Summary
First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 51. The ten largest make up 60% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $9.93M
- Positions
- 51
- Running since
- 2024
What speaks for it
Nothing stands out in its favour.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 60% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 46% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 94% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.60% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- A young fund: it has been running only since 2024.
- A small fund with $9.93M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $126.8K changes hands a day.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +0.5%
- 3 months
- +5.0%
- This year
- +8.8%
- 1 year
- +11%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.06T
- P/E
- 27.0x
- Forward P/E
- 24.7x
- P/S
- 7.3x
- P/B
- 9.5x
- P/FCF
- 33.6x
- EV/EBITDA
- 19.2x
- Dividend yield
- 0.62%
- ROIC
- 24.2%
- ROE
- 53.6%
- Gross margin
- 60.1%
- Operating margin
- 32.2%
- Net margin
- 31.0%
- Payout ratio
- 16.7%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.4x
- Beta
- 1.23
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 100% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 MSMicrosoft MSFT 8.4%
- 2 AAApple AAPL 8.4%
- 3 AMAmazon AMZN 8.1%
- 4 GOAlphabet GOOGL 8.0%
- 5 NVNvidia NVDA 7.6%
- 6 LLEli Lilly LLY 4.4%
- 7 TSTesla TSLA 4.1%
- 8 MEMeta META 4.0%
- 9 AVBroadcom AVGO 3.8%
- 10 AMAMD AMD 3.5%
Positions in the fund: 51. The ten largest make up 60% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 46%
- Healthcare 15%
- Consumer cyclical 15%
- Communication services 12%
- Industrials 8.5%
- Other 3.3%
By country
- United States 94%
- Ireland 5.5%
- Other countries 0.07%
By company size
- Mega cap 75%
- Large cap 25%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Technology (46%). Largest country: United States (94%). Largest size group: Mega cap (75%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $60.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,873
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $60.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $2,873.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- Over the last year
- +11%
- Deepest drop
- -23%
- Yearly volatility
- 17%
Growth over the last year: 11%. Deepest drop in these years: 23% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Last payment
- $0.01
The last payment was $0.01 on Dec 13, 2024.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $126.8K
- Shares a day
- 3.8K
On an average day about $126.8K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 27.0
- Average Bulios Score
- 72 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 11%
- Fairly valued 8.9%
- Overvalued 80%
On average the companies inside trade for 27.0 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 80% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 100% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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