Is RDVY a good investment?

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) is a US dividend ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores RDVY 4.7 out of 10 — highest on Quality (8.6), lowest on Valuation (0.7). It trades at 17.4 times earnings, against its own median of 13.2. Its ten largest holdings are 24% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is RDVY rated? ETF Copilot scores First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) 4.7 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) 4.7 out of 10 overall.

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

Overall: 4.7 / 10
Growth: 1.1 / 10
Valuation: 0.7 / 10
Risk: 5.7 / 10
Quality: 8.6 / 10
Return: 7.8 / 10

What is RDVY's expense ratio? 0.47% a year

As of September 11, 2026, RDVY charges 0.47% a year, yields 1.37% and holds $25.4B in assets across 70 positions.

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) — cost, income and size
Measure	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.47%
Dividend yield	1.37%
Assets under management	$25.4B
Holdings	70

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.

What stands out in RDVY's data

U.S. companies with a record of raising dividends, screened for earnings strength.

Trades cheaper than the typical dividend fund — you pay less for each dollar of earnings.

Its trailing P/E multiple of 17.4x is cheaper than the category median of 18.9x, and the companies it holds earn a 35.0% return on invested capital.

A core dividend sleeve that pairs income growth with a modest valuation.

Why did RDVY move this week? It fell 1.9% in the week to September 11, 2026 — Baker Hughes and Salesforce.com drove it

RDVY fell 1.9% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Baker Hughes (−7.2%), Salesforce.com (−6.3%) and Booking (−10.9%); Applied Materials (+4.7%) pushed the other way.

Is RDVY expensive right now? It trades at 17.4 times earnings, against its own median of 13.2

As of September 11, 2026, RDVY is more expensive than 95% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017 — 108 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside RDVY? 27% Tech

What's inside RDVY: Size (Large 79%, Mid 21%, Small 0%); Geography (International 4%, US 96%); Tech 26.5%; Magnificent 7 9.5%; AI 5.0%; Semiconductors 13.4%; Memory 8.2%.

What are RDVY's top holdings? The ten largest are 24% of the fund

Lam Research, Applied Materials, KLA, Bank of NEW York Mellon, The Travelers, GE Vernova, Bank of America, Ross Stores, Allstate and Nvidia are RDVY's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 56% of Dividend US ETFs.

Half of RDVY's weight sits in its 24 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 57 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/rdvy