First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund
$33.07+0.40 (+1.22%)
- 0.55%
- $1.5B
- +23.4%
- 5.86%
- 0.2M sh
- $32.59
- low $28.31high $36.08
The ETF.net FGD Grade
B
Score 63 out of 100
- 14 of 35
Score 63 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.D34 out of 100Rank 22 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A90 out of 100Rank 19 of 29Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B68 out of 100Rank 6 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B66 out of 100Rank 9 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A71 out of 100Rank 9 of 33Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A70 out of 100Rank 4 of 35
Our read on FGD
BA 2007-vintage dividend fund with a genuinely global map: US and overseas payers in one basket, chosen by a dividend quality and liquidity screen rather than raw yield alone.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index.
Why people hold it
- Global means global. The mandate is worldwide equity, not ex-US, so domestic and foreign payers sit in the same basket instead of two tickers.ftportfolios.com
- Live since 2007, so it has traded through the financial crisis, a pandemic and a rate spike, and has grown into a multi-billion-dollar fund.
- Names must clear a dividend quality and liquidity screen, so a fat yield alone does not buy a seat in the index.ftportfolios.com
- Roughly 110 holdings, quarterly distributions, and a portfolio that lines up tightly with the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index it advertises.
Worth knowing
- At 0.55%, the fee sits above the cohort median (0.50%) and many times index peers like VYMI (0.07%) and SCHY (0.08%).
- A global book means much of it trades in foreign currencies, so exchange-rate moves show up in dollar returns alongside the stocks themselves.
- Moderately traded rather than a volume giant, and about 110 names is a tighter roster than broad-market dividend funds carry.
FGD Holdings
- Stocks
- 103
- 17%
- RHI
Sectors
- Financials36.0%
- Industrials15.4%
- Energy10.0%
- Consumer Discretionary8.7%
- Communication7.9%
- Consumer Staples7.8%
- Materials5.5%
- Utilities4.8%
- Real Estate2.1%
- Technology1.8%
Geography
- United States20.84%
- Spain11.26%
- United Kingdom9.23%
- Canada8.36%
- France6.84%
- Hong Kong5.88%
- Korea (the Republic of)5.80%
- Norway4.99%
- 26.80%
Developed 88% · Emerging 12%
FGD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
FGD$12,340
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 | FGD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.2% |
| 1 month | −6.2% |
| 3 months | +1.2% |
| 1 year | +23.4% |
| 3 years | +23.7% |
| 5 years | +11.7% |
| 10 years | +9.6% |
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 | FGD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.2% | |
| 2025 | +44.4% | |
| 2024 | +5.7% | |
| 2023 | +8.2% | |
| 2022 | −7.2% | |
| 2021 | +20.8% | |
| 2020 | −5.4% |
FGD in the news
FGD Dividends
- 5.86%
- $1.91
- $0.64 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
FGD Risk
- 12.8%
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.
- 1.41
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.
- −28.7%
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.
- 0.75
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FGD Cost
0.55%
FGD0.55%
- The middle half of International Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.50%
21 of the 34 International Dividend Index funds charge less.
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- BDOLWisdomTree True Developed International FundExpense ratio 0.48%1 year return +23.4%
- BIQDFNorthern Trust International Quality Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.49%1 year return +27.1%
- BFDDFirst Trust STOXX European Select Dividend Index FundExpense ratio 0.56%1 year return +24.7%
- BDLSWisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend FundExpense ratio 0.58%1 year return +14.8%