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First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF (RND)

Large Blend | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
31.90 USD -0.33 (-1.037%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 2:14 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:⯪☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:18 a.m. EDT

The asset is currently trading near its 52-week high, suggesting recent strength, yet the underlying price history reveals a critical limitation: there is only one year of available data showing a +16.68% gain. This brevity prevents any assessment of whether the rally is part of a sustainable trend or a temporary spike. Consequently, the long-term outlook remains neutral due to the lack of multi-year performance context, while the short-term view is equally ambiguous given the modest 0.97% predicted move over the next 45 days. Furthermore, the income profile is negligible, with a single dividend payment of $0.01 recorded in late 2024, offering no meaningful yield to investors seeking cash flow.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.025427
MSTL0.028338
AutoETS0.032951
AutoARIMA0.033034

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 57%
H-stat 0.64
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.647
Excess Kurtosis -0.62
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 32.74

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 32.68
All Time Low 19.583
Ask 49.77
Ask Size 1,200
Average Daily Volume10 Day 9,590
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,544
Average Volume 2,544
Average Volume10Days 9,590
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 1,200
Category Large Blend
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 31.95
Day Low 31.8998
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.9742296
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 31.56936
Fifty Day Average Change 0.3304386
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.010467067
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 18.67752
Fifty Two Week High 32.68
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.78020096
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.023873959
Fifty Two Week Low 26.25
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.6497993
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.21523045
Fifty Two Week Range 26.25 - 32.68
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,714,570,200,000
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
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 PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1870986289
Nav Price 32.26
Net Assets 4,795,163.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.6
Open 31.95
Phone (800) 621-1675
Previous Close 32.2341
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.334301
Regular Market Change Percent -1.0371
Regular Market Day High 31.95
Regular Market Day Low 31.8998
Regular Market Day Range 31.8998 - 31.95
Regular Market Open 31.95
Regular Market Previous Close 32.2341
Regular Market Price 31.8998
Regular Market Time 1,783,966,445
Regular Market Volume 268
Short Name First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leade
Source Interval 15
Symbol RND
Total Assets 4,795,163
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 32.743618
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 16.72143
Trailing Three Month Returns 16.72143
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 30.164816
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.7349834
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.05751679
Type Disp ETF
Volume 268
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 5.19908