Fidelity Dividend ETF for Rising Rates
$69.660.00 (0.00%)
- 0.15%
- $749M
- +24.1%
- 2.00%
- 0M sh
- $69.50
- low $57.18high $70.70
The ETF.net FDRR Grade
B
Score 61 out of 100
- 21 of 53
Score 61 of 100 falls in the B 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.A80 out of 100Rank 11 of 53Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A76 out of 100Rank 37 of 50Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B58 out of 100Rank 20 of 53Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D28 out of 100Rank 40 of 53Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D27 out of 100Rank 49 of 53Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B60 out of 100Rank 25 of 53
Our read on FDRR
BMost dividend funds ignore interest rates. FDRR is built around them: Fidelity's rate-aware spin on dividend equity, running since 2016 and priced at 0.15% a year, well under the typical dividend-screen fund.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Fidelity Dividend Index for Rising Rates.
Why people hold it
- 0.15% a year against a roughly 0.39% median for dividend-screen ETFs. You get a rules-based twist most index shops don't sell, at a below-median price.
- The mandate is right there in the index name: the Fidelity Dividend Index for Rising Rates. A dividend basket screened with rate moves in mind, not just the fattest yields on the board.
- About 130 stocks, quarterly distributions, and a live track record back to 2016. This is a seasoned product, not a themed launch chasing a headline.
- Lands in the upper half of a crowded dividend-screen field of roughly 50 funds, with high confidence in the underlying data.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded next to the category's giants. Spreads deserve a look before you hit the button, especially on larger orders.
- The core dividend heavyweights undercut it on fee: VIG at 0.04%, SCHD at 0.06%, DGRO at 0.08%. The rate screen is what you're paying the difference for.
- A rate-aware screen builds in sector tilts a plain dividend index won't have, so results can drift from the broad dividend crowd in either direction.
FDRR Holdings
- Stocks
- 125
- 45%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology38.7%
- Financials11.8%
- Health Care10.3%
- Communication9.5%
- Industrials8.5%
- Consumer Discretionary7.0%
- Consumer Staples4.5%
- Energy3.4%
- Real Estate2.5%
- Utilities1.9%
- Materials1.9%
Geography
- United States92.87%
- Italy1.62%
- Denmark1.42%
- Japan1.36%
- Ireland1.11%
- United Kingdom0.71%
- Germany0.47%
- Norway0.31%
- 0.12%
FDRR Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
FDRR$12,410
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 | FDRR |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.1% |
| 1 month | −0.1% |
| 3 months | +4.5% |
| 1 year | +24.1% |
| 3 years | +23.4% |
| 5 years | +13.7% |
| 10 years | +13.9% |
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 | FDRR |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +16.1% | |
| 2025 | +21.7% | |
| 2024 | +20.2% | |
| 2023 | +13.7% | |
| 2022 | −9.7% | |
| 2021 | +26.1% | |
| 2020 | +8.3% |
FDRR in the news
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FDRR Dividends
- 2.00%
- $1.40
- $0.31 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
FDRR Risk
- 11.7%
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.
- 1.44
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.
- −20.9%
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.
- 0.89
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FDRR Cost
0.15%
FDRR0.15%
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
10 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.
Other funds in US Dividend Index
- BCDCVictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETFExpense ratio 0.38%1 year return +16.2%
- BEQINColumbia U.S. Equity Income ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +18.9%
- BSPDVAAM S&P 500 High Dividend Value ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +22.2%
- BCDLVictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETFExpense ratio 0.39%1 year return +16.2%
- BDESWisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend FundExpense ratio 0.38%1 year return +21.4%