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FTGC · First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund

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Company overview

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund uses futures and other instruments for broad commodity exposure. Cash collateral can earn interest, but commodity prices and contract rolls drive much of the investment result.

Business: Commodity-strategy ETF
Listing: FTGC · NASDAQ
Reporting period: 2026-06-30
Dividend schedule: Quarterly

How the business works

Collateral income after expenses becomes net investment income. Futures gains and losses sit outside that line, so income alone is not a complete test of a variable commodity-strategy payment.

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund: financial report supporting reported earnings

Dividend & earnings snapshot

Dividend payments

Per common share

$0.1317Reviewed declaration · Payment Sep 30, 2026

Regular dividend

Announced Sep 24, 2026

Dates and company reports

Announcement: Sep 24, 2026
Declaration: Not confirmed
Ex-dividend: Sep 24, 2026
Record: Sep 24, 2026
Payment: Sep 30, 2026

Dividend declaration for payment Sep 30, 2026 · stockanalysis.com · Announced Sep 24, 2026

Extras are shown separately and are not assumed to repeat.

Reported earnings

Each measure shown separately, per share

Net investment income$0.36

Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026

Distribution yield14.08%Sourced distributions divided by dated market price

Reported annual income yield3.57%Reported net investment income $0.8300 per share for 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31, divided by approved 2025-12-31 market price $23.2300. Excludes capital gains; historical, not a current yield or forecast.

Reported annual investment income$0.83Per share for 2025 FY. Excludes investment gains.

Trailing 12-month distributions$4.41Recorded recurring payments per share, not a forecast

Dividend payment history

Date or month	Per share
Sep 30, 2026	$0.1317

Reported earnings and sources

Reported earnings for the latest four periods. Compare the same earnings measure across periods; different measures are not added together.

Reporting period	Per share	Source
Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026	$0.36	SEC Announced Sep 18, 2026

Cash distributions and reported returns

Cash distributions are the total paid per share during each reporting period, including any gains or return of capital. Period lengths may differ, so compare the dates before comparing amounts. Short periods are not annualized.

Reporting period	Ending NAV	NAV change	Distributions / share	Reported NAV total return	Source
Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026	$27.00	+16.28%	$0.58	+18.68%	Verified company financial highlights for this exact fiscal period; total return is reported, not inferred.
Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025	$23.22	-2.89%	$4.12	+14.48%	First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund financial highlights.
Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024	$23.91	+6.41%	$0.73	+9.71%	First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund financial highlights.

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Reporting period	Ending NAV	NAV change	Distributions / share	Reported NAV total return	Source
Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023	$22.47	-8.02%	$0.75	-5.01%	First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund financial highlights.
Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022	$24.43	+6.13%	$2.54	+17.14%	First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund financial highlights.
Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021	$23.02	+19.46%	$1.66	+28.09%	First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund financial highlights.

NAV change excludes distributions. Reported NAV total return includes reinvestment and is copied from the fund statement, not estimated by adding cash distributions to the NAV change.

How to read FTGC income

Interest on collateral is separate from futures gains and losses. Net investment income alone cannot explain this fund's distributions.

Watch the underlying market, futures costs and NAV. Payments may change sharply with realized gains.

Income and distributions

Income and cash distributions per share for the same dated periods. Shorter periods are kept separate and are not annualized. Interest on collateral is separate from futures gains and losses. Net investment income alone cannot explain this fund's distributions.

Reporting period	Net investment income/share	Total distributions/share
2026-01-01 to 2026-06-30	$0.36	$0.58
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31	$0.83	$4.12
2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31	$0.94	$0.73

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Reporting period	Net investment income/share	Total distributions/share
2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31	$0.90	$0.75
2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31	$0.13	$2.54
2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31	$-0.22	$1.66

The assets behind the earnings

How FTGC makes money

Financial snapshot: 2026-06-30. Research reviewed 2026-09-18. Compare results for the reporting periods shown. Historical results are not a forecast.

The assets it owns

$3.369 billion net assetsCommodity-strategy ETF

Net assets checked 2026-09-11. Borrowings and preferred financing are excluded from this net-assets figure.

A complete, comparable portfolio allocation is not available for this chart. No percentages have been estimated.

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund: net assets and portfolio information, checked 2026-09-11

Reported earnings and distributions

2026-01-01 to 2026-06-30 · $ per share

Fund net investment income per common share; actual reporting period, not annualized$0.3600

Total cash distributions in the same period$0.5800

For the six months ended June 30, 2026, FTGC reported $0.36 of net investment income and $0.58 of distributions per share. Net asset value rose from $23.22 to $27.00. Interest explained part of the cash; futures results and payment components explain why the wider outcome differs.

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund: financial report supporting reported earnings

The income-producing business

Portfolio interest and dividends, realized investment results and any derivative activity contribute to distribution resources after expenses. Taxable income and cash distributions can differ from reported net investment income.

The earnings available to shareholders depend on the cash generated by these activities after operating and financing costs. Portfolio gains, financing proceeds and recurring income should be evaluated separately.

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund: financial report supporting reported earnings

What the reported earnings support

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund reported $0.3600 per share for 2026-01-01 to 2026-06-30, measured as Fund net investment income per common share; actual reporting period, not annualized.

Actual per-share reporting period, without annualisation. Net investment income, realized gains, unrealized changes and cash distributions are different measures. This comparison is not the Fly High forward Dividend Coverage Ratio.

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund: financial report supporting reported earnings

Portfolio and strategy risk

Income and capital are exposed to commodity volatility, futures roll costs and variable annual distributions.

Watch for changes in the underlying exposure and the next reported results before treating the current payment as evidence of continuing earnings support.

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund: financial report supporting reported earnings

Distribution variability

Payments can change and can include gains or return of capital. A high trailing yield does not establish earnings coverage or total return.

Watch for changes in the underlying exposure and the next reported results before treating the current payment as evidence of continuing earnings support.

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund: financial report supporting reported earnings

What would change the earnings picture?

Compare the next like-length collateral income, futures result and cash paid with roll costs, payment components and net asset value.

Net asset value (NAV)

NAV per share$30.44Sep 29, 2026

Market price$30.47Sep 29, 2026

PREMIUM / DISCOUNT TO NAV0.10% premiumCalculated from the displayed same-date values.

NAV is the fund's assets minus liabilities, divided by shares outstanding. All values are USD per share.

First Trust reported closing NAV and market price, both dated 2026-09-29. The premium or discount is calculated from these two reported closing values. Older audited NAV history remains unchanged.

NAV source · Market-price source

Fly High context

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U.S. federal · Tax year 2025

Dividend tax treatment

The fund's 2025 distributions were mainly ordinary dividends. The mix can change from year to year.

This company information is a guide, not your personal tax statement. Use your Form 1099-DIV when you file.

Ordinary, nonqualified: 100%
Qualified dividends: 0%
Capital-gain distributions: 0%
Return of capital: 0%

Tax year: 2025. Total distributions: $4.12 per share.

Tax details and source

Total ordinary dividends (includes qualified): 100%
Section 199A portion (within ordinary dividends): 0%
Exempt-interest distributions: 0%
Reporting form: Form 1099-DIV
Source date: 2026-02-12

Qualified dividends are included in total ordinary dividends. Section 199A is a separate designation within ordinary dividends, not extra income or qualified dividend income.

Tax source

Your account type, holding period and circumstances affect treatment. Use your broker’s tax statement for filing. Return of capital generally reduces cost basis; amounts beyond basis can be taxable. IRS dividend guidance.

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