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Is RBLD a good investment?

Updated October 9, 2026

First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF (RBLD) is a real estate and infrastructure ETF. As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores RBLD 4.1 out of 10 — highest on Risk (7.0), lowest on Value (0.6). It trades at 24.1 times earnings, against its own median of 14.7. Its ten largest holdings are 13% of the fund.

What stands out in RBLD's data

U.S. infrastructure and real estate companies, selected by a core index.

A niche sleeve for portfolios wanting targeted infrastructure exposure.

Why did RBLD move this week? It rose 2.1% in the week to October 9, 2026 — Constellation Energy and Crown Castle drove it

RBLD rose 2.1% in the week to October 9, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Constellation Energy (+15.8%), Crown Castle (+19.9%) and Talen Energy (+18.0%); CoreWeave (−8.4%) pushed the other way.

How is RBLD rated? ETF Copilot scores First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF (RBLD) 4.1 out of 10

As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF (RBLD) 4.1 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

  • Overall: 4.1 / 10
  • Growth: 4.2 / 10
  • Value: 0.6 / 10
  • Risk: 7.0 / 10
  • Quality: 4.1 / 10
  • Return: 4.3 / 10

Is RBLD expensive right now? It trades at 24.1 times earnings, against its own median of 14.7

As of October 9, 2026, RBLD is more expensive than 90% of its own last 9 years.

Trailing 12 months, built from RBLD's holdings. How we calculate this →

What's inside RBLD?

What's inside RBLD: Size (Large 64%, Mid 37%, Small 0%); Geography (International 4%, US 96%); Tech 9.9%; AI 3.7%.

What are RBLD's top holdings? The ten largest are 13% of the fund

Okta, Snowflake, Twilio, Cloudflare, Freeport-McMoRan, Emerson Electric, Nordson, Constellation Energy, Nucor and Verisign are RBLD's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 95% of Real Estate & Infra ETFs.

Half of RBLD's weight sits in its 46 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 98 equally weighted holdings.

What is RBLD's expense ratio? 0.65% a year

As of October 9, 2026, RBLD charges 0.65% a year, yields 1.01% and holds $42M in assets across 101 positions.

First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF (RBLD) — cost, income and size
MeasureRBLD
Expense ratio0.65%
Dividend yield1.01%
Assets under management$42M
Holdings101

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

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ETF Copilot, “First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF (RBLD) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 9, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/rbld

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