FIRST TRUST SMID CAP RISING DIVIDEND ACHIEVERS ETF
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.
SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN
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
| 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
| 1 week | — |
| 1 month | — |
| 3 months | — |
| YTD | — |
| 1 year | — |
CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS
VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK
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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 0.05% | $122.8B | +$2.3B | -55bp on fee · 21× the assets · +$2.3B in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF | 0.04% | $32.9B | +$497M | -56bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$497M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | $23.7B | +$575M | -56bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$575M in over the month | Head-to-head |