VanEck Durable High Dividend ETF
$38.70+0.08 (+0.22%)
- 0.30%
- $38M
- +20.3%
- 3.22%
- 0M sh
- $38.66
- low $31.35high $40.35
The ETF.net DURA Grade
C
Score 41 out of 100
- 46 of 53
Score 41 of 100 falls in the C 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.B67 out of 100Rank 18 of 53Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.D31 out of 100Rank 50 of 50Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C42 out of 100Rank 35 of 53Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F22 out of 100Rank 45 of 53Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D31 out of 100Rank 47 of 53Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D26 out of 100Rank 45 of 53
Our read on DURA
CMost dividend screens stop at yield. DURA's Morningstar index adds financial-strength and valuation tests on top, hunting high payers that also look cheap rather than just high-yielding.
The fund seeks to track the Morningstar US Dividend Valuation Index, which targets high-dividend-yielding U.S. companies selected for financial strength and attractive valuations.
Why people hold it
- The index screens high-yielding US stocks for financial strength and attractive valuation, a built-in check against chasing yield on its own.vaneck.com
- At 0.30% a year, it undercuts the 0.39% median fee for dividend-screen funds.
- Roughly 70 stocks and quarterly distributions: a compact income sleeve, not a broad-market proxy wearing a dividend label.
- Trading since 2018, so the quality-plus-value approach has a multi-year live record behind it, not just a backtest.
Worth knowing
- A small fund that trades thinly next to the category's giants, so spreads and fill quality can matter more than the expense ratio.
- Cheaper than the typical dividend screener, but the category's largest funds cost a fraction: VIG at 0.04%, SCHD at 0.06%, DGRO at 0.08%.
- A value tilt across roughly 70 names concentrates sector bets and puts more weight on each holding than broad dividend indexes do.
DURA Holdings
- Other
- 81
- 44%
- XOM
Sectors
- Health Care19.1%
- Energy17.1%
- Consumer Staples17.0%
- Utilities11.0%
- Financials10.4%
- Communication8.5%
- Technology7.0%
- Consumer Discretionary4.5%
- Industrials3.8%
- Materials1.6%
Geography
- United States97.32%
- Ireland1.80%
- Netherlands0.55%
- Switzerland0.33%
DURA Performance
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DURA$12,026
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 | DURA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.8% |
| 1 month | −1.5% |
| 3 months | +3.3% |
| 1 year | +20.3% |
| 3 years | +12.9% |
| 5 years | +8.4% |
| 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 | DURA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +16.8% | |
| 2025 | +7.6% | |
| 2024 | +8.5% | |
| 2023 | +0.8% | |
| 2022 | +2.4% | |
| 2021 | +15.5% | |
| 2020 | +0.1% |
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DURA Dividends
- 3.22%
- $1.24
- $0.26 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DURA Risk
- 11.4%
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.
- 0.65
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.
- −15.8%
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.
- 0.38
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DURA Cost
0.30%
DURA0.30%
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
17 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.
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