First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY US)
RDVY US$79.95
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Performance
Share price activity
- Last (Price)
- 79.95
- Change
- ▲ 0.63 (0.79)
- Bid / Ask
- 71.34 - 88.98
- Volume
- 122,258
- Turnover
- 5,962,595
- Open
- 79.58
- Day Range
- 79.58 - 80.12
- VWAP
- 79.80
- Prev Close
- 79.32
- Last Trade
- 29/10 4:00pm
Fund profile
Fund size
$25.23B
OCT 2026
Distributions
Quarterly
Since inception
12.8 yrs
JAN 2014
- Legal name
- First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
- Issuer
- First Trust
- Type
- Exchange-Traded Fund
- Structure
- Open Ended Investment Company
- Management style
- Index fund
- Morningstar category
- Large Value
- Category index
- Russell 1000 Value TR USD
- Benchmark
- S&P 500 (TR) (1970)
- ETF net assets
- $25.23B
- Units on issue
- 320.6M
- Management fee
- 0.47% p.a.
- Domicile
- United States
- Base currency
- USD
- Inception
- 6 JAN 2014
- Listed
- 7 JAN 2014
- Index provider
- Standard and Poors
Objective and strategy
The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before fees and expenses) of the NASDAQ U.S. Rising Dividend Achievers TM Index. The fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in the common stock and depositary receipts that comprise the index. According to the index Provider, the index measures the performance of a selection of securities that have increased their dividend value over the previous three year and five-year annual periods. The index is comprised of four Sub-Portfolios.
Asset allocation
US equity 97.19%Non-US equity 2.69%
| Asset class | Net % | Long % | Short % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | 99.88 | 99.88 | — |
| Bond | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Cash | 0.12 | 0.12 | — |
| Other | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
Sector exposure
Cyclical 50.58%Sensitive 42.54%Defensive 6.88%
- Basic Materials
- 0.47%
- Consumer Cyclical
- 10.21%
- Financial Services
- 39.90%
- Real Estate
- 0.00%
- Communication Services
- 3.81%
- Energy
- 1.69%
- Industrials
- 11.57%
- Technology
- 25.46%
- Consumer Defensive
- 2.60%
- Healthcare
- 4.28%
- Utilities
- 0.00%
Region exposure
Developed markets 100.00%Emerging markets 0.00%
- North America
- 97.31%
- Latin America
- 0.00%
- United Kingdom
- 0.00%
- Europe Developed
- 2.69%
- Europe Emerging
- 0.00%
- Africa / Middle East
- 0.00%
- Japan
- 0.00%
- Australasia
- 0.00%
- Asia Developed
- 0.00%
- Asia Emerging
- 0.00%
Country exposure
- United States
- 97.31%
- Switzerland
- 2.69%
Style box
- Style
- Large Value
- Average moat
- Moderate
Size score
214
Value-growth score
81
Economic moat
Wide 47%Narrow 39%None 13%
Market capitalisation
- Giant
- 15.78%
- Large
- 34.59%
- Mid
- 46.21%
- Small
- 3.43%
- Micro
- 0.00%
Giant 16%Large 35%Mid 46%Small 3%
- Average market cap
- $126.74B
- Number of holdings
- 74
- Shares held
- 72
Portfolio statistics · 22 OCT 2026
- Price / earnings
- 15.60
- Price / book
- 3.29
- Price / sales
- 2.71
- Price / cash flow
- 16.29
- Dividend yield
- 1.39%
- Assets in top 10
- 22.67%
- Return on equity
- 35.81%
- Net margin
- 24.42%
- Earnings growth (3 yr)
- 19.25%
Top holdings · top 10 = 23.40% of assets
