EDIV vs EDOG

EDIVAState Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF

EDOGCALPS Emerging Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

In short

EDIV Running since 2011, EDIV screens emerging-market dividend payers on risk-adjusted yield, dividend-growth stability and profitability, then applies diversification limits. Quality of the dividend over raw yield, for 0.49% a year.

EDOG The Dogs of the Dow playbook, exported to emerging markets. EDOG's index hunts high-dividend stocks sector by sector rather than grabbing whatever corner of EM happens to yield most, then pays the income out quarterly.

Stated mandate

EDIV The fund seeks to track the total return of the S&P Emerging Markets Dividend Opportunities Index, which selects emerging-market stocks using risk-adjusted yield, dividend-growth stability, profitability, and diversification requirements.

EDOG EDOG seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the S-Network Emerging Sector Dividend Dogs Index, which selects high-dividend stocks from emerging markets across sectors.

Why people hold it

• EDIV The index does real work: names qualify on risk-adjusted yield, dividend-growth stability and profitability, with diversification requirements, so one wobbly high-yielder cannot run the portfolio.ssga.com
• At 0.49% a year, the fee sits below the median for emerging-market dividend screens, and the fund tracks its index closely enough to rank among the stronger implementations in that group.
• A veteran, not an experiment: trading since 2011, a multi-billion-dollar fund from SPDR that distributes quarterly.

• EDOG Sector-by-sector construction: the index picks high-dividend EM stocks across sectors, so the portfolio doesn't collapse into one yield-heavy industry.alpsfunds.com
• 0.60% a year, in line with the typical emerging-market dividend fund. Roughly 50 stocks, income paid quarterly.
• Running since 2014 as a plain 1940 Act index ETF: no leverage, no derivatives overlay, and a decade-plus of live results through real EM cycles.

Worth knowing

• EDIV Plainer routes cost less. Franklin's DIEM runs a dividend-tilt index at 0.19%, so the extra fee here buys the selection screen, not broader coverage.
• About 110 stocks, not the whole emerging market. Single-country politics and currency moves land harder than in a broad, thousand-name EM index fund.
• Trading is moderate rather than heavy, so spreads can widen in fast markets. Emerging-market dividends are seasonal, so quarterly payments vary in size.

• EDOG A small, thinly traded fund. Spreads can run wider than in the category's giants, and bigger orders take more care to fill.
• Cheaper doors into EM dividends exist: DIEM charges 0.19% and EDIV 0.49% for the same broad job.
• A yield-first value screen tilts toward beaten-down names, and the fund discloses that distributions can include return of capital.alpsfunds.com

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