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First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF (RND)

Large Blend | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
33.08 USD -0.02 (-0.060%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 3:59 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 33.08

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 6:03 a.m. EDT

The asset is currently trading near its 52-week high, having rallied nearly 25% over the last year, which suggests strong recent momentum. However, the short-term outlook is clouded by a slight negative bias in the statistical forecast model and a recent dip in price action over the last few sessions, preventing a full bullish conviction. For the long term, the business appears fundamentally sound given the significant price appreciation and lack of recent earnings declines, though the valuation is elevated relative to the single year of data available. The income profile is negligible, offering no meaningful yield to investors.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.030799
MSTL0.031115
AutoTheta0.035157
AutoARIMA0.050224

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 58%
H-stat 1.09
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.522
Excess Kurtosis -0.05
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 33.29

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2024-12-13 0.011 0.042952
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 0.0

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 33.68
All Time Low 19.583
Ask 33.08
Ask Size 1,100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,360
Average Daily Volume3 Month 4,048
Average Volume 4,048
Average Volume10Days 3,360
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 33.08
Bid Size 1,100
Category Large Blend
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 33.17
Day Low 33.05
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.9937656
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 32.11536
Fifty Day Average Change 0.9646416
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.030036766
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 19.009102
Fifty Two Week High 33.68
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.5999985
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.017814681
Fifty Two Week Low 26.25
Fifty Two Week Low Change 6.830002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.26019055
Fifty Two Week Range 26.25 - 33.68
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,714,570,200,000
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change -0.0199966
Fullday Change Percent -0.0604128
Fullday Price 33.08
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,714,435,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities that comprise the index. According to the index provider, the index is designed to track the performance of companies that seek to return implicit value to shareholders by reinvesting in their own growth. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1870986289
Nav Price 32.86
Net Assets 9,557,164.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.6
Open 33.17
Phone (800) 621-1675
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 33.08
Post Market Time 1,787,947,489
Previous Close 33.1
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0199966
Regular Market Change Percent -0.0604128
Regular Market Day High 33.17
Regular Market Day Low 33.05
Regular Market Day Range 33.05 - 33.17
Regular Market Open 33.17
Regular Market Previous Close 33.1
Regular Market Price 33.08
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,165
Regular Market Volume 1,568
Short Name First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leade
Source Interval 15
Symbol RND
Total Assets 9,557,164
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 33.28753
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 3.67719
Trailing Three Month Returns 3.67719
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 30.561874
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.5181274
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.082394406
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,568
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 4.83712