ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF
$38.38−0.65 (−1.66%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $11M
- 1Y return
- +13.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 6.28%
- Holdings
- 46
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $38.90
- 52W range
The ETF.net RDOG Grade
Score 62 of 100 sits in the B 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.AScore 94Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 44Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 43Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 90Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 34Category rank
Our read on RDOG
BMost real estate ETFs just buy the sector by size. RDOG flips it: the highest-yielding REITs inside each of nine property segments, weighted equally, so the biggest landlords don't automatically run the portfolio.
RDOG seeks to replicate the performance of the S-Network REIT Dividend Dogs Index before fees and expenses. It selects high-yielding US REITs across nine equally weighted REIT segments.
Why people hold it
- The "dogs" method is the whole point: take the top-yielding REITs in each of nine property segments and equal-weight them, so no mega-cap landlord dominates.alpsfunds.com
- Roughly 50 REITs spread evenly across nine segments of the property market, so one hot corner of real estate can't quietly become the whole fund.
- 0.35% a year sits just under the typical fund in its real estate group, which is modest for a rules-based yield screen rather than a plain market-cap tracker.
- Live since 2008, it has stayed close to its S-Network REIT Dividend Dogs Index, among the tighter implementations in its peer group, and it pays quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Thin trading and a small asset base mean bid-ask spreads can run wider than the household-name REIT trackers.
- Screening for the fattest yields tilts the basket toward higher-payout, often smaller REITs, historically a bumpier ride than the cap-weighted sector.
- Cost is the trade-off against plain vanilla: SCHH charges 0.07% and VNQ 0.13% for cap-weighted US real estate.
RDOG Holdings
- Stocks
- 46
- 23%
- ARE
Sectors
- Real Estate100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
RDOG 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 | RDOG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.2% |
| 1 month | −3.5% |
| 3 months | −1.5% |
| 1 year | +13.4% |
| 3 years | +11.9% |
| 5 years | +1.6% |
| 10 years | +3.7% |
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 | RDOG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.2% | |
| 2025 | +0.9% | |
| 2024 | +4.5% | |
| 2023 | +10.5% | |
| 2022 | −25.5% | |
| 2021 | +35.3% | |
| 2020 | −10.1% |
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RDOG Dividends
- 6.28%
- $2.46
- $0.58 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | $0.58 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $0.63 |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Mar 24, 2026 | $0.58 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Dec 23, 2025 | $0.67 |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 | $0.66 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | $0.56 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2025 | $0.59 |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.63 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Sep 24, 2024 | $0.58 |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Jun 25, 2024 | $0.55 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 | $0.57 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.74 |
RDOG Risk
- 18.0%
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.
- 0.38
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.
- −35.4%
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.
- 0.99
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
RDOG Cost
- The middle half of US Real Estate funds
- Median 0.35%
10 of the 21 US Real Estate funds charge less.