| Holding | % Weight | First bought | Market value | Currency | Units held | Sector | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Materials Inc AMAT | 2.69 | MAR 2024 | 670.1M | USD | 1.3M | Technology | United States | |
| Lam Research Corp LRCX | 2.67 | MAR 2016 | 665.8M | USD | 2.0M | Technology | United States | |
| KLA Corp KLAC | 2.42 | MAR 2024 | 602.4M | USD | 3.1M | Technology | United States | |
| Micron Technology Inc MU | 2.33 | MAR 2026 | 579.2M | USD | 543,793 | Technology | United States | |
| Meta Platforms Inc Class A META | 2.26 | MAR 2025 | 561.5M | USD | 774,321 | Communication Services | United States | |
| NVIDIA Corp NVDA | 2.26 | MAR 2025 | 561.4M | USD | 2.5M | Technology | United States | |
| GE Vernova Inc GEV | 2.25 | JUN 2025 | 561.4M | USD | 590,641 | Industrials | United States | |
| The Travelers Companies Inc TRV | 2.20 | MAR 2025 | 547.8M | USD | 1.5M | Financial Services | United States | |
| Microsoft Corp MSFT | 2.17 | MAR 2019 | 540.2M | USD | 1.1M | Technology | United States | |
| Ross Stores Inc ROST | 2.15 | MAR 2025 | 536.4M | USD | 2.3M | Consumer Cyclical | United States |
Trailing returns · 30 SEP 2026
Fund (NAV) Market price
1M
-3.7
3M
-3.3
6M
15.1
YTD
13.4
1Y
17.5
3Y
21.1
5Y
12.4
10Y
15.3
| Period | Fund (NAV) % | Market price % | Before fees % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -3.68 | -3.69 | -3.64 | 52 / 1,150 |
| 3 months | -3.28 | -3.23 | -3.16 | 96 / 1,138 |
| 6 months | 15.06 | 15.09 | 15.34 | 18 / 1,135 |
| Year to date | 13.41 | 13.43 | 13.82 | 40 / 1,126 |
| 1 year | 17.46 | 17.49 | 18.02 | 41 / 1,117 |
| 3 years p.a. | 21.13 | 21.12 | 21.71 | 13 / 1,055 |
| 5 years p.a. | 12.39 | 12.40 | 12.94 | 25 / 994 |
| 10 years p.a. | 15.30 | 15.29 | 15.87 | 1 / 842 |
Returns to 30 SEP 2026, periods of 3 years and longer annualised. Rank is the percentile in the Morningstar category at 30 SEP 2026 (1 = best) over the funds ranked.
Calendar year returns
Total Capital
2016
21.9
2017
22.6
2018
-9.7
2019
37.6
2020
13.3
2021
31.2
2022
-13.3
2023
20.4
2024
16.4
2025
19.0
| Year | Total % | Capital % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.96 | 17.65 | 14 / 1,107 |
| 2024 | 16.37 | 14.47 | 31 / 1,170 |
| 2023 | 20.43 | 17.94 | 8 / 1,217 |
| 2022 | -13.29 | -15.18 | 94 / 1,229 |
| 2021 | 31.17 | 29.81 | 13 / 1,207 |
| 2020 | 13.32 | 11.61 | 5 / 1,200 |
| 2019 | 37.61 | 35.50 | 1 / 1,209 |
| 2018 | -9.74 | -11.24 | 66 / 1,244 |
| 2017 | 22.58 | 21.06 | 4 / 1,260 |
| 2016 | 21.87 | 19.39 | 4 / 1,268 |
| 2015 | -2.89 | -4.59 | 36 / 1,378 |
Risk statistics · 30 SEP 2026
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | 5.41 | -0.05 | -0.84 | -0.68 |
| Beta | 0.68 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 1.10 |
| R-squared | 38.09 | 58.44 | 73.20 | 79.33 |
| Standard deviation | 14.48 | 15.23 | 18.29 | 18.89 |
| Sharpe ratio | 0.92 | 1.05 | 0.52 | 0.72 |
| Sortino ratio | 1.92 | 1.97 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| Tracking error | 12.17 | 9.84 | 9.44 | 8.73 |
| Information ratio | 0.14 | -0.18 | -0.15 | 0.00 |
| Upside capture % | 80.19 | 98.03 | 98.66 | 106.20 |
| Downside capture % | 20.68 | 110.63 | 105.25 | 111.88 |
| Maximum drawdown % | -5.27 | -10.18 | -23.63 | -28.16 |
Measured against S&P 500 (TR) (1970) with USTREAS T-Bill Auction Ave 3 Mon as the risk-free rate, to 30 SEP 2026. Maximum drawdown is on gross returns at the latest quarter end.
