DVND vs HIDV

DVNDBTouchstone Dividend Select ETF

HIDVAAB US High Dividend ETF

In short

DVND Active dividend picking with a moat filter: Fort Washington looks for large-cap companies whose competitive advantages can keep funding a rising dividend, bought at what it judges a reasonable price. A few dozen names, paid quarterly.

HIDV HIDV hunts dividends without wandering off the map: an active, systematic screen on value, quality and momentum, wrapped around S&P 500-like market participation. Income tilt, core-equity shape.

Stated mandate

DVND The Fund seeks current income and capital appreciation. It normally invests at least 80% of assets in equity securities of U.S. large-cap companies with a history of paying dividends, emphasizing consistent dividend growth.

HIDV HIDV is an active U.S. equity ETF seeking core U.S. equity exposure, attractive dividend income, and capital appreciation. Its systematic process is designed to identify dividend opportunities while maintaining diversified, market-like participation.

Why people hold it

• DVND Quality screen, not a yield screen: the prospectus targets consistent, growing dividend payers with barriers to entry strong enough to keep funding those payments.sec.gov
• 0.50% net of a fee waiver through April 29, 2027, which lands near the typical fee in its US dividend-income category.
• The portfolio sticks closely to its stated job (US large-cap dividend payers), and the fund sits in the upper half of its dividend-income peer group.
• Low-churn by design: valuation-driven entries and historically light portfolio turnover, so less trading drag and fewer taxable events to pass along.sec.govsec.gov 2

• HIDV Charges 0.35%, well under the 0.55% median for active US dividend funds, and undercuts active peers like TDVG (0.50%) and BGIG (0.45%).
• Stock picking is systematic, not vibes: AB advertises value, quality and momentum as the levers. You can see what drives the portfolio.alliancebernstein.com
• Roughly 110 US names measured against the S&P 500, so the income tilt sits inside diversified core exposure rather than a narrow yield corner. Pays quarterly.
• Stacks up as one of the stronger builds among the three dozen-odd active dividend-income ETFs we track.

Worth knowing

• DVND That 0.50% is contractual, not permanent: the gross expense ratio is 1.15%, and the waiver runs through April 29, 2027.
• Thinly traded with a modest asset base, which tends to mean wider bid-ask spreads than the category's household names.
• Cheaper options exist among the category's strongest funds, with no waiver attached: VUS at 0.25%, CGDV at 0.33%, HIDV at 0.35%.

• HIDV A smaller, thinly traded fund. Spreads can be wider than the category giants, so limit orders matter more here.
• Launched in 2023, so the live record is short relative to older dividend franchises.
• Fully invested US stock fund with no downside cushion. A dividend tilt is not a shock absorber when the market drops.

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