First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
$79.19−0.41 (−0.51%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.47%
- Fund size
- $25.3B
- 1Y return
- +19.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.85%
- Holdings
- 72
- Volume · 30D
- 1.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $80.08
- 52W range
The ETF.net RDVY Grade
Score 53 of 100 sits in the C 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 26Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 65Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 34Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 92Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 62Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 80Category rank
Our read on RDVY
CA dividend fund built around raises, not yield: roughly 50 equal-weighted US names, a quarter of the roster refreshed each quarter, and an index rule that ejects companies which slash or suspend the payout.
The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield of the Nasdaq US Rising Dividend AchieversTM Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- The index doesn't wait for the annual reshuffle. Under Nasdaq's rules, a holding that suspends its dividend or cuts it by 50% or more is removed the following month.indexes.nasdaqomx.com
- Four sub-portfolios, each reconstituted in its own quarter and reset to 25% of the index every March. Turnover happens in rolling slices instead of one annual lump.indexes.nasdaqomx.com
- Equal weighting across about 50 stocks. No single mega-cap steers the portfolio the way it can in cap-weighted dividend index funds.indexes.nasdaqomx.com
- Live since 2014 and now a multi-billion-dollar, actively traded fund, so getting in and out is rarely the hard part.
Worth knowing
- 0.47% a year sits above the median US dividend-screen fund and runs many multiples of the category's index staples: SCHD at 0.06%, VIG at 0.04%, DGRO at 0.08%.
- About 50 equal-weighted names is a concentrated way to own dividend growth. Each position carries real weight, and sector tilts can run hotter than a broad-market fund's.indexes.nasdaqomx.com
- The mandate tracks an index of rising dividend payers, not the highest yields on offer. Different job than a high-yield fund. Distributions come quarterly.
RDVY Holdings
- Stocks
- 72
- 22%
- LRCX
Sectors
- Financials39.6%
- Technology25.8%
- Industrials12.3%
- Consumer Discr.9.7%
- Communication4.0%
- Health Care4.0%
- Cons. Staples2.3%
- Energy1.8%
- Materials0.5%
Geography
- United States95.06%
- Switzerland2.35%
- Ireland1.57%
- Bermuda1.02%
RDVY 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 | RDVY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.1% |
| 1 month | −2.9% |
| 3 months | +0.1% |
| 1 year | +19.8% |
| 3 years | +21.8% |
| 5 years | +12.6% |
| 10 years | +15.4% |
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 | RDVY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.1% | |
| 2025 | +18.9% | |
| 2024 | +16.4% | |
| 2023 | +20.4% | |
| 2022 | −13.3% | |
| 2021 | +31.1% | |
| 2020 | +13.4% |
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RDVY Dividends
- 0.85%
- $0.68
- $0.15 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.30 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.19 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.26 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.22 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.34 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.22 |
RDVY Risk
- 15.3%
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.
- 1.04
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.
- −25.3%
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.
- 0.91
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
RDVY Cost
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
39 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.