CGDV vs EASY

CGDVACapital Group Dividend Value ETF

EASYDLiberty One Defensive Dividend Growth ETF

In short

CGDV A stock picker's dividend fund at near-index pricing: 0.33% a year, roughly 60 names, and a mandate for above-average yield plus growth. Live since 2022 and already grown into a multi-billion-dollar fund.

EASY Dividend growth with a bouncer at the door: the manager wants a long record of rising payouts plus businesses it judges recession resistant, then holds them in a concentrated, non-diversified book.

Stated mandate

CGDV The fund seeks income above the average yield of U.S. stocks while also offering capital-growth potential.

EASY The Fund seeks current income and capital appreciation to generate total return.

Why people hold it

• CGDV Costs 0.33% a year while the typical fund in its active dividend peer group charges around 0.55%. Active stock picking, index-fund pricing.
• Dual mandate: income above the average yield of U.S. stocks plus capital-growth potential. Not a pure yield chase.capitalgroup.com
• Tens of billions in assets and heavy daily trading make it one of the easier funds in its peer group to get in and out of at a fair spread.
• Delivers its stated mandate with unusual consistency for an active fund, placing it among the strongest implementations in its dividend-income peer group.

• EASY Two screens, not one: a strong record of rising long-term dividends, plus businesses the adviser judges recession resistant (inelastic demand, recurring revenue, switching costs).sec.gov
• Cash arrives monthly, and the mandate keeps at least 80% of net assets in companies with a strong long-term record of increasing dividends.sec.gov
• The fee is contractually capped: 0.85% net of a waiver through December 1, 2026, against a 0.88% gross expense ratio.sec.gov

Worth knowing

• CGDV About 60 holdings. That concentration means individual company stumbles land harder than in a fund holding hundreds of names.
• Active and benchmark-agnostic: results track the managers' calls, not an index, so it can drift well away from the broad market in either direction.
• Pays quarterly, not monthly. Worth knowing if you're building an income schedule.

• EASY At 0.85% net of a waiver through December 1, 2026 (0.88% gross), it prices above the category median; cheaper peers include VUS at 0.25% and CGDV at 0.33%, neither waived.
• Non-diversified by design, so one or two large positions can move the fund more than they would a broad dividend index.sec.gov
• It launched in 2025, so the record is short, and it trades lightly next to the category's largest funds; the adviser may also recoup waived fees within three years.sec.gov

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