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First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF (RFEM)

Diversified Emerging Mkts | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
92.58 USD -1.64 (-1.736%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 92.58 -0.21 (-0.215%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4:10 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:03 a.m. EDT

The emerging markets theme offers compelling value, evidenced by a trailing P/E of roughly 15x and a nine-year cumulative gain of nearly 40%. However, the immediate outlook is clouded by recent volatility; the fund has slipped below its 50-day moving average, trading near the lower end of its yearly range despite a modest uptick in the last few sessions. While the statistical forecast model shows moderate confidence in a flat path over the next month, the lack of a clear directional edge suggests waiting for a firmer trend before committing capital. On the income side, the yield sits at a respectable 2.7%, supported by a history of regular quarterly distributions, though the payout amount fluctuates significantly year-over-year, indicating variable distribution policy rather than a rigid, high-coverage mandate.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.017106
AutoETS0.017136
MSTL0.017351
AutoTheta0.019351

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 59%
H-stat 0.56
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.617
Excess Kurtosis -0.70
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 15.01

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.22% 2.99% 3.00% 4.07%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-25 1.121 1.224040
2026-03-26 0.050 0.061977
2025-12-12 0.647 0.830328
2025-09-25 0.657 0.873473
2025-06-26 0.261 0.365444
2024-12-13 1.243 1.916701
2024-09-26 0.329 0.469799
2024-06-27 0.730 1.120078
2023-12-22 0.627 1.068507
2023-09-22 0.575 1.068853
2023-06-27 0.740 1.337478
2022-12-23 1.460 2.874016
2022-09-23 1.612 3.375209
2022-06-24 0.850 1.563362
2021-12-23 0.897 1.327512
2021-09-23 0.589 0.855607
2021-06-24 0.636 0.851292
2021-03-25 0.049 0.069049
2020-12-24 0.087 0.128527
2020-09-24 0.575 0.966224
2020-06-25 0.182 0.323211
2019-12-13 1.344 2.154951
2019-09-25 0.810 1.419310
2019-06-14 0.273 0.463026
2018-12-18 0.285 0.507931
2018-09-14 0.742 1.203959
2018-06-21 0.263 0.390034
2018-03-22 0.036 0.048603
2017-12-21 0.525 0.756048
2017-09-21 0.407 0.597037
2017-06-22 0.155 0.249919
2017-03-23 0.055 0.090716
2016-12-21 1.424 2.708254
2016-09-21 0.546 0.950723
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendDate 2017-03-31
dividendYield 2.69

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 97.638
All Time Low 42.316
Ask 119.68
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,690
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,734
Average Volume 2,734
Average Volume10Days 2,690
Beta3 Year 0.89
Bid 67.19
Bid Size 2
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 93.5
Day Low 92.575
Dividend Date 1,490,918,400
Dividend Yield 2.69
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.1691093
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 93.72892
Fifty Day Average Change -1.153923
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.012311281
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 31.780731
Fifty Two Week High 97.638
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.0630035
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.051854845
Fifty Two Week Low 70.73
Fifty Two Week Low Change 21.844994
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.30885047
Fifty Two Week Range 70.73 - 97.638
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,465,997,400,000
Five Year Average Return 0.0945724
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,465,862,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in a portfolio of equity securities of emerging market companies, including through investments in common stock, depositary receipts, and common and preferred shares of real estate investment trusts, and forward foreign currency exchange contracts and currency spot transactions used to hedge the fund's exposure to the currencies in which the equity securities of such emerging market companies are denominated. The fund may invest in small, mid and large capitalization companies.
Long Name First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_317654871
Nav Price 92.07
Net Assets 78,272,504.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.99
Open 93.5
Phone (800) 621-1675
Post Market Change -0.21490479
Post Market Change Percent -0.23160364
Post Market Price 92.575
Post Market Time 1,783,973,404
Previous Close 94.2101
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -1.6351013
Regular Market Change Percent -1.7355902
Regular Market Day High 93.5
Regular Market Day Low 92.575
Regular Market Day Range 92.575 - 93.5
Regular Market Open 93.5
Regular Market Previous Close 94.2101
Regular Market Price 92.575
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 764
Short Name First Trust RiverFront Dynamic
Source Interval 15
Symbol RFEM
Three Year Average Return 0.2323914
Total Assets 78,272,504
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 15.006218
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 14.72217
Trailing Three Month Returns 14.72217
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 84.749756
Two Hundred Day Average Change 7.825241
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.092333496
Type Disp ETF
Volume 764
Yield 0.0269
Ytd Return 18.2269