AGQI ETF — First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF

First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF (AGQI)

Updated November 6, 2026.

AGQI is an ETF. Its distribution rate is 1.09%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.75%, its expense ratio is 0.85%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 78/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 48.7% over the past 3 years, 19.0 points behind SPY at 67.7%.

First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF is an actively managed equity fund that seeks income by investing primarily in dividend-paying stocks, preferred securities, and REITs across U.S. and international markets, with at least 40% of assets typically in non-U.S. securities. The fund carries a modest current distribution rate and makes quarterly distributions, with an expense ratio of 0.85%. It appeals to income-focused investors seeking global equity exposure with an emphasis on quality dividend-paying issuers.

AGQI performance versus SPY

As of Nov 5, 2026

Total return is 48.7% over the past 3 years, 19.0 points behind SPY at 67.7%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 11.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 9.2%.

AGQI key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

78 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.85%

Issuer

First Trust

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/24/2015

Expense ratio

0.85%

Distribution rate

1.09%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.75%

Last close

$17.65 (as of 2026-11-06)

AUM

$51,140,459

Average volume

326

Dividend

$0.048

Ex-dividend date

09/24/2026

Payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

0.68

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.09%) has no calculation basis on file. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.75%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: First Trust or company page; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AGQI risks and drawbacks

AGQI's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 9.2%.

Who may consider AGQI — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AGQI pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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