Portfolio risk score
Risk score
74.4
Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.
- Tracking volatility
- 0.032
- Est. holding cost %
- 0.487
- Market impact cost %
- 0.001
- Best quarter
- 22.94% · DEC 2020
- Worst quarter
- -28.16% · MAR 2020
Fees and costs
- Management fees and costs
- 0.47% p.a.
- PDS dated
- 2 FEB 2026
Distributions
- Latest distribution
- 0.1521
- Ex Date
- 24 SEP 2026
- Record Date
- 24 SEP 2026
- Pay Date
- 30 SEP 2026
- NAV at ex date
- 78.75
- Paid this year
- 0.4808
Distributions by year
2024
0.8
2023
1.0
2022
1.1
2021
1.0
2020
0.5
2019
0.6
2018
0.6
2017
0.4
2016
0.4
2015
0.5
| Year | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7733 |
| 2023 | 0.9722 |
| 2022 | 1.0797 |
| 2021 | 0.9691 |
| 2020 | 0.5389 |
| 2019 | 0.6111 |
| 2018 | 0.5570 |
| 2017 | 0.4455 |
| 2016 | 0.3723 |
| 2015 | 0.5095 |
Distribution history
| Ex Date | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 24 SEP 2026 | 0.1521 |
| 25 JUN 2026 | 0.1474 |
| 26 MAR 2026 | 0.1813 |
| 12 DEC 2025 | 0.1996 |
| 25 SEP 2025 | 0.1487 |
| 26 JUN 2025 | 0.1706 |
| 27 MAR 2025 | 0.2544 |
| 13 DEC 2024 | 0.2956 |
| 26 SEP 2024 | 0.1912 |
| 27 JUN 2024 | 0.2616 |
| 21 MAR 2024 | 0.2238 |
| 22 DEC 2023 | 0.3421 |
Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026
Above Average
ESG risk score
19.27
Category average 20.40
- Rank in category
- 19th percentile of 1,800 funds
- Environmental risk
- 4.10
- Social risk
- 8.88
- Governance risk
- 5.57
- Portfolio covered
- 100.0%
ESG risk of holdings
- Negligible
- 0.45%
- Low
- 61.71%
- Medium
- 33.74%
- High
- 2.92%
- Severe
- 1.18%
3.53% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.
Carbon · 31 AUG 2026
Carbon risk score
7.22
Category average 10.33
- Carbon risk
- Low Risk
- Rank in category
- 12th percentile of 2,183 funds
- Fossil fuel involvement
- 2.48%
- Category average
- 12.33%
- Low Carbon Designation
- Yes
- Portfolio covered
- 100.0%
Fund managers
- Roger F. Testin
- Daniel J. Lindquist
- Jon C. Erickson
- David G. McGarel
- Stan Ueland
- Chris A. Peterson
- Erik Russo
Tenure
- Number of managers
- 7
- Average tenure
- 11.4 years
- Longest tenure
- 12.8 years
- Longest serving
- Roger F. Testin, Daniel J. Lindquist, Jon C. Erickson, David G. McGarel, Stan Ueland · since 6 JAN 2014
- Most recent appointment
- Erik Russo · since 1 FEB 2021
- Managed since
- 6 JAN 2014
- Other funds managed
- 189
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