First Trust SMID Capital Strength ETF

FSCS

First Trust

First Trust SMID Capital Strength ETF (FSCS) on the Akinda fund screen (AAOIFI-derived): Not halal. Coverage 99.77%. Below: the fund under all five rulebooks, its facts and every holding with its own verdict.

Akinda fund screen

Akinda fund screen (AAOIFI-derived)Not halalCoverage: 99.77%

Halal 58.07%
Doubtful 1.96%
Not halal 39.74%
Not rated 0.23%

The bar is scaled to fit; the figures are as reported, and the buckets do not always total 100%.

Coverage is the share of the fund's weight we hold a usable verdict for. Below 95%, a fund is rated only when the weight we can see already breaches the 5% limit; otherwise it is not rated by this method.

Fund facts

Issuer: First Trust
Venue (where it trades): United States
Domicile (where it is registered): United States
Reporting currency: USD
Expense ratio: 0.60%
AUM: 62.33M USD
Holdings: 100 (100 screened)
Basket as of (provider): 1 Nov 2026
Basket fetched by Akinda: 2 Nov 2026
Verdict updated: 3 Nov 2026

Venue is where a fund trades; domicile is where it is registered. London-listed funds are domiciled in Ireland or Luxembourg, so use Venue for UK ETFs.

Five rulebooks

Rulebook	Verdict	Halal	Not halal
Akinda fund screen (AAOIFI)	Not halal	58.07%	39.74%
DJIM	Not halal	56.23%	40.74%
FTSE	Not halal	33.94%	63.03%
MSCI	Not halal	35.90%	61.07%
S&P	Not halal	59.15%	37.82%

Every bar uses the same 0–100% scale. Index rulebooks report only halal and not-halal weight; uncoloured weight is weight that rulebook does not classify. Coverage is published for the Akinda fund screen only.

The fund screen and the four index rulebooks answer different questions, so they are expected to disagree. A fund can be doubtful on our fund screen and halal under S&P; both are correct.

Holdings

1–50 of 100 holdings, largest first · basket as of 1 Nov 2026

No.	Holding	Weight	Akinda (AAOIFI)	DJIM	FTSE	MSCI	S&P
No.	Holding	Weight	Akinda (AAOIFI)	DJIM	FTSE	MSCI	S&P
1	HASHasbro, Inc.	1.19%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
2	ALLEAllegion Public Limited Company	1.18%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
3	HCSGHealthcare Services Group, Inc.	1.14%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Halal	Halal
4	EPACEnerpac Tool Group Corp.	1.13%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
5	UTHRUnited Therapeutics Corporation	1.10%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
6	TTEKTetra Tech, Inc.	1.09%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
7	PPGPPG Industries, Inc.	1.09%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
8	VLTOVeralto Corporation	1.08%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
9	NSSCNapco Security Technologies, Inc.	1.08%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
10	SSDSimpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.	1.08%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
11	LGNDLigand Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Class B)	1.08%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
12	ACIWACI Worldwide, Inc.	1.07%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
13	TXRHTexas Roadhouse, Inc.	1.07%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
14	WSTWest Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.	1.06%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
15	CPRTCopart, Inc.	1.06%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
16	ULTAUlta Beauty, Inc.	1.06%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
17	HALHalliburton Company	1.06%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
18	NBIXNeurocrine Biosciences, Inc.	1.05%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
19	INCYIncyte Corporation	1.05%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
20	TTCThe Toro Company	1.05%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
21	CINFCincinnati Financial Corporation	1.05%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
22	EHCEncompass Health Corporation	1.04%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
23	LECOLincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.	1.04%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
24	AOSA.O. Smith Corporation	1.04%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
25	ACGLArch Capital Group Ltd.	1.04%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
26	USLMUnited States Lime & Minerals, Inc.	1.03%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
27	MWAMueller Water Products, Inc.	1.03%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
28	THGThe Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.	1.03%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
29	AFGAmerican Financial Group, Inc.	1.02%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
30	CHDChurch & Dwight Co., Inc.	1.02%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
31	FHIFederated Hermes, Inc. (Class B)	1.02%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
32	ROLRollins, Inc.	1.02%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
33	AVYAvery Dennison Corporation	1.02%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
34	AIZAssurant, Inc.	1.02%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
35	EWBCEast West Bancorp, Inc.	1.02%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
36	JAZZJazz Pharmaceuticals Plc	1.02%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
37	TROWT. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	1.01%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
38	ZIONZions Bancorporation, National Association	1.01%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
39	KMBKimberly-Clark Corporation	1.01%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
40	JOEThe St. Joe Company	1.01%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
41	MKCMcCormick & Company, Incorporated	1.01%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
42	ENSGThe Ensign Group, Inc.	1.01%	Halal	Halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
43	RPMRPM International Inc.	1.00%	Doubtful	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
44	INVAInnoviva, Inc.	1.00%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Halal
45	RLRalph Lauren Corporation	1.00%	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
46	SFBSServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.	1.00%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
47	CFRCullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.	1.00%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
48	NTRSNorthern Trust Corporation	1.00%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
49	DRIDarden Restaurants, Inc.	1.00%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal
50	BRCBrady Corporation	1.00%	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal	Not halal

Not rated means we hold no usable verdict for that company; it is never treated as compliant.

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