First Trust Bloomberg Shareholder Yield ETF
$46.16+0.29 (+0.64%)
- 0.60%
- $16M
- +11.3%
- 1.62%
- 0M sh
- $45.55
- low $40.12high $48.25
The ETF.net SHRY Grade
D
Score 30 out of 100
- 91 of 99
Score 30 of 100 falls in the D 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.F14 out of 100Rank 83 of 99Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.D36 out of 100Rank 83 of 86Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B55 out of 100Rank 41 of 97Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F24 out of 100Rank 91 of 99Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D30 out of 100Rank 90 of 98Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C45 out of 100Rank 62 of 99
Our read on SHRY
DSHRY tracks Bloomberg's Shareholder Yield Index: about 50 US stocks, rules-based, paid out quarterly. A concentrated take on the cash-back-to-owners theme, priced at 0.60% in an aisle stocked with cheaper options.
The Fund seeks to track the price and yield of the Bloomberg Shareholder Yield Index before fees and expenses. It normally invests at least 80% of net assets in securities comprising that Index.
Why people hold it
- Concentrated by design: about 50 US names drawn from the Bloomberg Shareholder Yield Index, not a 500-stock blend where a single good idea gets diluted to a rounding error.
- Rules-based and legible: a 1940 Act ETF that normally keeps at least 80% of net assets in its named index's securities. The recipe is published, not improvised.
- Cash arrives on a schedule (quarterly), and the fund has been live since 2017, so there are years of real-world results to inspect instead of a backtest.
Worth knowing
- Cost is the headwind: 0.60% a year against a 0.32% median for its multifactor peer group, with cohort anchors like VYM (0.04%) and FNDX (0.25%) sitting far below.
- A small asset base and light trading volume tend to mean wider bid-ask spreads, so more of the cost shows up in the trade itself.
- With roughly 50 holdings, individual names and sector tilts carry real weight, and results can drift from a broad US index in either direction.
SHRY Holdings
- Stocks
- 51
- 41%
- HPQ
Sectors
- Technology25.4%
- Financials20.8%
- Communication13.5%
- Health Care11.6%
- Consumer Staples10.0%
- Energy7.4%
- Consumer Discretionary5.2%
- Industrials5.2%
- Materials0.9%
Geography
- United States90.98%
- Ireland6.81%
- Switzerland1.36%
- United Kingdom0.84%
SHRY Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Not enough history yet.
SHRY$11,135
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 | SHRY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +10.7% |
| 1 month | −2.7% |
| 3 months | +4.7% |
| 1 year | +11.3% |
| 3 years | +15.9% |
| 5 years | +9.1% |
| 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 | SHRY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +10.7% | |
| 2025 | +7.3% | |
| 2024 | +17.3% | |
| 2023 | +17.5% | |
| 2022 | −14.2% | |
| 2021 | +30.5% | |
| 2020 | +11.8% |
SHRY in the news
SHRY Dividends
- 1.62%
- $0.74
- $0.16 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
SHRY Risk
- 13.9%
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.
- 0.74
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.
- −23.9%
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.
- 0.70
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SHRY Cost
0.60%
SHRY0.60%
- The middle half of US Multifactor funds
- Median 0.30%
82 of the 99 US Multifactor funds charge less.
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