Bahl & Gaynor Income Growth ETF
$35.83−0.12 (−0.32%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.45%
- Fund size
- $2.2B
- 1Y return
- +15.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.72%
- Holdings
- 48
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $36.12
- 52W range
The ETF.net BGIG Grade
Score 74 of 100 sits in the A 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.AScore 74Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.CScore 40Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 68Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 96Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 51Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 83Category rank
Our read on BGIG
AAn active dividend fund that writes the cushion into its own mandate: rising income, downside protection versus the broad market, and growth. Distributions land monthly, and it charges less than the typical active dividend-income fund.
The Fund seeks growing dividend income, downside protection relative to the broader equity market, and long-term capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- The stated objective names three jobs at once: growing dividend income, downside protection relative to the broader equity market, and long-term capital appreciation.
- Income arrives monthly, not on the quarterly schedule most equity funds keep.
- At 0.45% a year, it sits below the median fee for active US dividend-income funds.
- One of the strongest implementations in its peer group of active US dividend-income funds, with a portfolio that matches the mandate on the label.
Worth knowing
- Cheaper active dividend options exist: CGDV runs 0.33% and HIDV 0.35%.
- Hunting rising dividends means skipping most of the non-payers inside the S&P 500 it measures itself against, so results can look very different from the index.
- Launched in 2023, so there is no live record spanning a full market cycle yet.
BGIG Holdings
- Stocks
- 48
- 41%
- MSFT
Sectors
- Technology25.2%
- Health Care15.8%
- Financials15.7%
- Energy10.7%
- Industrials10.3%
- Utilities6.5%
- Consumer Discr.6.2%
- Cons. Staples4.4%
- Real Estate3.2%
- Communication1.4%
- Materials0.5%
Geography
- United States86.39%
- Ireland5.94%
- Taiwan4.53%
- Switzerland1.94%
- United Kingdom1.20%
BGIG 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 | BGIG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.5% |
| 1 month | −2.5% |
| 3 months | +1.9% |
| 1 year | +15.2% |
| 3 years | +16.6% |
| 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 | BGIG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.5% | |
| 2025 | +12.5% | |
| 2024 | +16.9% | |
| 2023 | +3.3% |
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BGIG Dividends
- 1.72%
- $0.62
- $0.05 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | $0.05 |
| May 28, 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | May 1, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Mar 2, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Feb 2, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Nov 3, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.05 |
BGIG Risk
- 9.0%
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.
- 1.45
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.
- −13.2%
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.
- 0.53
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BGIG Cost
- The middle half of US Active Dividend Income funds
- Median 0.51%
8 of the 40 US Active Dividend Income funds charge less.