DDIV vs DIVB: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Dividend ETF

DDIVDNasdaq

iShares Core Dividend ETF

DIVBACboe

Overlap

13.3%by weight

Expense ratio

DIVB −0.55pt a year

DDIV0.60%DIVB0.05%

Avg volume · 30D

DIVB 34.2×the volume

DDIV8.73KDIVB298K

5Y return · a year

DIVB +5.1pt

DDIV+9.4%DIVB+14.5%

DDIV vs DIVB Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+56.5%DDIV+96.4%DIVB

Expense ratio: DDIV 0.60%; DIVB 0.05%, better
Fund size: DDIV $73M; DIVB $2.31B
1Y total return: DDIV +17.4%; DIVB +40.7%, better
Yield (12M): DDIV 1.63%; DIVB 2.08%, better
Holdings: DDIV 51; DIVB 384
Avg volume (30D): DDIV 8.73K sh; DIVB 298K sh, better
NAV per share: DDIV $45.44; DIVB $71.28
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DDIV, DIVB, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DDIV	DIVB
Cost30% weight	F8	A95Higher
Mission25% weight	A74	A86Higher
Risk15% weight	F21	A74Higher
Tradability15% weight	C53	B64Higher
Holdings10% weight	D37	B60Higher
Durability5% weight	C45	A71Higher

Rank among US Dividend Index funds

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Same Category. DDIV and DIVB are both graded against the same 52 US Dividend Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Dividend Index⁠

Category · 52 funds

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DIVB ranks 3rd and DDIV 48th of 52 funds in the US Dividend Index Category.

Rank 1ADGROiShares Core Dividend Growth ETFScore 86
Rank 2ASCHDSchwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETFScore 81
Rank 3ADIVBiShares Core Dividend ETFScore 80
Rank 4ASPYDState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETFScore 79
Rank 46CTMDVProShares Russell U.S. Dividend Growers ETFScore 40
Rank 48DDDIVFirst Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Dividend ETFScore 37
Rank 49DKVLEKraneShares Value Line Dynamic Dividend Equity Index ETFScore 36

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DDIVDFirst Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Dividend ETF

DIVBAiShares Core Dividend ETF

In short

DDIV Most dividend funds stop at yield. DDIV adds a second screen: Dorsey Wright's relative-strength momentum ranking, leaving about 50 income payers that are also trending. A trend filter bolted onto an income screen, running since 2014.

DIVB Most dividend funds only count the check that hits your account. DIVB's index also counts buybacks, treating a shrinking share count as cash returned to owners, and it charges five basis points to do it.

Stated mandate

DDIV The Fund seeks to generally track the price and yield performance of the Dorsey Wright Momentum Plus Dividend Yield Index. It normally invests at least 90% of net assets in securities comprising that Index.

DIVB The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. companies selected for a history of dividend payments and/or share buybacks, providing equity exposure oriented toward income and long-term growth.

Why people hold it

DDIV Two screens, not one. Dividend yield gets you in the door; Dorsey Wright relative-strength momentum decides who stays. Few income ETFs bother with a trend filter at all.ftportfolios.com
Rules run it, not a manager's hunch. The fund normally keeps at least 90% of net assets in its index's stocks, so you get the stated strategy undiluted.ftportfolios.com
A concentrated book of roughly 50 names and quarterly distributions, live since 2014 and through several full market cycles.

DIVB Five basis points a year, one of the lowest fees in the dividend-screen aisle, where the typical fund charges many times more.
The Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index counts repurchases alongside payouts, so a company buying back stock qualifies even with a modest yield. Roughly 400 US names.
Sits in the top tier of a large dividend-screen peer group and stays tight to its stated mandate: US dividend payers and buyback machines, nothing exotic.
A billion-dollar-plus member of the iShares Core lineup, running since 2017 and distributing quarterly.

Worth knowing

DDIV The overlay is not free: 0.60% a year, above the roughly 0.39% median for dividend-screen ETFs and well above plain trackers like SCHD (0.06%) and VIG (0.04%).
Thinly traded and modest in assets next to the household-name dividend funds. Limit orders matter more here than in a fund that trades by the million.
Momentum crowds into whatever is working. With about 50 holdings, sector tilts can shift sharply from one rebalance to the next.

