First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Value ETF
$39.52+0.03 (+0.08%)
- 0.60%
- $47M
- +21.6%
- 0.77%
- 0M sh
- $39.49
- low $32.53high $42.55
The ETF.net DVLU Grade
C
Score 44 out of 100
- 79 of 99
Score 44 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.F14 out of 100Rank 83 of 99Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A88 out of 100Rank 32 of 86Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D35 out of 100Rank 69 of 97Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C46 out of 100Rank 50 of 99Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C41 out of 100Rank 71 of 98Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C44 out of 100Rank 66 of 99
Our read on DVLU
CValue and momentum usually pull in opposite directions. DVLU's Dorsey Wright index tries to own the overlap, packing it into about 50 US stocks. A niche, higher-cost take on factor investing that has been running since 2018.
The Fund seeks to track the Dorsey Wright Momentum Plus ValueTM Index before fees and expenses, normally investing at least 90% of net assets in its equity securities.
Why people hold it
- Momentum and value ride in one rules-based index rather than two separate funds. At about 50 US stocks, it can look genuinely different from a plain value benchmark.ftportfolios.com
- The Dorsey Wright Momentum Plus Value Index picks the names, not a manager's gut. Live since 2018, so there is a real multi-cycle record to inspect.
- The mandate is tight: normally at least 90% of net assets sit in the index's own stocks, so you get the strategy on the tin. Distributions come quarterly.ftportfolios.com
Worth knowing
- At 0.60% a year, it runs well above the typical US multifactor fund's 0.32%, and shelf heavyweights like VONV (0.06%) and FNDX (0.25%) charge a fraction of it.
- A small fund that trades thinly. That usually means wider bid-ask spreads and more attention needed on order entry than with the category's giants.
- About 50 names and a factor blend that can get whipsawed when market leadership turns. Results can diverge sharply from a broad value index, in both directions.
DVLU Holdings
- Stocks
- 51
- 33%
- DINO
Geography
- United States94.99%
- Puerto Rico2.68%
- Ireland1.51%
- Netherlands0.81%
DVLU Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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DVLU$12,159
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 | DVLU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +11.1% |
| 1 month | −2.9% |
| 3 months | −1.9% |
| 1 year | +21.6% |
| 3 years | +22.2% |
| 5 years | +11.7% |
| 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 | DVLU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +11.1% | |
| 2025 | +23.7% | |
| 2024 | +13.3% | |
| 2023 | +18.8% | |
| 2022 | −9.8% | |
| 2021 | +41.7% | |
| 2020 | −6.7% |
DVLU in the news
DVLU Dividends
- 0.77%
- $0.30
- $0.09 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DVLU Risk
- 18.6%
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.
- 0.85
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.
- −24.9%
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.
- 1.19
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DVLU Cost
0.60%
DVLU0.60%
- The middle half of US Multifactor funds
- Median 0.30%
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