Touchstone Dividend Select ETF
$38.93−0.11 (−0.27%)
- Expense ratio
- 1.15%
- Fund size
- $54M
- 1Y return
- +13.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.76%
- Holdings
- 44
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $39.13
- 52W range
The ETF.net DVND Grade
Score 36 of 100 sits in the D 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.FScore 0Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 90Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 61Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 48Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 81Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 65Category rank
Our read on DVND
DA boutique, high-conviction take on dividend investing: roughly 40 hand-picked US large-cap payers instead of an index list of hundreds. Active conviction, priced like active conviction, in a category where cheap beta is everywhere.
The Fund seeks current income and capital appreciation. It normally invests at least 80% of assets in equity securities of U.S. large-cap companies with a history of paying dividends, emphasizing consistent dividend growth.
Why people hold it
- Concentrated by design. About 40 US large-cap dividend names means each pick carries real weight, not index filler.
- The portfolio matches the pitch: at least 80% in US large-cap dividend payers with a bias toward consistent dividend growth, and the holdings line up closely with that mandate.
- Measured against the Bloomberg US 1000 Value Index, so the manager's stock picking has a plain value yardstick to be judged on.
- Pays quarterly, in line with the fund's stated goal of current income alongside capital appreciation.
Worth knowing
- Fee is the headline trade-off: 1.17% a year, against a category median near 0.55%. Peers like CGDV (0.33%) and TDVG (0.50%) run the same dividend beat for far less.
- Small and thinly traded, so spreads can be wide and fills less predictable than in the category's giants.
- Concentration cuts both ways. With roughly 40 holdings, one stumbling name lands harder than it would in a broad dividend index.
DVND Holdings
- Stocks
- 44
- 29%
- MSFT
Sectors
- Technology22.4%
- Financials14.9%
- Health Care12.5%
- Communication9.6%
- Industrials9.4%
- Cons. Staples8.4%
- Consumer Discr.7.8%
- Materials4.6%
- Energy4.6%
- Utilities3.0%
- Real Estate2.6%
Geography
- United States96.80%
- Ireland1.70%
- United Kingdom1.50%
DVND 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 | DVND |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.1% |
| 1 month | −1.5% |
| 3 months | +2.2% |
| 1 year | +13.5% |
| 3 years | +17.2% |
| 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 | DVND |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.1% | |
| 2025 | +16.4% | |
| 2024 | +11.6% | |
| 2023 | +14.0% | |
| 2022 | +1.0% |
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DVND Dividends
- 1.76%
- $0.69
- $0.16 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.19 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.14 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.16 |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Apr 2, 2024 | $0.14 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.18 |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.13 |
DVND Risk
- 11.1%
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.
- 1.01
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.
- −14.8%
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.
- 0.73
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DVND Cost
- The middle half of US Active Dividend Income funds
- Median 0.51%
Every other US Active Dividend Income fund charges less.