FID vs REGL: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF

FIDDNasdaq

ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

REGLBCboe

Overlap

0.0%by weight

Expense ratio

REGL −0.20pt a year

FID0.60%REGL0.40%

Avg volume · 30D

REGL 3.7×the volume

FID15.5KREGL57.3K

10Y return · a year

REGL +2.2pt

FID+7.6%REGL+9.8%

FID vs REGL Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+56.2%FID+46.5%REGL

Expense ratio: FID 0.60%; REGL 0.40%, better
Fund size: FID $170M; REGL $1.74B
1Y total return: FID +19.0%, better; REGL +15.2%
Yield (12M): FID 3.96%, better; REGL 2.16%
Holdings: FID 77; REGL 66
Avg volume (30D): FID 15.5K sh; REGL 57.3K sh, better
NAV per share: FID $22.46; REGL $91.90
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for FID, REGL, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	FID	REGL
Cost30% weight	F11	C41Higher
Mission25% weight	C45	A86Higher
Risk15% weight	A72Higher	D30
Tradability15% weight	D26	B63Higher
Holdings10% weight	C41	B64Higher
Durability5% weight	B59Higher	B56

Rank among Dividend Aristocrats funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. FID and REGL are both graded against the same 7 Dividend Aristocrats funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Dividend Aristocrats⁠

Category · 7 funds

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REGL ranks 3rd and FID 7th of 7 funds in the Dividend Aristocrats Category.

Rank 1ASDYState Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETFScore 75
Rank 2ANOBLProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETFScore 70
Rank 3BREGLProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETFScore 57
Rank 3BWDIVState Street SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETFScore 57
Rank 6CSNPDXtrackers S&P Dividend Aristocrats Screened ETFScore 40
Rank 7DFIDFirst Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETFScore 36

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

FIDDFirst Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF

REGLBProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

In short

FID The Aristocrats formula with a passport. FID applies S&P's long dividend-record discipline to companies outside the US, holding roughly 80 international payers in one index fund and paying cash out quarterly.

REGL The Dividend Aristocrats formula, one size down. REGL screens the S&P MidCap 400 for companies that have raised their dividend at least 15 straight years, landing on a compact roster of about 60 mid-cap payers.

Stated mandate

FID The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the S&P International Dividend Aristocrats Index by investing principally in the securities comprising that Index.

REGL REGL seeks pre-fee and pre-expense investment results that track the S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats Index.

Why people hold it

FID The ex-US branch of a famous family: it tracks the S&P International Dividend Aristocrats Index, taking the long dividend-record screen overseas instead of down the S&P 500 roster.ftportfolios.com
Rules do the picking. It has run as a passive index fund since 2013, with the quality and value screen written into the benchmark rather than left to a manager's mood.
Roughly 80 holdings spread the income across many companies, and the fund distributes on a quarterly cadence.

REGL The 15-year raise streak is a quality filter in disguise: a company needs a decade and a half of intact cash flow to get in, and it drops out when the streak breaks.proshares.com yahoo.com
Mid-cap dividend growth is a thin shelf. Running since 2015 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund, this is the established wrapper for the idea, not a lightly used experiment.proshares.com
It sticks close to its index, so the methodology on paper is what actually shows up in the portfolio. No manager discretion to second-guess.
Cash comes back quarterly, in step with the payout rhythm of the companies inside.

Worth knowing

FID At 0.60% a year, it runs above the US-focused aristocrat funds in its group such as NOBL and SDY. That gap is what the overseas mandate costs.
One of the lighter-traded, smaller funds in the category, so bid-ask spreads can add to the cost beyond the expense ratio.
The dividends are earned in foreign currencies, so exchange-rate swings show up in both the payouts and the returns a US investor sees.ftportfolios.com

REGL 0.40% is dead-on the median for aristocrat-style funds, but broad dividend index products price near 0.05% (SPDG). The mid-cap screen is what the extra buys.
About 60 names is a narrow roster carved out of a 400-stock universe, so individual companies and sector tilts carry real weight here.
Trading is moderate rather than heavy, which matters more on size than on a small order.

Full FID profile⁠

Full REGL profile⁠

FID vs REGL Holdings

How FID and REGL differ

Overlap by weight

0.0%

Shared holdings make up 0.0% of FID and 0.0% of REGL.

