FTBI

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First Trust Balanced Income ETF

Category: Balanced (1,430 funds)

Expense Ratio

0.97%

Annual Cost per $10K

$97.00

30-Year Fee Drag per $10K

$18,198

at 7% annual return

Fund Type

ETF

Active

Asset Allocation

US Equity

54%

Intl Equity

US Bond

37%

Intl Bond

Cash

Fee Comparison

FTBI

0.97%

Balanced average

0.85%

Balanced cheapest

FELSX

0.00%

Index benchmark

0.03%

14% more expensive than category average

Historical Returns

Monthly total returns (dividends reinvested) from SEC N-PORT filings · As of December 2025 · Updated quarterly

+9.56%6 months

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Investment

Years

Annual Return

FTBI at 0.97%$289,623

At index rates (0.03%)$377,424

Zero fees (theoretical)$380,613

Total fee drag$90,990

Cost vs index fund−$87,801

Similar Funds (100)

Ranked by allocation similarity weighted by fund size · Returns (dividends reinvested) from SEC N-PORT filings · As of December 2025

Ticker	Name	ER	1yr	3yr	5yr
FTBI	First Trust Balanced Income ETF	0.97%	—	—	—
ABALX	American Balanced Fund	0.58%	+16.02%	+15.46%	+10.83%
OAZBX	Oakmark Equity and Income Fund	0.56%	+11.29%	+12.65%	—
TRAIX	T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund	0.58%	+11.52%	+14.47%	+11.39%
VBIAX	VANGUARD BALANCED INDEX FUND	0.07%	+13.44%	+14.72%	+9.51%
VWENX	VANGUARD WELLINGTON FUND	0.17%	+12.65%	+13.05%	+9.43%
CAIBX	Capital Income Builder	0.58%	+15.51%	+14.04%	+11.04%
AADTX	American Funds 2025 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.63%	+12.54%	+12.24%	+7.76%
AACTX	American Funds 2020 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.61%	+12.05%	+11.50%	+7.31%
JBAWX	Balanced Fund	0.62%	+17.64%	+16.24%	+10.38%
ACEIX	Invesco Equity and Income Fund	0.76%	+9.14%	+10.33%	+10.51%
AABTX	American Funds 2015 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.61%	+11.19%	+10.71%	+6.94%
ITCSX	VY(R) T. ROWE PRICE CAPITAL APPRECIATION PORTFOLIO	0.65%	+10.98%	+14.06%	+11.01%
AAATX	American Funds 2010 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.59%	+10.80%	+10.21%	+6.55%
VMAIX	Venerable Moderate Allocation Fund	0.89%	—	—	—
FTFCX	American Funds College 2030 Fund	0.35%	+10.25%	+10.58%	+6.69%
CPPAX	American Funds Preservation Portfolio	0.87%	+5.50%	+4.76%	+1.24%
HADAX	HARTFORD BALANCED HLS FUND	0.66%	+9.56%	+12.36%	+10.03%
PGEBX	George Putnam Balanced Fund	0.91%	+21.05%	+3.59%	+8.82%
FTAOX	American Funds College Enrollment Fund	0.35%	+7.14%	+6.43%	+2.04%
IBARX	Macquarie Balanced Fund	0.65%	+11.95%	+14.86%	+4.86%
JABLX	Janus Henderson Balanced Portfolio$1M min	0.87%	+14.94%	+17.97%	+9.04%
FFCTX	American Funds College 2027 Fund	0.33%	+8.18%	+8.10%	+4.57%
WFAIX	Allspring Index Asset Allocation Fund	0.90%	+10.94%	+13.69%	+8.89%
