First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF
$84.19−0.37 (−0.44%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $42M
- 1Y return
- +14.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.99%
- Holdings
- 101
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $84.16
- 52W range
The ETF.net RBLD Grade
Score 55 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.DScore 33Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 63Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 69Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 90Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 64Category rank
Our read on RBLD
BFirst Trust's US-only infrastructure sleeve: roughly 100 stocks picked under Alerian's NextGen banner, quarterly distributions, and a shingle that has been hanging since 2008.
The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance of the Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure Index before fees and expenses, using an indexing approach.
Why people hold it
- Rules first: it aims to track the Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure Index, so the lineup comes from published index rules rather than a manager's hunch.ftportfolios.com
- Roughly 100 names spread the risk, and its holdings mix is one of the stronger builds on a crowded infrastructure shelf.
- On the market since 2008, so there is a long, real-world record behind it, not a back-test from the last theme cycle.
- Distributions arrive on a quarterly schedule, the standard rhythm for an equity index fund.
Worth knowing
- At 0.65% a year it runs above the typical infrastructure fund, and well above broad peers such as IFRA (0.30%) and PAVE (0.47%).
- It trades lightly off a mid-size asset base, so spreads can run wider than in the category's household names, which matters most on big or hurried orders.
- "NextGen" is defined by Alerian's index rules, so the roster can look different from a classic utilities-and-toll-roads infrastructure basket.ftportfolios.com
RBLD Holdings
- Other
- 101
- 12%
- SNOW
Sectors
- Industrials39.8%
- Utilities28.5%
- Technology10.8%
- Energy9.0%
- Materials6.5%
- Real Estate5.3%
Geography
- United States95.99%
- Ireland3.02%
- United Kingdom0.98%
RBLD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | RBLD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.7% |
| 1 month | −2.4% |
| 3 months | −6.4% |
| 1 year | +14.0% |
| 3 years | +19.4% |
| 5 years | +10.5% |
| 10 years | +7.8% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | RBLD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.7% | |
| 2025 | +14.0% | |
| 2024 | +17.9% | |
| 2023 | +19.3% | |
| 2022 | −9.9% | |
| 2021 | +13.0% | |
| 2020 | +0.4% |
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RBLD Dividends
- 0.99%
- $0.84
- $0.16 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.23 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.33 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.17 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.22 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.16 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.26 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.13 |
RBLD Risk
- 15.6%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.87
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −22.2%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.87
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
RBLD Cost
- The middle half of Infrastructure funds
- Median 0.55%
20 of the 33 Infrastructure funds charge less.