Hamas and other militant groups in the Middle East, have caused and could continue to cause significant market disruptions and volatility within the markets in Russia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. The hostilities and sanctions resulting from those hostilities could have a significant impact on certain investments as well as performance.

Small-Cap and Mid-Cap Risk. An investment in a portfolio containing small-cap and mid-cap companies is subject to additional risks, as the share prices of small-cap companies and certain mid-cap companies are often more volatile than those of larger companies due to several factors, including limited trading volumes, products, financial resources, management inexperience and less publicly available information.

Technology Risk. The companies engaged in the information technology sector are subject to fierce competition, high research and development costs, and their products and services may be subject to rapid obsolescence. Technology company stocks, especially those which are Internet-related, may experience extreme price and volume fluctuations that are often unrelated to their operating performance.

Variable Interest Entities. Certain of the securities held by the trust are non-Chinese shell companies structured as variable interest entities (VIEs), which provide economic exposure to Chinese companies but do not represent a direct investment in the Chinese company. VIEs are not formally recognized under Chinese law and intervention by the Chinese government into the legality of the VIE structure could negatively impact such securities.

Volatility Risk. The value of the securities held by the trust may be subject to steep declines or increased volatility due to changes in performance or perception of the issuers.

Operational Risk. As the use of Internet technology has become more prevalent in the course of business, the trust has become more susceptible to potential operational risks through breaches in cybersecurity.

The style and capitalization characteristics used to describe the stocks are designed to help you understand how they fit into your overall investment plan. Due to changes in the value of the stocks the characteristics may vary over time. In general, growth stocks have high relative price-to-book ratios while value stocks have low relative price-to-book ratios. In determining market capitalization characteristics, we analyze the market capitalizations of the 3,000 largest stocks in the U.S. (excluding foreign securities, ADRs, limited partnerships and regulated investment companies) on a monthly basis. Companies with market capitalizations among the largest 10% are considered Large-Cap securities, the next 20% are considered Mid-Cap securities and the remaining securities are considered Small-Cap securities.

You should carefully consider the trust's investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses before investing. Contact your financial professional or call First Trust Portfolios, L.P. at 1.800.621.1675 to request a prospectus, which contains this and other information about the trust. Read it carefully before you invest.

This product information does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any state to any person to whom it is not lawful to make such an offer. Sales of any of these securities must include prospectus delivery and the services of a retail broker/dealer duly licensed in the appropriate states.

Not FDIC Insured, Not Bank Guaranteed and May Lose Value.

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