CIBR
First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF · First Trust
Tech & Innovation
1Y Return
+36.3%
Expense Ratio
0.59%
AUM
$14B
Dividend Yield
0.30%
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+17.4%
Issuer
First Trust

Overview

The largest cybersecurity ETF — around 35 companies securing networks, clouds and identities, from CrowdStrike to the defence-adjacent primes.

Top Holdings

TickerHoldingWeight
CRWDCrowdStrike Holdings8.9%
PANWPalo Alto Networks8.2%
AVGOBroadcom Inc.7.6%
CSCOCisco Systems7.1%
ZSZscaler Inc.4.8%
FTNTFortinet Inc.4.5%
OKTAOkta Inc.4.1%
NETCloudflare Inc.3.9%
CYBRCyberArk Software3.7%
SSentinelOne Inc.3.2%

Fund Details

Index
Nasdaq CTA Cybersecurity
# Holdings
~35
Inception
Jul 2015
Exchange
Nasdaq
Structure
Open-End Fund
Distribution
Quarterly
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+17.4%
Avg Annual Yield (10Y)
0.36%

Investment Thesis

Cybersecurity is the rare tech budget that survives every downturn — breaches are existential and regulation keeps ratcheting — and AI has escalated both the attacks and the spending to stop them. CIBR's +36% year reflects that arms race repricing. The fund concentrates in ~35 names, so single-stock earnings swings move it; the 0.59% fee is the toll for the only liquid pure-play of scale.

Who It's For

Thematic investors who want the security arms race as a dedicated position rather than diluted inside a broad tech fund. Volatile enough to size as a satellite, durable enough to hold through cycles.

10-Year History

Annual Closing Price
YearClose% Chg
2016$24.56--
2017$28.25+15.0%
2018$30.22+7.0%
2019$36.87+22.0%
2020$52.36+42.0%
2021$61.79+18.0%
2022$42.01-32.0%
2023$59.66+42.0%
2024$74.58+25.0%
2025$88.00+18.0%
Annual Dividend Yield
YearYield
20160.60%
20170.50%
20180.50%
20190.40%
20200.20%
20210.10%
20220.30%
20230.40%
20240.30%
20250.30%
Annual AUM
YearAUM% Chg
2016$0.1B--
2017$0.3B+200.0%
2018$0.7B+133.3%
2019$1.4B+100.0%
2020$2.8B+100.0%
2021$5B+78.6%
2022$4.5B-10.0%
2023$5.5B+22.2%
2024$8B+45.5%
2025$12B+50.0%

Historical figures are ETFHub estimates modelled from asset-class return patterns and may differ from official fund records. Data as of August 2026.

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