CARZ ETF — First Trust S-Network Future Vehicles & Technology ETF

First Trust S-Network Future Vehicles & Technology ETF (CARZ)

Updated October 16, 2026.

CARZ is an ETF. its distribution rate is 0.29%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.08%, its expense ratio is 0.70%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 54/100 (Caution). Total return is 322.8% over the past 15.4 years, 314.1 points behind SPY at 636.9%.

First Trust S-Network Future Vehicles & Technology ETF tracks an index of companies engaged in electric and autonomous vehicle manufacturing, as well as enabling technologies and materials for those sectors, investing at least 90% of assets in the underlying stocks. The fund distributes quarterly and carries a modest expense ratio of 0.70%; note that its latest distribution was special and may not recur regularly. The fund appeals to equity investors interested in exposure to the future vehicles and transportation technology sector.

CARZ performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 322.8% over the past 15.4 years, 314.1 points behind SPY at 636.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 33.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 21.4%.

CARZ key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

54 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.16%

Issuer

First Trust

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

05/09/2011

Expense ratio

0.70%

Distribution rate

0.29%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.08%

Last close

$99.30 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$49,488,690

Average volume

1883.0

Dividend

$1.077

Ex-dividend date

12/12/2025

Payment date

12/31/2025

Beta

1.81

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.29%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.08%) 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.

CARZ risks and drawbacks

CARZ'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 21.4%.

Who may consider CARZ — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (CARZ 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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