ALPS Emerging Sector Dividend Dogs ETF
$24.23−0.11 (−0.45%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $30M
- 1Y return
- +8.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.04%
- Holdings
- 52
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $24.27
- 52W range
The ETF.net EDOG Grade
Score 39 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.DScore 37Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 56Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 40Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 14Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 37Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 40Category rank
Our read on EDOG
DThe Dogs of the Dow playbook, exported to emerging markets. EDOG's index hunts high-dividend stocks sector by sector rather than grabbing whatever corner of EM happens to yield most, then pays the income out quarterly.
EDOG seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the S-Network Emerging Sector Dividend Dogs Index, which selects high-dividend stocks from emerging markets across sectors.
Why people hold it
- Sector-by-sector construction: the index picks high-dividend EM stocks across sectors, so the portfolio doesn't collapse into one yield-heavy industry.alpsfunds.com
- 0.60% a year, in line with the typical emerging-market dividend fund. Roughly 50 stocks, income paid quarterly.
- Running since 2014 as a plain 1940 Act index ETF: no leverage, no derivatives overlay, and a decade-plus of live results through real EM cycles.
Worth knowing
- A small, thinly traded fund. Spreads can run wider than in the category's giants, and bigger orders take more care to fill.
- Cheaper doors into EM dividends exist: DIEM charges 0.19% and EDIV 0.49% for the same broad job.
- A yield-first value screen tilts toward beaten-down names, and the fund discloses that distributions can include return of capital.alpsfunds.com
EDOG Holdings
- Stocks
- 52
- 28%
- WIT
Sectors
- Energy14.7%
- Industrials14.4%
- Cons. Staples10.4%
- Health Care10.1%
- Communication9.5%
- Technology9.1%
- Materials8.4%
- Financials8.3%
- Consumer Discr.8.0%
- Utilities7.2%
Geography
- India12.51%
- Thailand10.44%
- Brazil10.02%
- Malaysia10.00%
- Indonesia7.98%
- Mexico7.95%
- China7.85%
- South Africa6.52%
- 26.72%
Developed 2% · Emerging 98%
EDOG 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 | EDOG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +5.2% |
| 1 month | −3.1% |
| 3 months | +3.3% |
| 1 year | +8.6% |
| 3 years | +11.5% |
| 5 years | +5.4% |
| 10 years | +5.7% |
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 | EDOG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +5.2% | |
| 2025 | +22.6% | |
| 2024 | +1.7% | |
| 2023 | +11.6% | |
| 2022 | −10.5% | |
| 2021 | +11.7% | |
| 2020 | +8.0% |
EDOG in the news
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EDOG Dividends
- 5.04%
- $1.23
- $0.31 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $0.39 |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Mar 24, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Dec 23, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | $0.37 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2025 | $0.22 |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.56 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Sep 24, 2024 | $0.09 |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Jun 25, 2024 | $0.62 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.21 |
EDOG 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.
- 0.72
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.
- −26.5%
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.
- 0.58
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EDOG Cost
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.59%
5 of the 10 Emerging Markets Dividend Index funds charge less.