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SDVYFirst TrustACTIVE

FIRST TRUST SMID CAP RISING DIVIDEND ACHIEVERS ETF

$40.97+0.96% vs prior close
364552-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 First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund's fees and expenses) of an index called the Nasdaq US Small Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers™ Index (the "Index"). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in securities that comprise the Index. The Index is composed of the securities of 100 small and mid cap 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 portfolio of small and mid capitalization income producing securities.

Price & daily flows
42.842.041.240.97DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

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

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +6.9% so far this year. At 0.60% a year it is not the cheapest way in — EFAS has a reported fee of 0.56%.

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

$5.8Bassets under management
0.60%expense ratio · $60 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
867Kavg daily volume, 30 days
100holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 24, 2023 · beta 0.74
Sector weights
Financial Services32.42%
Financials32.2%
Finance30.25%
Consumer Discretionary21.27%
Industrials19.34%
Consumer Cyclical18.4%
Producer Manufacturing12.8%
Materials9.93%
Energy Minerals9.39%
Consumer Durables9.29%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States95.78%
Bermuda2.9%
Switzerland1.02%
India1%
Other0.2%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.8%
1 month-4.2%
3 months-5.1%
6 months+6.4%
YTD+6.9%
1 year+8.0%
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
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
14%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-8.8%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
1.1Mshares traded
The case against SDVY

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SDVY 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-57bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-57bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-55bp on fee · 21× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-56bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-56bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
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