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RDVYFirst TrustACTIVE

FIRST TRUST RISING DIVIDEND ACHIEVERS ETF

$79.19+1.15% vs prior close
658452-WK

Price through Sep 30 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the fees and expenses) of the Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers™ Index (the "Index"). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities that comprise the Index. The Index is composed of the securities of 50 companies with a history of raising their dividends and exhibit the characteristics to continue to do so in the future ("Index Securities"). The Index is designed to provide access to a diversified portfolio of small, mid and large capitalization companies with a history of raising their dividends.

Price & daily flows
79.874.469.179.19DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +14.0% so far this year. At 0.50% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ISZE has a reported fee of 0.30%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$11.9Bassets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
1.1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
51holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed September 26, 2023 · beta 0.96
Sector weights
Financial Services42.26%
Financials41.31%
Finance35.87%
Information Technology18.48%
Technology18.15%
Energy Minerals11.65%
Non-Energy Minerals10.45%
Energy9.49%
Consumer Cyclical8.37%
Industrials8.27%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States95.92%
Switzerland4.08%
Ireland1.6%
Other0.12%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month-1.7%
3 months-1.7%
6 months+19.2%
YTD+14.0%
1 year+17.9%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
12%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.6%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
14calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
1.5Mshares traded
The case against RDVY

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat RDVY on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-47bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-47bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-46bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-46bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-46bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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