DIVB Buybacks return value through share count, not cash in your pocket, so the income profile can sit lighter than pure high-yield screens like SPYD.
Moderately traded rather than a volume heavyweight like SCHD or VIG, so limit orders earn their keep, especially in size.
All-equity, all-US. Dividends and buybacks soften nothing when the American stock market sells off.

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DDIV vs DIVB Holdings

How DDIV and DIVB differ

Overlap by weight

13.3%

Shared holdings make up 73.0% of DDIV and 13.4% of DIVB.

Level by level

Holdings29 in both13.3%
Countryby domicile98.8%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

No Sector split for DIVB.

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DDIV and DIVB, widest gap first
Country	More in DDIVMore in DIVB	DDIV	DIVB
Switzerland	DDIV +1.2 points	1.2%	0.0%
United States	DIVB +0.6 points	98.8%	99.4%
Other countries (4)	DIVB +0.6 points	0.0%	0.6%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DDIV38.0%
DIVB32.7%

Securities held

DDIV50
DIVB381

Asset class

DDIV: Equity
DIVB: Equity

Holdings

Only in DDIV21
In both29
Only in DIVB352

Only in DDIV

21 securities, 26.7% of DDIV by weight

CareTrust REIT, Inc.4.60%
American Healthcare REIT, Inc.2.23%
Occidental Petroleum Corporation2.11%
Targa Resources Corp.1.79%
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.1.48%
Welltower Inc.1.37%
Garmin Ltd.1.14%
Reliance Inc.1.10%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.1.09%
Cisco Systems, Inc.1.08%
Cintas Corporation1.01%
The Charles Schwab Corporation0.99%
Aramark0.91%
Delta Air Lines, Inc.0.84%
Johnson Controls International Plc0.79%
Deere & Company0.78%
Cardinal Health, Inc.0.75%
Humana Inc.0.69%
Eaton Corporation Plc0.68%
NetApp, Inc.0.67%
Newmont Corporation0.66%

Only in DIVB

352 securities, 86.3% of DIVB by weight

Accenture PLC Class A6.53%
International Business Machines Co5.18%
Automatic Data Processing Inc4.98%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Cla2.97%
Exxonmobil Holdings Corp2.75%
Paychex2.06%
Johnson & Johnson2.03%
AbbVie1.94%
Procter & Gamble1.69%
UnitedHealth Group1.46%
Leidos Holdings1.44%
Pfizer1.39%
Ss and C Technologies Holdings1.37%
Cdw1.31%
Skyworks Solutions1.31%
Philip Morris International1.25%
Microchip Technology Inc1.22%
Bank of America1.12%
Altria Group Inc1.11%
Coca-Cola1.08%
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc1.06%
Wells Fargo1.05%
Verizon Communications Inc1.01%
Pepsico0.99%
Hca Healthcare0.97%
AT&T0.80%
Gilead Sciences0.78%
Progressive0.77%
Home Depot0.76%
Gen Digital0.72%
Comcast Class A0.69%
Conocophillips0.67%
Abbott Laboratories0.66%
Bristol Myers Squibb0.63%
T Mobile Us Inc0.59%
Cigna0.59%
Elevance Health Inc0.58%
Mcdonalds Corp0.52%
Medtronic PLC0.52%
Eog Resources0.50%
Jack Henry and Associates Inc0.49%
Mondelez International Class A0.44%
Genpact0.43%
Union Pacific0.43%
Truist Financial0.43%
Cme Group Class A0.43%
United Parcel Service Inc Class B0.42%
Cvs Health0.42%
Becton Dickinson0.39%
Honeywell International Inc0.38%

