First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

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First Trust SMID Cp Rising Div Achv ETF (SDVY)

Type

Exchange-traded fund

Manager

First Trust

Gender equality score

/ 100 points

Overall score

Average Equileap Gender Equality Score of fund holdings, weighted by market value

Group ranking

18.9

percentile

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Group: U.S. Equity Fund

Ranking: 2,073 out of 2,554 funds

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Gender equality

Gender equality group ranking, based on Equileap company data

Civilian firearms

Investments in civilian firearms manufacturers, and related gun retailers

Prison industrial complex

Investments in prisons and borders industry, including private prison operators

Military weapons

Investments in military arms manufacturers and services companies, including nuclear weapon manufacturers and servicers

Tobacco

Investments in tobacco and e-cigarette manufacturers, and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies

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Top scoring holdings

The top 10 holdings in this portfolio with the best scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.

1. The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc
0.35% of assets
$26.96M invested
2. New York Times Co Class A
0.82% of assets
$64.07M invested
3. Huntington Bancshares Inc
0.61% of assets
$47.28M invested
4. eBay Inc
0.49% of assets
$37.99M invested
5. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co
0.34% of assets
$26.5M invested
6. Principal Financial Group Inc
0.21% of assets
$16.06M invested
7. Raymond James Financial Inc
0.39% of assets
$30.39M invested
8. Jacobs Solutions Inc
0.75% of assets
$58.29M invested
9. Robert Half Inc
0.17% of assets
$13.06M invested
10. Ralph Lauren Corp Class A
0.91% of assets
$70.72M invested

Bottom scoring holdings

The bottom 10 holdings in this portfolio with the worst scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.

1. First Merchants Corp
0.24% of assets
$18.82M invested
2. Dillard's Inc Class A
0.77% of assets
$60.17M invested
3. Chemed Corp
0.7% of assets
$54.43M invested
4. Mueller Industries Inc
0.9% of assets
$70.56M invested
5. International Bancshares Corp
0.84% of assets
$65.31M invested
6. Interparfums Inc
0.75% of assets
$58.29M invested
7. UFP Industries Inc
0.36% of assets
$28.2M invested
8. Vishay Intertechnology Inc
0.13% of assets
$10.35M invested
9. Weatherford International PLC Ordinary Shares - New
0.34% of assets
$26.69M invested
10. UniFirst Corp
0.18% of assets
$13.72M invested

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Gender Equality and Returns

Returns chart for First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

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The figure above charts annualized returns and Gender Equality Fund grades. The orange marker represents this fund. The purple marker (if present) represents an assigned benchmark. Blue dots represent funds in the same Morningstar category as this fund. Dark gray dots represent funds in the same grading group as this fund. Returns are for the most recent available for this fund of 1, 3, 5, or 10 year annualized returns. The higher a fund is marked on the Y axis, the better its returns for the specified time period. The higher a fund is marked on the X axis, the better its Gender Equality Funds group ranking. Read more on the How it Works page.

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First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

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Performance as of: 3/31/25

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Benchmark

Suggested: S&P 500

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Higher 5-yr returns

2.23% more in annualized returns

Lower overall gender equality score

13 / 100 points lower

Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score

6 / 40 points lower

Lower equal compensation and work life balance score

5 / 30 points lower

Lower policies promoting gender equality score

2 / 20 points lower

Lower commitment, transparency, and accountability score

1 / 10 points lower

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SDVY

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Family

First Trust

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Small Value

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iShares from BlackRock

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Performance as of: 3/31/25

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3 years

5 years

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Benchmark

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Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Higher 5-yr returns

2.23% more in annualized returns

Lower overall gender equality score

13 / 100 points lower

Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score

6 / 40 points lower

Lower equal compensation and work life balance score

5 / 30 points lower

Lower policies promoting gender equality score

2 / 20 points lower

Lower commitment, transparency, and accountability score

1 / 10 points lower

Current fund

SDVY

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Family

First Trust

Category

Small Value

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Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

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iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

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Investment timeline

Performance as of: 3/31/25

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: S&P 500

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Higher 5-yr returns

2.23% more in annualized returns

Lower overall gender equality score

13 / 100 points lower

Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score

6 / 40 points lower

Lower equal compensation and work life balance score

5 / 30 points lower

Lower policies promoting gender equality score

2 / 20 points lower

Lower commitment, transparency, and accountability score

1 / 10 points lower

Month-end trailing returns

Performance as of date: 3/31/25

Morningstar suggested benchmark: S&P 500 TR USD

Annualized returns

Gender-lens analysis

1-yr

3-yr

5-yr

10-yr

This fund
SDVY - First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

-2.12%

8.64%

21%

42 / 100 points

Benchmark

8.22%

9.03%

19%

12%

55 / 100 points

Fund compared to benchmark

-10.34%

-0.39%

2.23%

13 / 100 points lower

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