CGDV vs ZINC

CGDVACapital Group Dividend Value ETF

ZINCCZacks Income 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.

ZINC An active dividend fund built around a payout policy: the prospectus sets a target distribution of roughly 8% annualized on NAV, funded by dividends and, when needed, return of capital. Fee is 0.55% net of a waiver through June 30, 2027.

Stated mandate

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

ZINC The Fund is an actively managed ETF whose stated principal strategy applies hybrid research.

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.

• ZINC Income is the design, not a by-product: managed distributions aim at a target rate of about 8% annualized on per-share NAV at declaration, rather than whatever the portfolio happens to yield.sec.gov
• Plain stocks, no options overlay. At least 80% of assets go to securities that paid a dividend or interest in the prior year, picked bottom-up, usually large caps of $10 billion or more.sec.govsec.gov 2
• At 0.55% net of a waiver through June 30, 2027, the fee sits near the category norm for active dividend funds, though peers like VUS at 0.25% and CGDV at 0.33% charge less.

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.

• ZINC That payout can include your own money back: the prospectus says distributions may be partly return of capital, so a check is not proof of profit. The target can also be raised or lowered without notice.sec.gov
• Concentration is deliberate: the fund intends to put more than 25% of net assets in financial services, so bank and insurer stress lands harder here than in a broad dividend fund.sec.gov
• Young and small. It launched in 2026, is thinly traded with a modest asset base, and the gross fee of 1.07% is what applies if the waiver ends June 30, 2027 without renewal.

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