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RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF — distribution yield, history & ex-dividend dates

NASDAQ· Quarterly distribution· ETF

$80.59 ▲ $0.65(0.81%) as of Sep 13, 2026 06:20 UTC
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First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI - First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors LP. It invests in public equity markets of the United States. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in growth and value stocks of large-cap companies. The fund invests in dividend paying stocks of companies. It seeks to track the performance of the NASDAQ US Rising Dividend Achievers Index, by using full replication technique. First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI - First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF was formed on January 6, 2014 and is domiciled in the United States.

Distribution Snapshot

StatusReduced
Latest Distribution$0.1474
Forward Annual$0.59
FrequencyQuarterly
Last Ex-DateJun 25, 2026
1-Yr Growth-20.5%
10-Yr Growth5.7%

Key Metrics

Distribution Yield

0.73%

The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.

Annualized Distribution

$0.5896

The most recent payment scaled to a full year by how often it's paid. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00.

Frequency

Q Quarterly

How often the dividend is paid: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.

Rank Score

39.3

Our 0-100 house score blending yield, payout safety, growth and momentum. Higher means a stronger profile on those factors in our model — a research score, not advice or a recommendation to buy.

RSI (14)

43

Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.

52-Week Range

$65.02 – $83.88

The lowest and highest price over the past year — shows where today's price sits in its recent range.

Payout Ratio

n/a

The share of GAAP earnings paid out as dividends. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earns. It shows n/a for BDCs, REITs and funds, which pay out of cash flow / net investment income rather than GAAP earnings, so this ratio doesn't apply.

Years Paying

12

How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.

Price / Book

-

Price-to-book ratio: share price divided by book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.

S.A.F.E. Dividend Read

S.A.F.E. is our quick durability read on a dividend — the same four-check test used across the screener and our ranked lists. Solid: the payout is well covered and the overall model profile is strong. Accelerating: the dividend has grown over time, not stalled. Flawless: an unbroken record with no cuts or suspensions. Enduring: a long enough paying history to weather a cycle. All four met earns the S.A.F.E. flag.
S Solid
Below the Solid check (model rank 70+ and yield 2%+): rank 39/100, yield 0.73%.
A Accelerating
Dividend growth has stalled — 0 consecutive annual increase(s), under the 3 this check looks for.
F Flawless
A dividend cut or reduction appears in the record.
E Enduring
12 year(s) of payments on record, under the 20 this check looks for.

Quote & Key Data

ExchangeNASDAQThe stock exchange where the shares trade, such as NYSE or Nasdaq.
Volume910,816How many shares changed hands in the latest session — a rough read on trading activity.
Open$80.69The price at the start of the latest trading session.
Day Range$80.19 – $80.82The lowest and highest price during the latest trading session.
Prev Close$79.94The closing price from the previous trading session.
Market Cap-The company's total market value: share price times shares outstanding.
Shares Out-The total number of shares the company has issued.
EPSn/aEarnings per share — profit divided by shares outstanding. Dividends are paid out of these earnings.
P/En/aPrice-to-earnings ratio: share price divided by earnings per share. A rough gauge of how richly the stock is valued.
Ex-DistributionJun 25, 2026Buy before this date to receive the upcoming payment. Buy on or after it and the seller keeps that one.
Pay DateJun 30, 2026The date the dividend is actually paid into shareholders' accounts.

Distribution Growth

3-Yr Growth (CAGR)-7.3%The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded. Steady growth signals a healthy, rising payout.
5-Yr Growth (CAGR)4.8%The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded. Steady growth signals a healthy, rising payout.
Consecutive Increases0 yrsThe number of years in a row the dividend has increased — a track record of reliability.

Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)

RDVY's distribution yield fell from 0.92% to 0.73% over the past ~90 days (-0.19 pp). Of that move, -0.17 pp came from changes in the distribution rate and -0.02 pp from the share price ($79.06 → $80.59). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.

Yield vs Its Own History

Current0.73%
1-Yr Average0.94%
Low / High0.70% – 1.71%
Percentile9%

Across 335 daily observations over the past 16 months, RDVY's current yield is higher than approximately 9% of them. Our stored price history for RDVY covers the past 16 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.

