Polen Dividend Income ETF
$37.13−0.11 (−0.30%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $301M
- 1Y return
- +5.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.60%
- Holdings
- 29
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $37.38
- 52W range
The ETF.net DIVZ Grade
Score 47 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.DScore 33Category 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.BScore 63Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 61Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 27Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 82Category rank
Our read on DIVZ
CAbout 30 stocks, picked one at a time, with a value lens and a monthly payout. DIVZ is the stock-picker's answer to the dividend index screen, aiming for a higher yield and lower volatility than the S&P 500.
The actively managed fund seeks capital appreciation with lower volatility and a higher dividend yield than the S&P 500 Index.
Why people hold it
- Actively managed, not rules-screened: the mandate targets capital appreciation with lower volatility and a higher dividend yield than the S&P 500.
- Pays monthly, so the income arrives on the same rhythm as most bills instead of in quarterly lumps.
- A value discipline sits underneath the yield, aiming at cheaper cash generators rather than whatever pays the most today.
- Roughly 30 names, all US-listed. Every position is a real decision, not index filler.
Worth knowing
- At 0.65% a year it sits above the typical fee in its dividend-income group, and active peers like CGDV (0.33%) and TDVG (0.50%) charge less.
- Concentration cuts both ways: with about 30 holdings, a single stumble moves the fund far more than it would in a broad index.
- Volume is thin next to the giant dividend ETFs, so spreads and limit orders matter more here.
DIVZ Holdings
- Stocks
- 29
- 50%
- PM
Sectors
- Health Care19.3%
- Energy16.5%
- Utilities12.3%
- Cons. Staples12.2%
- Industrials10.3%
- Financials9.6%
- Communication9.1%
- Technology7.1%
- Consumer Discr.3.5%
Geography
- United States97.10%
- Canada2.90%
DIVZ 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 | DIVZ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +4.2% |
| 1 month | −3.0% |
| 3 months | +0.5% |
| 1 year | +5.3% |
| 3 years | +14.8% |
| 5 years | +9.5% |
| 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 | DIVZ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +4.2% | |
| 2025 | +16.7% | |
| 2024 | +18.4% | |
| 2023 | −0.5% | |
| 2022 | +3.5% | |
| 2021 | +19.7% |
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DIVZ Dividends
- 2.60%
- $0.97
- $0.12 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.10 |
| May 28, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.03 |
| Dec 24, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 | $0.04 |
DIVZ Risk
- 10.3%
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.
- 0.99
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.
- −15.5%
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.
- 0.45
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DIVZ Cost
- The middle half of US Active Dividend Income funds
- Median 0.51%
24 of the 40 US Active Dividend Income funds charge less.