RNDFirst Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Bloomberg R&D Leaders Select Index.
By First Trust · Launched 2024
Annual Cost
0.60%
#3,108 of 5,562 · average
Fund Size
$5M
#5,090 of 5,562 · small
Return (1Y)Goal
+23.3%
Track Record
2 years
#3,544 of 5,562 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,350+23.5%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
Classification
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Factor
Quality
Index tracked
Bloomberg R&D Leaders Select Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 62.3% of fundconcentrated
Alphabet Inc
10.0%
Apple Inc
8.3%
Amazon.com Inc
8.2%
NVIDIA Corp
7.8%
Microsoft Corp
7.3%
Eli Lilly & Co
5.5%
Broadcom Inc
4.1%
Tesla Inc
3.9%
AbbVie Inc
3.8%
Meta Platforms Inc
3.5%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Technology
47.2%
Consumer Cyclical
15.7%
Communication
13.3%
Healthcare
13.3%
Industrials
7.4%
Consumer Defensive
1.2%
Financial Services
1.1%
Basic Materials
0.9%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
16.4%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-23.5%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
Unavailable
Needs 3+ years of history
Sortino (3Y)
Not yet
Needs 3+ years of history
Where to buy
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Bloomberg R&D Leaders Select Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in securities that comprise the Bloomberg R&D Leaders Select Index using a full replication strategy. The Index includes the top 50 companies with significant R&D expenditures.
- Inception date
- April 30, 2024
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-06-19