SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM NPORT-P Filing Date: 2021-08-23 | Period of Report: 2021-06-30 SEC Accession No. 0001145549-21-047672 (HTML Version on secdatabase.com) FILER FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VI Mailing Address Business Address 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, CIK:1552740| IRS No.: 000000000 | State of Incorp.:MA SUITE 400 SUITE 400 Type: NPORT-P | Act: 40 | File No.: 811-22717 | Film No.: 211196939 WHEATON IL 60187 WHEATON IL 60187 630-765-8000 Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) Portfolio of Investments June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) Shares Description Value Shares Description Value COMMON STOCKS – 99.9% Construction & Engineering – Aerospace & Defense – 1.0% 1.0% 5,675 Huntington Ingalls Industries, 20,963 Arcosa, Inc. $ 1,231,367 Inc. $ 1,196,006 Consumer Finance – 2.0% Air Freight & Logistics – 1.0% 23,740 Ally Financial, Inc. 1,183,201 9,745 Expeditors International of 61,085 SLM Corp. 1,279,120 Washington, Inc. 1,233,717 2,462,321 Auto Components – 1.0% Diversified Consumer 24,701 BorgWarner, Inc. 1,198,987 Services – 0.9% Banks – 15.9% 14,987 Strategic Education, Inc. 1,139,911 57,724 Associated Banc-Corp. 1,182,188 Electric Utilities – 1.1% 30,677 Cathay General Bancorp 1,207,447 31,944 NRG Energy, Inc. 1,287,343 21,722 Eagle Bancorp, Inc. 1,218,170 Electronic Equipment, 17,737 East West Bancorp, Inc. 1,271,566 Instruments & Components – 70,209 First Horizon Corp. 1,213,211 3.1% 33,190 Hilltop Holdings, Inc. 1,208,116 15,131 Cognex Corp. 1,271,761 58,971 KeyCorp 1,217,751 25,276 Methode Electronics, Inc. 1,243,832 8,221 M&T Bank Corp. 1,194,593 54,897 Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. 1,237,927 16,232 Popular, Inc. 1,218,212 3,753,520 16,822 Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 1,207,820 60,802 Regions Financial Corp. 1,226,984 Food & Staples Retailing – 1.0% 5,014 Signature Bank 1,231,689 5,964 Casey’s General Stores, Inc. 1,160,833 27,479 Synovus Financial Corp. 1,205,778 13,182 Western Alliance Bancorp 1,223,949 Food Products – 1.0% 15,807 Wintrust Financial Corp. 1,195,483 309 Seaboard Corp. 1,195,438 23,365 Zions Bancorp N.A. 1,235,074 Household Durables – 4.8% 19,458,031 27,665 KB Home 1,126,519 22,515 MDC Holdings, Inc. 1,139,259 Building Products – 5.2% 21,900 PulteGroup, Inc. 1,195,083 17,795 A.O. Smith Corp. 1,282,308 20,817 Toll Brothers, Inc. 1,203,431 11,483 Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. 1,338,573 5,579 Whirlpool Corp. 1,216,333 8,729 Allegion PLC 1,215,950 5,880,625 10,945 Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. 1,208,766 Industrial Conglomerates – 16,633 UFP Industries, Inc. 1,236,497 1.0% 6,282,094 6,565 Carlisle Cos., Inc. 1,256,410 Capital Markets – 4.2% Insurance – 5.9% 9,178 Evercore, Inc., Class A 1,291,987 9,716 American Financial Group, Inc. 1,211,780 40,032 Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. 1,369,094 10,326 Cincinnati Financial Corp. 1,204,218 27,020 Lazard Ltd., Class A 1,222,655 52,025 CNO Financial Group, Inc. 1,228,831 9,475 Raymond James Financial, Inc. 1,230,803 28,625 Employers Holdings, Inc. 1,225,150 Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document 5,114,539 27,026 Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 1,174,550 Chemicals – 1.9% 19,067 First American Financial Corp. 1,188,827 8,026 Celanese Corp. 1,216,741 7,233,356 9,551 Stepan Co. 1,148,699 Internet & Direct Marketing 2,365,440 Retail – 1.0% 12,666 Shutterstock, Inc. 1,243,421 Commercial Services & Supplies – 2.0% IT Services – 3.9% 10,115 Tetra Tech, Inc. 1,234,435 26,431 Genpact Ltd. 1,200,760 5,233 UniFirst Corp. 1,227,871 13,223 Maximus, Inc. 1,163,227 2,462,306 First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) Portfolio of Investments (Continued) June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) Shares Description Value Shares Description Value COMMON STOCKS (Continued) Road & Rail – 1.0% IT Services (Continued) 7,582 Landstar System, Inc. $ 1,198,108 12,358 TTEC Holdings, Inc. $ 1,273,986 Semiconductors & 50,551 Western Union (The) Co. 1,161,157 Semiconductor Equipment – 4,799,130 4.0% 51,212 Amkor Technology, Inc. 1,212,188 Leisure Products – 4.1% 7,838 CMC Materials, Inc. 1,181,500 24,775 Acushnet Holdings Corp. 1,223,885 10,023 Entegris, Inc. 1,232,529 12,526 Brunswick Corp. 1,247,840 5,625 Universal Display Corp. 1,250,606 9,887 Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A 1,196,327 14,579 Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. 