ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF
$69.34+0.22 (+0.32%)
- 0.36%
- $1.4B
- +23.0%
- 3.55%
- 0M sh
- $69.14
- low $57.70high $74.73
The ETF.net SDOG Grade
B
Score 67 out of 100
- 14 of 53
Score 67 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.B61 out of 100Rank 20 of 53Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A92 out of 100Rank 6 of 50Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C53 out of 100Rank 23 of 53Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B66 out of 100Rank 16 of 53Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B63 out of 100Rank 21 of 53Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B55 out of 100Rank 31 of 53
Our read on SDOG
BDogs of the Dow, run sector by sector. SDOG buys the five highest-yielding stocks in each of ten US sectors and weights them equally, so the usual yield pileup into utilities and energy can't swallow the portfolio. Running since 2012.
The Fund seeks to replicate, before fees and expenses, the performance of the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs Index. That index selects the five highest-yielding stocks from each of ten U.S. GICS sectors, excluding real estate, and equally weights them.
Why people hold it
- Sector-neutral by construction: five top yielders from each of ten US GICS sectors, equally weighted. Yield hunting with guardrails instead of a bet on whichever sector happens to pay most.alpsfunds.com
- Roughly 50 names, equally weighted. No single mega-cap dominates the way it can in cap-weighted dividend funds.
- Trading since 2012, it tracks its index closely and ranks among the stronger implementations in its dividend-screen peer group. Income is paid quarterly.
Worth knowing
- At 0.36% a year, it costs multiples of the cap-weighted heavyweights (SCHD at 0.06%, VIG at 0.04%). The sector-equal-weight rulebook is what the extra buys.
- Real estate is excluded from the index outright, so REIT income never enters the portfolio.alpsfunds.com
- Screening for the highest yielders in each sector is a value tilt, and a fat yield sometimes marks a company the market has already knocked down.
SDOG Holdings
- Stocks
- 51
- 22%
- ACN
Sectors
- Consumer Discretionary16.0%
- Technology12.3%
- Health Care10.4%
- Consumer Staples10.1%
- Utilities10.0%
- Financials9.9%
- Energy9.8%
- Communication9.5%
- Industrials8.1%
- Materials3.9%
Geography
- United States91.64%
- Ireland4.39%
- Switzerland2.04%
- Netherlands1.93%
SDOG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SDOG$12,305
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 | SDOG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +17.6% |
| 1 month | −3.5% |
| 3 months | −0.6% |
| 1 year | +23.0% |
| 3 years | +18.9% |
| 5 years | +10.1% |
| 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 | SDOG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +17.6% | |
| 2025 | +11.1% | |
| 2024 | +14.7% | |
| 2023 | +4.2% | |
| 2022 | −0.2% | |
| 2021 | +24.6% | |
| 2020 | −0.4% |
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SDOG Dividends
- 3.55%
- $2.45
- $0.63 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
SDOG Risk
- 13.0%
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.
- 0.98
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.
- −19.8%
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.
- 0.62
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SDOG Cost
0.36%
SDOG0.36%
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
22 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.
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- AHDViShares Core High Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.08%1 year return +24.3%
- BDONWisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend FundExpense ratio 0.38%1 year return +11.3%
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