First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Dividend ETF
$44.76−0.04 (−0.09%)
- 0.60%
- $72M
- +17.0%
- 1.65%
- 0M sh
- $44.71
- low $38.69high $47.84
The ETF.net DDIV Grade
D
Score 36 out of 100
- 51 of 53
Score 36 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F8 out of 100Rank 49 of 53Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.B68 out of 100Rank 41 of 50Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F22 out of 100Rank 48 of 53Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C54 out of 100Rank 23 of 53Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D37 out of 100Rank 40 of 53Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C46 out of 100Rank 37 of 53
Our read on DDIV
DMost dividend funds stop at yield. DDIV adds a second screen: Dorsey Wright's relative-strength momentum ranking, leaving about 50 income payers that are also trending. A trend filter bolted onto an income screen, running since 2014.
The Fund seeks to generally track the price and yield performance of the Dorsey Wright Momentum Plus Dividend Yield Index. It normally invests at least 90% of net assets in securities comprising that Index.
Why people hold it
- Two screens, not one. Dividend yield gets you in the door; Dorsey Wright relative-strength momentum decides who stays. Few income ETFs bother with a trend filter at all.ftportfolios.com
- Rules run it, not a manager's hunch. The fund normally keeps at least 90% of net assets in its index's stocks, so you get the stated strategy undiluted.ftportfolios.com
- A concentrated book of roughly 50 names and quarterly distributions, live since 2014 and through several full market cycles.
Worth knowing
- The overlay is not free: 0.60% a year, above the roughly 0.39% median for dividend-screen ETFs and well above plain trackers like SCHD (0.06%) and VIG (0.04%).
- Thinly traded and modest in assets next to the household-name dividend funds. Limit orders matter more here than in a fund that trades by the million.
- Momentum crowds into whatever is working. With about 50 holdings, sector tilts can shift sharply from one rebalance to the next.
DDIV Holdings
- Stocks
- 51
- 40%
- DINO
Sectors
- Financials30.2%
- Real Estate17.1%
- Industrials10.4%
- Technology10.1%
- Health Care9.8%
- Energy9.5%
- Consumer Discretionary6.1%
- Utilities3.9%
- Materials3.0%
Geography
- United States94.57%
- Ireland2.33%
- Puerto Rico1.81%
- Netherlands1.29%
DDIV Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
DDIV$11,704
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | DDIV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.0% |
| 1 month | −2.0% |
| 3 months | −2.3% |
| 1 year | +17.0% |
| 3 years | +20.0% |
| 5 years | +9.8% |
| 10 years | +10.5% |
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 | DDIV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.0% | |
| 2025 | +12.2% | |
| 2024 | +27.2% | |
| 2023 | +9.9% | |
| 2022 | −12.5% | |
| 2021 | +39.9% | |
| 2020 | −3.6% |
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DDIV Dividends
- 1.65%
- $0.74
- $0.18 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DDIV Risk
- 15.3%
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.
- 0.93
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.
- −21.1%
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.
- 0.94
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DDIV Cost
0.60%
DDIV0.60%
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
47 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.
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