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RDVIFT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF

Get income3y track recordRanked #564 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.

By First Trust · Launched 2022

Annual Cost

0.75%

#3,765 of 5,562 · expensive

Fund Size

$3.2B

#562 of 5,562 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

8.04%

Track Record

3 years

#2,821 of 5,562 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$13,044+30.4%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Strategy

Option income

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 27.4% of fundwell diversified

Lam Research Corp
4.2%
Applied Materials Inc
3.2%
KLA Corp
2.9%
Alphabet Inc
2.9%
Mueller Industries Inc
2.7%
Monolithic Power Systems Inc
2.7%
Baker Hughes Co
2.2%
NVIDIA Corp
2.2%
Ross Stores Inc
2.2%
State Street Corp
2.2%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
13.7%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-18.4%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.95Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.44Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.
Strategy
Invests primarily in U.S. equities from the Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index and employs a call option strategy on the S&P 500 Index. Aims to generate income through dividends and option premiums while participating in capital appreciation.
Inception date
October 19, 2022
Fund family
First Trust

Our take

Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.

Covered call
Warning

Covered call ETF — yield ≠ total return

The high distribution yield is not free income — it comes from selling upside via call options. Research finds these strategies systematically underperform their underlying index over full cycles, typically by 100–300 basis points per year depending on the option-overlay design. The monthly distributions make the shortfall hard to see in return summaries.

Source: Israelov & Ndong, 'A Devil's Bargain: When Generating Income Undermines Investment Returns' (NDVR, 2023)

Why we flagged this: strategy=option_income + option_income_strategy

Educational analysis of structural product characteristics. Not investment advice. Always read the fund prospectus and consult a qualified advisor before investing. More

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Data updated on 2026-06-19