EKG ETF — First Trust Nasdaq Lux Digital Health Solutions ETF

First Trust Nasdaq Lux Digital Health Solutions ETF (EKG)

Updated October 16, 2026.

EKG is an ETF. its expense ratio is 0.65%. Total return is 16.2% over the past 4.6 years, 66.5 points behind SPY at 82.7%.

First Trust Nasdaq Lux Digital Health Solutions ETF is an equity ETF that tracks an index of companies operating at the intersection of healthcare and technology, as identified by Lux Capital's analysis of their products and services; the fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the stocks comprising this index and is non-diversified. The fund does not currently distribute income, carrying an expense ratio of 0.65%. It may appeal to growth-oriented investors seeking exposure to digital health innovation without an emphasis on current income.

EKG performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 16.2% over the past 4.6 years, 66.5 points behind SPY at 82.7%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 29.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 22.1%.

EKG key facts

Issuer

First Trust

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/22/2022

Expense ratio

0.65%

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$23.06 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$9,500,984

Average volume

753.0

Beta

1.24

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

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

EKG risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 22.1%.

Who may consider EKG — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (EKG does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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