Adjusted Price History

Distribution History

Distribution Payment History

Ex-dividend calendar →
Amount Type Declared Ex-Date Record Pay
$0.1474 Q Regular Jun 24, 2026 Jun 25, 2026 Jun 25, 2026 Jun 30, 2026
$0.1813 Q Regular Mar 25, 2026 Mar 26, 2026 Mar 26, 2026 Mar 31, 2026
$0.1996 Q Regular Dec 11, 2025 Dec 12, 2025 Dec 12, 2025 Dec 31, 2025
$0.1487 Q Regular Sep 24, 2025 Sep 25, 2025 Sep 25, 2025 Sep 30, 2025
$0.1706 Q Regular Jun 25, 2025 Jun 26, 2025 Jun 26, 2025 Jun 30, 2025
$0.2544 Q Regular Mar 26, 2025 Mar 27, 2025 Mar 27, 2025 Mar 31, 2025
$0.2956 Q Regular Dec 12, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 Dec 31, 2024
$0.1912 Q Regular Sep 25, 2024 Sep 26, 2024 Sep 26, 2024 Sep 30, 2024
$0.2616 Q Regular Jun 26, 2024 Jun 27, 2024 Jun 27, 2024 Jun 28, 2024
$0.2238 Q Regular Mar 20, 2024 Mar 21, 2024 Mar 22, 2024 Mar 28, 2024
$0.3421 Q Regular Mar 24, 2023 Dec 22, 2023 Dec 26, 2023 Dec 29, 2023
$0.2241 Q Regular Mar 24, 2023 Sep 22, 2023 Sep 25, 2023 Sep 29, 2023
$0.3021 Q Regular Mar 24, 2023 Jun 27, 2023 Jun 28, 2023 Jun 30, 2023
$0.2114 Q Regular Mar 23, 2023 Mar 24, 2023 Mar 27, 2023 Mar 31, 2023
$0.3760 Q Regular Dec 22, 2022 Dec 23, 2022 Dec 27, 2022 Dec 30, 2022
$0.2180 Q Regular Sep 22, 2022 Sep 23, 2022 Sep 26, 2022 Sep 30, 2022
$0.2220 Q Regular Jun 23, 2022 Jun 24, 2022 Jun 27, 2022 Jun 30, 2022
$0.1540 Q Regular Mar 24, 2022 Mar 25, 2022 Mar 28, 2022 Mar 31, 2022
$0.1710 Q Regular Dec 22, 2021 Dec 23, 2021 Dec 27, 2021 Dec 31, 2021
$0.1310 Q Regular Sep 22, 2021 Sep 23, 2021 Sep 24, 2021 Sep 30, 2021
$0.1200 Q Regular Jan 28, 2021 Jun 24, 2021 Jun 25, 2021 Jun 30, 2021
$0.1170 Q Regular Jan 28, 2021 Mar 25, 2021 Mar 26, 2021 Mar 31, 2021
$0.2110 Q Regular Dec 23, 2020 Dec 24, 2020 Dec 28, 2020 Dec 31, 2020
$0.1280 Q Regular Sep 23, 2020 Sep 24, 2020 Sep 25, 2020 Sep 30, 2020
$0.1650 Q Regular Jun 24, 2020 Jun 25, 2020 Jun 26, 2020 Jun 30, 2020
$0.1080 Q Regular Mar 25, 2020 Mar 26, 2020 Mar 27, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
$0.1880 Q Regular Dec 12, 2019 Dec 13, 2019 Dec 16, 2019 Dec 31, 2019
$0.1270 Q Regular Sep 24, 2019 Sep 25, 2019 Sep 26, 2019 Sep 30, 2019
$0.1330 Q Regular Jun 13, 2019 Jun 14, 2019 Jun 17, 2019 Jun 28, 2019
$0.1090 Q Regular Mar 20, 2019 Mar 21, 2019 Mar 22, 2019 Mar 29, 2019
$0.1620 Q Regular Dec 17, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 Dec 19, 2018 Dec 31, 2018
$0.0820 Q Regular Sep 13, 2018 Sep 14, 2018 Sep 17, 2018 Sep 28, 2018
$0.0990 Q Regular Jun 20, 2018 Jun 21, 2018 Jun 22, 2018 Jun 29, 2018
$0.1020 Q Regular Mar 21, 2018 Mar 22, 2018 Mar 23, 2018 Mar 29, 2018
$0.1100 Q Regular Dec 20, 2017 Dec 21, 2017 Dec 22, 2017 Dec 29, 2017
$0.0880 Q Regular Sep 20, 2017 Sep 21, 2017 Sep 22, 2017 Sep 29, 2017
$0.1060 Q Regular Jun 21, 2017 Jun 22, 2017 Jun 26, 2017 Jun 30, 2017
$0.0700 Q Regular Mar 22, 2017 Mar 23, 2017 Mar 27, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
$0.0860 Q Regular Dec 20, 2016 Dec 21, 2016 Dec 23, 2016 Dec 30, 2016
$0.0792 Q Regular Sep 20, 2016 Sep 21, 2016 Sep 23, 2016 Sep 30, 2016
$0.1400 S Regular Jun 21, 2016 Jun 22, 2016 Jun 24, 2016 Jun 30, 2016
$0.2045 Q Regular Mar 22, 2016 Mar 23, 2016 Mar 28, 2016 Mar 31, 2016
$0.1900 Q Regular Dec 22, 2015 Dec 23, 2015 Dec 28, 2015 Dec 31, 2015
$0.0870 Q Regular Sep 22, 2015 Sep 23, 2015 Sep 25, 2015 Sep 30, 2015
$0.1060 Q Regular Jun 23, 2015 Jun 24, 2015 Jun 26, 2015 Jun 30, 2015
$0.0600 Q Regular Mar 24, 2015 Mar 25, 2015 Mar 27, 2015 Mar 31, 2015
$0.1380 Q Regular Dec 22, 2014 Dec 23, 2014 Dec 26, 2014 Dec 31, 2014
$0.1010 Q Regular Sep 22, 2014 Sep 23, 2014 Sep 25, 2014 Sep 30, 2014
$0.1420 Q Regular Jun 23, 2014 Jun 24, 2014 Jun 26, 2014 Jun 30, 2014
$0.0360 Q Regular Mar 24, 2014 Mar 25, 2014 Mar 27, 2014 Mar 31, 2014

Peer Comparison

Selected ETF distribution payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.

TickerNameYield5-Yr GrowthStreakRank
PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF 5.86% 1.1% 0 yrs 66
DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF 3.07% 7.9% 5 yrs 66
PEY Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF 4.67% 5.7% 1 yr 65
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF 3.61% 0.8% 1 yr 65

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RDVY dividend — frequently asked questions

Does First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF pay a dividend?

Yes. First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $0.59 per share, a yield of approximately 0.73%.

What is First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF's dividend yield?

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF's dividend yield is approximately 0.73%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.

How often does First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF pay dividends?

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.

How long has First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF paid dividends?

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF has 12 years of dividend payments on record.

Data updated Sep 13, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.

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