---
ticker: "RND"
name: "First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/RND"
grade: "D"
score: 26
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Other Major Indexes"
category_rank: "39 of 43"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# RND: First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF

Grade **D**, Score 26 of 100. Rank 39 of 43 in Other Major Indexes.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 21 | 33 of 43 |
| Mission | Not scored | — |
| Risk | 17 | 42 of 43 |
| Tradability | 47 | 22 of 43 |
| Holdings | 22 | 41 of 41 |
| Durability | 25 | 35 of 43 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 51 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 10.75% |
| 2 | AAPL | Apple Inc. | 8.71% |
| 3 | NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 8.58% |
| 4 | AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc. | 8.25% |
| 5 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 7.37% |
| 6 | META | Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 4.78% |
| 7 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 3.92% |
| 8 | AMGN | Amgen Inc. | 3.80% |
| 9 | LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | 3.68% |
| 10 | APH | Amphenol Corporation | 3.63% |
| 11 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc. | 3.59% |
| 12 | TSLA | Tesla, Inc. | 3.41% |
| 13 | ETN | Eaton Corporation Plc | 2.83% |
| 14 | DE | Deere & Company | 2.64% |
| 15 | ISRG | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | 2.53% |
| 16 | VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2.20% |
| 17 | BKNG | Booking Holdings Inc. | 2.10% |
| 18 | TT | Trane Technologies plc | 1.79% |
| 19 | REGN | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1.28% |
| 20 | ITW | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | 1.24% |
| 21 | CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | 1.20% |
| 22 | DASH | DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) | 1.20% |
| 23 | BSX | Boston Scientific Corporation | 1.08% |
| 24 | AON | Aon Plc (Class A) | 0.97% |
| 25 | VYLR | Vylor Inc. | 0.83% |
| 26 | PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) | 0.68% |
| 27 | CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 0.62% |
| 28 | AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | 0.59% |
| 29 | LRCX | Lam Research Corporation | 0.58% |
| 30 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 0.50% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/RND. Please cite the page URL.