1,311,818 4,876,823 4,979,870 Software – 2.0% 12,001 Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class Machinery – 7.1% A 1,179,578 9,604 AGCO Corp. 1,252,169 25,967 Progress Software Corp. 1,200,974 13,588 Crane Co. 1,255,124 16,514 Graco, Inc. 1,250,110 2,380,552 5,549 IDEX Corp. 1,221,057 Specialty Retail – 3.0% 10,054 Oshkosh Corp. 1,253,131 12,819 Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. 1,284,336 5,530 Snap-on, Inc. 1,235,568 21,684 Rent-A-Center, Inc. 1,150,770 11,258 Toro (The) Co. 1,237,029 7,788 Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 1,243,354 8,704,188 3,678,460 Media – 2.0% Technology Hardware, 620 Cable One, Inc. 1,185,942 Storage & Peripherals – 1.0% 61,244 EW Scripps (The) Co., Class A 1,248,765 15,037 NetApp, Inc. 1,230,327 2,434,707 Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 1.9% Metals & Mining – 2.0% 87,056 MGIC Investment Corp. 1,183,961 10,752 Royal Gold, Inc. 1,226,803 52,895 Radian Group, Inc. 1,176,914 20,680 Worthington Industries, Inc. 1,265,203 Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. 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Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document 2,492,006 2,360,875 Multiline Retail – 1.0% Trading Companies & 18,318 Big Lots, Inc. 1,209,171 Distributors – 2.0% 20,646 Boise Cascade Co. 1,204,694 Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.0% 33,427 Global Industrial Co. 1,227,105 36,899 World Fuel Services Corp. 1,170,805 2,431,799 Paper & Forest Products – Wireless Telecommunication 1.0% Services – 1.0% 21,078 Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 1,270,793 51,344 Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. 1,163,455 Personal Products – 2.0% Total Investments – 99.9% 121,951,704 4,460 Medifast, Inc. 1,262,091 (Cost $119,756,373) (a) 20,483 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class Net Other Assets and A 1,160,362 Liabilities – 0.1% 63,559 2,422,453 Net Assets – 100.0% $ 122,015,263 Professional Services – 4.9% 13,580 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 1,156,744 12,761 Insperity, Inc. 1,153,212 9,064 Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 1,209,319 19,982 Kforce, Inc. 1,257,467 13,665 Robert Half International, Inc. 1,215,775 5,992,517 First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) Portfolio of Investments (Continued) June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) (a) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of June 30, 2021, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $4,129,552 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $1,934,221. The net unrealized appreciation was $2,195,331. Valuation Inputs A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2021 is as follows (see Valuation Inputs in the Additional Information section): Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Significant Significant Value at Quoted Observable Unobservable 6/30/2021 Prices Inputs Inputs Common Stocks* $ 121,951,704 $ 121,951,704 $ — $ — Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document * See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout. First Trust Indxx Innovative Transaction & Process ETF (LEGR) Portfolio of Investments June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) Shares Description Value Shares Description Value COMMON STOCKS – 99.8% Capital Markets (Continued) Aerospace & Defense – 0.8% 2,526 Goldman Sachs Group (The), 7,287 Airbus SE (a) $ 936,982 Inc. $ 958,693 Automobiles – 2.4% 8,008 London Stock Exchange Group PLC 882,874 9,200 Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 974,274 5,996 Nasdaq, Inc. 1,054,097 10,021 Daimler AG 894,745 711 Partners Group Holding AG 1,076,970 1,235 Tesla, Inc. (a) 839,429 55,962 UBS Group AG 856,441 2,708,448 8,271,961 Banks – 23.9% Communications Equipment – 82,814 Axis Bank Ltd. (a) 833,711 3.0% 154,556 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya 17,705 Cisco Systems, Inc. 938,365 Argentaria S.A. 958,108 210,736 Nokia Oyj, ADR (a) 1,121,116 247,438 Banco Santander S.A. 944,600 105,474 Telefonaktiebolaget LM 2,336,030 Bank of China Ltd., Class H 839,422 Ericsson, Class B 1,325,619 1,458,179 Bank of Communications Co., Ltd., Class H 980,345 3,385,100 354,944 Barclays PLC 840,189 Diversified Telecommunication 13,805 BNP Paribas S.A.