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%
#3,337 of 6,040 · average
Fund Size
$10M
#4,978 of 6,040 · small
Return (1Y)
+11.9%
Track Record
2 years
#3,469 of 6,040 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,224+12.2%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Factor
Quality
Index tracked
Bloomberg R&D Leaders Select Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 60.0% of fundconcentrated
NVIDIA Corp.
8.3%
Apple Inc.
8.3%
Alphabet Inc.
8.2%
Amazon.com, Inc.
8.0%
Microsoft Corp.
6.8%
Netflix, Inc.
4.6%
AbbVie Inc.
4.2%
Broadcom Inc
4.0%
Meta Platforms Inc
3.9%
Eli Lilly & Co.
3.8%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Technology
45.2%
Consumer Cyclical
16.1%
Healthcare
15.3%
Communication
11.3%
Industrials
8.7%
Consumer Defensive
1.3%
Financial Services
1.2%
Basic Materials
1.0%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
17.2%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
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. Concentrated in large- and mid-cap U.S. companies, particularly in information technology, with a focus on R&D leaders.
- Inception date
- April 30, 2024
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18