AAETX	American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.66%	+14.18%	+13.98%	+9.03%
FPUKX	Fidelity Puritan Fund	0.47%	+10.50%	+14.48%	+9.65%
FBAKX	Fidelity Balanced Fund	0.46%	+11.35%	+14.26%	+10.21%
MAPOX	Mairs & Power Balanced Fund	0.71%	+6.38%	+10.09%	—
TASHX	Transamerica Multi-Asset Income	0.99%	+15.04%	+12.85%	+10.85%
IUAAX	VY(R) INVESCO EQUITY AND INCOME PORTFOLIO	1.14%	+9.98%	+10.50%	+11.17%
IASTX	Macquarie Asset Strategy Fund	0.72%	+15.39%	+17.49%	+5.92%
QCSCIX	College Retirement Equities Fund - Social Choice Account	—	+12.62%	+13.37%	+8.38%
IRMGX	Voya Retirement Moderately Aggressive Portfolio	0.59%	+13.16%	+13.89%	+8.90%
MSFKX	MFS Total Return Fund	0.40%	+8.99%	+10.63%	+8.56%
FAFWX	American Funds Retirement Income Portfolio - Conservative	1.27%	+10.58%	+9.52%	+5.76%
CBARX	Calvert Balanced Fund	0.61%	+10.74%	+15.25%	+10.02%
DOXBX	Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund	0.43%	+12.15%	+13.26%	—
IBLLX	Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced	0.64%	+12.57%	+14.48%	+9.35%
SBACX	Touchstone Strategic Trust-Touchstone Balanced Fund	0.99%	+12.65%	+14.13%	+8.83%
SWBGX	Schwab MarketTrack Balanced Portfolio	0.48%	+13.96%	+13.44%	+9.03%
QBA2Q	VIP Balanced Portfolio	0.50%	+13.80%	+16.29%	+11.31%
FIQWX	Fidelity Strategic Dividend and Income Fund	0.56%	+7.94%	+10.11%	+9.25%
ESIFX	Eaton Vance Balanced Fund	0.68%	+10.79%	+15.40%	+9.93%
AWIVX	CIBC ATLAS INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND	1.08%	—	—	—
SWOBX	Schwab Balanced Fund	0.51%	+14.26%	+15.03%	+8.85%
JAFRX	Capital Appreciation Value Trust	0.88%	+10.95%	+13.99%	+10.92%
VCAAX	Asset Allocation Fund	0.65%	+9.64%	+12.55%	+9.62%
HBLFX	THE HARTFORD BALANCED INCOME FUND	0.56%	+7.51%	+9.23%	+6.46%
VTMFX	VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED BALANCED FUND	0.09%	+11.07%	+12.90%	+8.69%
POCAX	Aristotle Portfolio Optimization Moderate Fund	1.12%	+11.75%	—	—
THPBX	BNY Mellon Balanced Opportunity Fund	0.90%	+10.47%	+12.63%	+8.38%
GAFNX	Virtus AlphaSimplex Global Alternatives Fund	1.24%	+7.41%	—	—
HCVFX	THE HARTFORD CONSERVATIVE ALLOCATION FUND	0.64%	+11.45%	+10.84%	+5.38%
FOCIX	The Fairholme Focused Income Fund	1.01%	+13.71%	+12.32%	+10.96%
FTCFX	American Funds College 2033 Fund	0.39%	+12.98%	+13.82%	+8.49%
VWIAX	VANGUARD WELLESLEY INCOME FUND	0.16%	+8.11%	+8.65%	+5.49%
NCBGX	New Covenant Balanced Growth Fund	0.93%	+15.04%	+17.56%	+8.69%
SSIAX	1919 Socially Responsive Balanced Fund	0.95%	+8.78%	—	—
CIPAX	American Funds Conservative Growth and Income Portfolio	0.88%	+11.79%	+11.52%	+8.53%
VLAAX	VALUE LINE ASSET ALLOCATION FUND INC	1.06%	-0.25%	+10.96%	+6.33%
BLAVX	Lord Abbett Multi-Asset Balanced Opportunity Fund	0.90%	+10.75%	+11.77%	+8.08%
HCKFX	THE HARTFORD CHECKS AND BALANCES FUND	0.58%	+10.87%	+12.69%	+9.31%
VRRIX	VOYA TARGET RETIREMENT 2030 FUND	0.38%	+9.22%	+10.86%	+7.82%
