ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF
$42.87−0.62 (−1.43%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $568M
- 1Y return
- +27.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.30%
- Holdings
- 51
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $43.41
- 52W range
The ETF.net IDOG Grade
Score 49 of 100 sits in the C 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.CScore 50Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 61Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 35Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 57Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 38Category rank
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
- 20%
- GSK.L
Sectors
- Industrials12.3%
- Financials10.8%
- Energy10.7%
- Health Care10.6%
- Materials10.2%
- Consumer Discr.10.1%
- Utilities9.7%
- Communication9.3%
- Cons. Staples9.1%
- Technology7.2%
Geography
- France19.96%
- Japan12.30%
- United Kingdom8.14%
- Australia8.05%
- Germany7.78%
- Norway5.96%
- Italy5.89%
- Poland5.84%
- 26.09%
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.
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 | IDOG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.8% |
| 1 month | −2.2% |
| 3 months | +5.7% |
| 1 year | +27.9% |
| 3 years | +21.5% |
| 5 years | +14.8% |
| 10 years | +10.8% |
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 | +16.8% | |
| 2025 | +40.0% | |
| 2024 | +1.3% | |
| 2023 | +23.6% | |
| 2022 | −4.5% | |
| 2021 | +11.4% | |
| 2020 | −1.8% |
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IDOG Dividends
- 4.30%
- $1.87
- $0.38 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $0.93 |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Mar 24, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Dec 23, 2025 | $0.38 |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 | $0.36 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | $0.58 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.22 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Sep 24, 2024 | $0.30 |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Jun 25, 2024 | $0.68 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 | $0.22 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.24 |
IDOG Risk
- 11.4%
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.
- −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
- The middle half of International Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.50%
16 of the 34 International Dividend Index funds charge less.