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ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF
$42.32+0.38 (+0.91%)
- 0.50%
- $554M
- +24.7%
- 4.46%
- 0M sh
- $41.82
- low $35.25high $45.06
The ETF.net IDOG Grade
C
Score 49 out of 100
- 27 of 35
Score 49 of 100 falls in the C 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.C53 out of 100Rank 15 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C54 out of 100Rank 14 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C41 out of 100Rank 22 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C53 out of 100Rank 19 of 33Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C40 out of 100Rank 30 of 35
Our read on IDOG
CDogs of the Dow, shipped overseas. IDOG buys the five highest-yielding stocks in each of ten sectors across developed markets outside the Americas, weights them equally, and reshuffles the list every November.
The fund seeks to track the S-Network International Sector Dividend Dogs Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Sector-neutral by construction: five names per sector, equally weighted. The yield screen cannot pile into financials and energy the way cap-weighted dividend funds often do.alpsfunds.comsec.gov
- Rules, not hunches: yields are ranked on the last trading day of November, the index reconstitutes annually and rebalances quarterly. About 50 stocks, none of them US or Canadian.alpsfunds.comsec.gov
- The prospectus targets a correlation of 0.95 or better with its index before fees, and the fund lands in the upper half of its international dividend peer group. Pays quarterly.sec.gov
- Running since 2013, with a US sibling (SDOG) applying the same sector-by-sector playbook to large-cap American stocks.alpsfunds.com
Worth knowing
- The 0.50% fee matches the peer-group median, but plain index rivals undercut it hard: VYMI at 0.07% and SCHY at 0.08%.
- It trades lightly next to the category's giants, so bid-ask spreads can be wider and large orders need more care.
- A raw yield rank can scoop up companies whose payout looks big because the price fell, and the roster only resets once a year. Foreign dividends arrive unhedged.sec.govalpsfunds.com
IDOG Holdings
- Stocks
- 51
- 22%
- CAP.PA
Sectors
- Industrials12.3%
- Health Care10.4%
- Consumer Staples10.3%
- Financials10.1%
- Utilities10.1%
- Materials9.9%
- Energy9.7%
- Communication9.6%
- Consumer Discretionary9.5%
- Technology8.0%
Geography
- France19.75%
- Japan12.43%
- United Kingdom8.22%
- Australia7.92%
- Germany7.34%
- Poland5.96%
- Norway5.96%
- Italy5.70%
- 26.72%
Developed 94% · Emerging 6%
IDOG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
IDOG$12,474
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 | IDOG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.7% |
| 1 month | −4.6% |
| 3 months | +1.4% |
| 1 year | +24.7% |
| 3 years | +21.2% |
| 5 years | +13.9% |
| 10 years | +10.7% |
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 | IDOG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.7% | |
| 2025 | +40.0% | |
| 2024 | +1.3% | |
| 2023 | +23.6% | |
| 2022 | −4.5% | |
| 2021 | +11.4% | |
| 2020 | −1.8% |
IDOG in the news
IDOG Dividends
- 4.46%
- $1.87
- $0.38 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
IDOG 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.
- 1.31
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.
- −25.3%
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.
- 0.69
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IDOG Cost
0.50%
IDOG0.50%
- The middle half of International Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.50%
16 of the 34 International Dividend Index funds charge less.
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