RND — First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF
Data updated: 2026-08-21
RND — First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $4.80M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
RND Fund Overview
RND — First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $4.80M
- 1-year return: 19.3%
- Ticker: RND
- SEC CIK: 0001552740
- SEC series ID: S000084510
- Share class ID: C000248907
RND Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Alphabet, Inc. | 8.47% |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 7.82% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 7.80% |
| Apple, Inc. | 7.77% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 6.87% |
| Eli Lilly & Company | 4.45% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 4.16% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 3.86% |
| Amphenol Corp. | 3.52% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 3.36% |
RND Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.9% |
RND Performance
Total returns for RND (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.2% |
| 1 year | 19.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 25.3% |
RND Risk Information
Risk metrics for RND, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 17.4%
RND Costs and Fees
RND costs about $60 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.60%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.60%
- Portfolio turnover: 46%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.51 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
RND Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF had net inflows of $1.53M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $0 |
| 2026-05 | $0 |
| 2026-04 | $0 |
| 2026-03 | $0 |
| 2026-02 | $0 |
| 2026-01 | −$1.26K |
RND Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
RND Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-07-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-07-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-25
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-06-10
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-06-12
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.