Weight gaps

All 29 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in DDIV and DIVB, widest gap first
Holding	More in DDIVMore in DIVB	DDIV	DIVB
Simon Property Group, Inc.SPG	DDIV +4.94 points	5.16%	0.22%
Hasbro, Inc.HAS	DDIV +4.32 points	4.36%	0.04%
Principal Financial Group, Inc.PFG	DDIV +3.26 points	3.39%	0.13%
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.CFR	DDIV +3.04 points	3.07%	0.03%
APA CorporationAPA	DDIV +3.03 points	3.09%	0.06%
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.CFG	DDIV +3.03 points	3.15%	0.12%
Invesco Ltd.IVZ	DDIV +2.82 points	2.85%	0.03%
Old National BancorpONB	DDIV +2.64 points	2.65%	0.01%
Popular, Inc.BPOP	DDIV +2.49 points	2.54%	0.05%
Amgen Inc.AMGN	DDIV +2.48 points	3.24%	0.76%
Chevron CorporationCVX	DDIV +2.36 points	4.26%	1.90%
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.CF	DDIV +2.33 points	2.44%	0.11%
State Street CorporationSTT	DDIV +2.11 points	2.30%	0.19%
Morgan StanleyMS	DDIV +2.11 points	2.62%	0.51%
Dollar General CorporationDG	DDIV +2.10 points	2.16%	0.06%
HP Inc.HPQ	DDIV +1.85 points	3.73%	1.88%
HF Sinclair Corp.DINO	DDIV +1.71 points	1.77%	0.06%
FactSet Research Systems Inc.FDS	DDIV +1.67 points	1.73%	0.06%
Phillips 66PSX	DDIV +1.60 points	1.93%	0.33%
Oshkosh CorporationOSK	DDIV +1.55 points	1.58%	0.03%
Merck & Co., Inc.MRK	DDIV +1.54 points	2.88%	1.34%
Primerica, Inc.PRI	DDIV +1.51 points	1.56%	0.05%
Citigroup Inc.C	DDIV +1.49 points	2.27%	0.78%
The Bank of New York Mellon CorporationBNY	DDIV +1.36 points	1.73%	0.37%
Capital One Financial CorporationCOF	DDIV +0.94 points	1.44%	0.50%
The Travelers Companies, Inc.TRV	DDIV +0.85 points	1.24%	0.39%
Valero Energy CorporationVLO	DDIV +0.52 points	0.93%	0.41%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.JPM	DIVB +0.12 points	2.24%	2.36%
Marathon Petroleum CorporationMPC	DDIV +0.12 points	0.76%	0.64%

All 50 DDIV holdings⁠All 381 DIVB holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

DDIV vs DIVB Cost

Overpaying DDIV vs DIVB

$10,757

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

DDIV 0.60%
$11,817
DIVB 0.05%
$1,060

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DDIV 0.60%
DIVB 0.05%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DDIV	DIVB	Overpaying
10	$1,076	$92	$984
20	$4,116	$360	$3,756
30	$11,817	$1,060	$10,757

Expense ratio

0.60%DDIV
0.05%DIVB, cheaper

DIVB0.05%DDIV0.60%

0.04%0.70%

Middle half of US Dividend Index funds
Median 0.35%

DIVB 2nd cheapest of 52 funds

DDIV 48th cheapest of 52 funds

DDIV vs DIVB Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): DDIV 1.63%; DIVB 2.08%, better
Payout (12M): DDIV $0.74; DIVB $1.48
Last payment: DDIV $0.18; DIVB $0.42
Ex-dividend: DDIV Sep 24, 2026; DIVB Sep 15, 2026
Paid on: DDIV Sep 30, 2026; DIVB Sep 18, 2026
Frequency: DDIV Quarterly; DIVB Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

DDIVQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll DDIV payments⁠

DIVBQuarterly · 36 paymentsAll DIVB payments⁠

DDIV vs DIVB Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

DDIV
DIVB

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DDIV 15.0%DIVB 14.0%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DDIV 1.10DIVB 1.58, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DDIV −21.1%DIVB −21.1%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DDIV 0.94DIVB 0.88; Market = 1

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DDIV vs DIVB

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How DDIV and DIVB differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DDIV

Only in DIVB

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

For a rising dividend, iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF ranks first

How DDIV and DIVB differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DDIV

Only in DIVB

Weight gaps