iMGP Berkshire Dividend Growth ETF
$14.88−0.05 (−0.31%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.55%
- Fund size
- $23M
- 1Y return
- +19.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.43%
- Holdings
- 32
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $14.99
- 52W range
The ETF.net BDVG Grade
Score 50 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.CScore 47Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 70Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 46Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 37Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 49Category rank
Our read on BDVG
CDividend investing by conviction, not by screen: about 30 large-cap US dividend payers, hand-picked and actively managed, priced right at the middle of the active dividend-income pack.
The Fund seeks dividend income and long-term capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- A tight book of roughly 30 names, all large-cap US companies worth at least $10 billion when first bought. Every position has to earn its slot.
- The 0.55% expense ratio lands exactly at the median for active dividend-income ETFs, so you are not paying a premium for the stock picking.
- Two jobs, stated plainly in the prospectus: dividend income and long-term capital appreciation. Distributions go out quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded with a small asset base. Spreads can widen, so limit orders do real work here.
- Concentration cuts both ways. With about 30 holdings, one company's dividend decision moves the whole portfolio more than it would in a 400-stock index fund.
- Index-tracking rivals go cheaper: CGDV at 0.33% and HIDV at 0.35% undercut this fund's 0.55%. Also a young fund, launched in 2023, so the record is short.
BDVG Holdings
- Stocks
- 32
- 43%
- DELL
Sectors
- Technology27.5%
- Financials16.6%
- Industrials15.8%
- Health Care9.4%
- Energy9.0%
- Cons. Staples8.7%
- Materials5.0%
- Consumer Discr.4.5%
- Utilities2.3%
- Real Estate1.1%
Geography
- United States92.79%
- Ireland5.03%
- Switzerland2.18%
BDVG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | BDVG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +17.3% |
| 1 month | −0.7% |
| 3 months | +4.6% |
| 1 year | +19.2% |
| 3 years | +17.1% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BDVG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +17.3% | |
| 2025 | +13.7% | |
| 2024 | +11.7% | |
| 2023 | +3.3% |
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BDVG Dividends
- 1.43%
- $0.21
- $0.06 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.04 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.05 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.04 |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.03 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.05 |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Oct 2, 2023 | $0.05 |
BDVG Risk
- 10.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.01
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −14.5%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.69
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BDVG Cost
- The middle half of US Active Dividend Income funds
- Median 0.51%
21 of the 40 US Active Dividend Income funds charge less.