CFIAX	Columbia Flexible Capital Income Fund	0.83%	+10.40%	+8.81%	+8.95%
TSAMX	Thornburg Summit Fund	0.96%	+17.73%	+15.39%	—
FOBAX	TRIBUTARY BALANCED FUND$1M min	0.74%	+9.48%	+14.03%	+9.52%
OSTVX	Osterweis Growth & Income Fund	0.91%	+9.38%	+11.52%	+8.87%
DGIBX	DGI BALANCED FUND	1.45%	+10.44%	+9.96%	—
mblax	Madison Diversified Income Fund	1.16%	-48.43%	-48.17%	-48.09%
MSTBX	Morningstar Defensive Bond Fund$1M min	0.52%	+6.00%	+6.04%	+2.76%
COTDX	Columbia Thermostat Fund	0.61%	+14.43%	—	—
ISGAX	VOYA SOLUTION BALANCED PORTFOLIO	1.15%	+12.00%	+13.10%	+8.44%
NBGDX	Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Aggressive Portfolio	0.74%	+17.82%	—	—
ABUAX	Columbia Capital Allocation Moderate Portfolio	0.93%	+15.54%	+14.13%	+7.79%
RBAIX	T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund, Inc.	0.47%	+14.42%	+15.72%	+9.60%
DTLVX	Large Company Value Portfolio	1.30%	+13.30%	+15.03%	+14.97%
TCHPX	Nuveen Lifecycle 2030 Fund	0.40%	+8.26%	+10.71%	+6.83%
FMUAX	Federated Hermes Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	0.99%	+9.33%	+9.97%	+6.69%
LCGSX	Franklin Multi-Asset Conservative Growth Fund	0.70%	—	—	—
TLYIX	Nuveen Lifecycle Index 2035 Fund	0.18%	+10.73%	+12.86%	+8.37%
TLHIX	Nuveen Lifecycle Index 2030 Fund	0.25%	+9.89%	+11.56%	+7.37%
WMBLX	WesMark Balanced Fund	1.30%	+7.56%	+7.91%	+8.18%
FPKFX	Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund	0.33%	+10.06%	+14.35%	+9.57%
TBLTX	Transamerica Balanced II	0.62%	+14.18%	+15.82%	+10.60%
CBFAX	American Funds Global Balanced Fund	0.80%	+13.87%	+13.82%	+7.93%
AABCX	Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Balanced Fund	0.71%	+14.50%	+17.97%	+8.43%
PACBX	Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Conservative Fund	0.63%	+19.25%	+1.44%	+3.55%
VTHRX	VANGUARD TARGET RETIREMENT 2030 FUND	0.08%	+14.80%	+14.74%	+8.95%
SWDRX	Schwab Target 2030 Fund	0.40%	+14.41%	+14.62%	+8.82%
FBKFX	Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund	0.32%	+11.36%	+14.42%	+10.40%
PBAPX	SAM Balanced Portfolio	1.02%	+12.98%	+13.98%	+8.63%
VTTHX	VANGUARD TARGET RETIREMENT 2035 FUND	0.08%	+16.09%	+15.94%	+10.07%
PLTJX	Principal LifeTime 2030 Fund	0.79%	+12.03%	+12.82%	+8.12%
VTTVX	VANGUARD TARGET RETIREMENT 2025 FUND	0.08%	+13.31%	+13.31%	+7.78%
TCIIX	Nuveen Lifecycle 2035 Fund	0.56%	+9.14%	+12.18%	+7.95%
CVSCX	Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund	1.97%	+6.47%	+7.07%	+4.09%
ISPCX	VOYA SOLUTION 2035 PORTFOLIO	1.24%	+14.49%	+15.23%	+9.60%
FBFRX	Franklin Managed Income Fund	0.59%	+5.98%	+8.38%	+7.62%
VALIX	VALUE LINE CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND INC	1.08%	+24.93%	+23.11%	+10.90%
STFBX	State Farm Balanced Fund	0.14%	+12.08%	+13.44%	—
AAFTX	American Funds 2035 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.67%	+15.82%	+15.87%	+10.58%

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