First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF (AFSM) closed at $39.89 on October 27, 2026, up 0.6% from the previous close, on volume of 10,266 shares (30-day average 18,410).
Data as of October 27, 2026.
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The First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF seeks to provide capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in U.S.-listed equity securities issued by small capitalization companies. The Fund is actively managed primarily relying on a multi-factor quantitative methodology with active risk management to construct a portfolio of securities exhibiting exposures to one or more investing factors. The multi-factor quantitative methodology currently used by the Fund may take into account the following factors: (i) value; (ii) momentum; (iii) quality; and (iv) low volatility.
First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol AFSM.
As of October 27, 2026, AFSM stock price climbed to $39.89 with 10,266 million shares trading.
AFSM has a market cap of $133.63 million. This is considered a Micro Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, AFSM traded as high as $41.63 and as low as $22.53.
AFSM has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +22.1% while the SPY ETF gained +14.8%. However, in the short term, AFSM had mixed performance relative to the market. It has underperformed in the last 3 months, returning +0.6% vs +4.4% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, AFSM shares have fared better than the market returning 0.0% compared to SPY -1.1%.
AFSM support price is $39.21 and resistance is $40.13 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that AFSM shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
