Overview
Small and mid-cap companies with rising dividends, growing earnings and strong balance sheets — RDVY's playbook applied below the large-cap line.
Top Holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| JXN | Jackson Financial | 1.2% |
| SNA | Snap-on Inc. | 1.1% |
| RGA | Reinsurance Group | 1.1% |
| OC | Owens Corning | 1.1% |
| EME | EMCOR Group | 1.1% |
| ALLY | Ally Financial | 1.0% |
| UNM | Unum Group | 1.0% |
| AIT | Applied Industrial Tech. | 1.0% |
| PRI | Primerica Inc. | 1.0% |
| MLI | Mueller Industries | 1.0% |
Fund Details
Investment Thesis
Dividend growth screens work even better in smaller companies, where a rising payout backed by earnings and low debt is a rarer, stronger quality signal than among the mega-caps everyone screens. SDVY applies the Rising Dividend Achievers filter to the SMID universe — financials- and industrials-heavy, equal-weighted — and has quietly become one of First Trust's biggest funds at $12B.
Who It's For
Total-return investors who want quality small/mid caps chosen by dividend discipline rather than a raw index. The natural SMID companion to RDVY, with the same fee caveat.
10-Year History
| Year | Close | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | $21.58 | -- |
| 2018 | $19.63 | -9.0% |
| 2019 | $24.54 | +25.0% |
| 2020 | $26.02 | +6.0% |
| 2021 | $33.82 | +30.0% |
| 2022 | $30.10 | -11.0% |
| 2023 | $36.12 | +20.0% |
| 2024 | $40.45 | +12.0% |
| 2025 | $44.50 | +10.0% |
| Year | Yield |
|---|---|
| 2016 | -- |
| 2017 | 1.40% |
| 2018 | 1.70% |
| 2019 | 1.50% |
| 2020 | 1.40% |
| 2021 | 1.10% |
| 2022 | 1.50% |
| 2023 | 1.40% |
| 2024 | 1.10% |
| 2025 | 1.00% |
| Year | AUM | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | $0.1B | -- |
| 2018 | $0.3B | +200.0% |
| 2019 | $0.5B | +66.7% |
| 2020 | $0.7B | +40.0% |
| 2021 | $2B | +185.7% |
| 2022 | $3B | +50.0% |
| 2023 | $5B | +66.7% |
| 2024 | $8B | +60.0% |
| 2025 | $10B | +25.0% |
Price history from exchange data. Dividend yields from reported distributions; some earlier years are derived from total-return vs price-return data or are ETFHub estimates. AUM history is an ETFHub estimate modelled from current assets and annual returns (fund flows not reflected) and may differ from official fund records. Data as of October 2026.
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