AB US High Dividend ETF
$90.02−0.94 (−1.03%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $202M
- 1Y return
- +18.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.50%
- Holdings
- 106
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $90.92
- 52W range
The ETF.net HIDV Grade
Score 74 of 100 sits in the A 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.AScore 91Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 80Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 36Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 83Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 67Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 80Category rank
Our read on HIDV
AHIDV hunts dividends without wandering off the map: an active, systematic screen on value, quality and momentum, wrapped around S&P 500-like market participation. Income tilt, core-equity shape.
HIDV is an active U.S. equity ETF seeking core U.S. equity exposure, attractive dividend income, and capital appreciation. Its systematic process is designed to identify dividend opportunities while maintaining diversified, market-like participation.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.35%, well under the 0.55% median for active US dividend funds, and undercuts active peers like TDVG (0.50%) and BGIG (0.45%).
- Stock picking is systematic, not vibes: AB advertises value, quality and momentum as the levers. You can see what drives the portfolio.alliancebernstein.com
- Roughly 110 US names measured against the S&P 500, so the income tilt sits inside diversified core exposure rather than a narrow yield corner. Pays quarterly.
- Stacks up as one of the stronger builds among the three dozen-odd active dividend-income ETFs we track.
Worth knowing
- A smaller, thinly traded fund. Spreads can be wider than the category giants, so limit orders matter more here.
- Launched in 2023, so the live record is short relative to older dividend franchises.
- Fully invested US stock fund with no downside cushion. A dividend tilt is not a shock absorber when the market drops.
HIDV Holdings
- Stocks
- 106
- 36%
- NVDA
Geography
- United States97.79%
- United Kingdom0.84%
- Switzerland0.79%
- Netherlands0.59%
HIDV 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 | HIDV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.1% |
| 1 month | −1.1% |
| 3 months | +4.5% |
| 1 year | +18.3% |
| 3 years | +22.5% |
| 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 | HIDV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.1% | |
| 2025 | +14.6% | |
| 2024 | +26.0% | |
| 2023 | +22.2% |
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HIDV Dividends
- 2.50%
- $2.28
- $0.67 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | $0.67 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 23, 2026 | $0.54 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 23, 2026 | $0.46 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | $0.60 |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 22, 2025 | $0.45 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 23, 2025 | $0.50 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Mar 6, 2025 | $0.24 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 18, 2024 | $0.63 |
| Sep 3, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 | $0.44 |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Jun 5, 2024 | $0.34 |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Mar 7, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Dec 7, 2023 | $0.60 |
HIDV Risk
- 12.6%
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.
- 1.22
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.
- −18.8%
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.
- 0.96
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
HIDV Cost
- The middle half of US Active Dividend Income funds
- Median 0.51%
3 of the 40 US Active Dividend Income funds charge less.