Level by level

Countryby domicile0.0%
Holdings0 in both0.0%
Sector11 Sectors75.3%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in FID and REGL, widest gap first
Sector	More in FIDMore in REGL	FID	REGL
Financials	REGL +12.1 points	18.9%	31.0%
Communication	FID +8.8 points	8.8%	0.0%
Consumer Discretionary	REGL +6.1 points	3.9%	10.0%
Technology	FID +5.8 points	7.5%	1.7%
Materials	REGL +4.9 points	4.8%	9.7%
Energy	FID +4.8 points	7.7%	2.9%
Utilities	FID +3.0 points	16.6%	13.6%
Real Estate	FID +1.7 points	9.0%	7.3%
Health Care	REGL +1.2 points	3.7%	4.9%
Consumer Staples	FID +0.7 points	3.8%	3.1%
Industrials	REGL +0.3 points	15.6%	15.9%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in FID and REGL, widest gap first
Country	More in FIDMore in REGL	FID	REGL
United States	REGL +100.0 points	0.0%	100.0%
Canada	FID +17.5 points	17.5%	0.0%
Switzerland	FID +11.8 points	11.8%	0.0%
United Kingdom	FID +11.4 points	11.4%	0.0%
Japan	FID +10.7 points	10.7%	0.0%
China	FID +10.0 points	10.0%	0.0%
South Korea	FID +6.2 points	6.2%	0.0%
Italy	FID +5.1 points	5.1%	0.0%
Other countries (11)	FID +27.3 points	27.3%	0.0%

Outside the US: FID 80% developed, 20% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

FID21.5%
REGL16.8%

Securities held

FID71
REGL65

Asset class

FID: Equity
REGL: Equity

Holdings

Only in FID71
In both0
Only in REGL65

Only in FID

71 securities, 99.5% of FID by weight

Legal & General Group Plc2.60%
Lenovo Group Limited2.52%
Teleperformance SE2.42%
APA Group2.30%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.2.15%
DNB Bank ASA2.02%
Pembina Pipeline Corporation1.94%
Russel Metals Inc.1.92%
GS Holdings1.90%
Jiangsu Express Company, Ltd. (Class H)1.74%
Keyera Corp.1.68%
LondonMetric Property Plc1.64%
KT&G Corporation1.61%
Bosideng International Holdings Limited1.59%
EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.1.57%
Power Assets Holdings Limited1.52%
Sun Life Financial Inc.1.52%
United Utilities Group Plc1.51%
The Bank of Nova Scotia1.50%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited1.50%
Elisa Oyj1.48%
Koninklijke Vopak N.V.1.48%
Far East Horizon Limited1.47%
DKSH Holding Ltd.1.47%
TC Energy Corporation1.46%
Enel SpA1.45%
Banque Cantonale Vaudois (BCV) (Registered)1.43%
Segro Plc1.42%
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.1.39%
CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited1.39%
Sino Land Company Limited1.38%
Zurich Insurance Group AG1.38%
Canadian Utilities Limited (Class A)1.36%
Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC1.35%
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (Class H)1.33%
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.1.33%
Dhl AG1.31%
Saudi Telecom Company1.31%
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (Class A)1.30%
CLP Holdings Limited1.30%
Derwent London Plc1.28%
LG Corp.1.25%
Sanofi1.25%
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation1.25%
Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc1.25%
Valmet Oyj1.23%
TERNA - Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA1.22%
Allianz SE1.22%
LG Uplus Corp.1.22%
Zeon Corporation1.22%

Only in REGL

65 securities, 99.8% of REGL by weight

Ryder System Inc1.76%
Evercore Inc - A1.72%
Churchill Downs Inc1.71%
Westlake Corp1.68%
Lithia Motors Inc1.67%
Thor Industries Inc1.66%
Carlisle Cos Inc1.65%
Gatx Corp1.65%
Cubesmart1.64%
Polaris Inc1.64%
Rb Global Inc1.64%
Aptargroup Inc1.63%
Essential Utilities Inc1.60%
Spire Inc1.60%
Prosperity Bancshares Inc1.58%
Bank Ozk1.58%
Avient Corp1.57%
Lincoln Electric Holdings1.57%
Idacorp Inc1.57%
Northwestern Energy Group In1.57%
Ensign Group Inc/The1.57%
Chemed Corp1.56%
Toro Co1.56%
Black Hills Corp1.56%
Hanover Insurance Group Inc/1.56%
Marzetti Company/The1.56%
Silgan Holdings Inc1.56%
One Gas Inc1.55%
Reliance Inc1.55%
Oge Energy Corp1.54%
American Financial Group Inc1.54%
First Finl Bankshares Inc1.54%
Rpm International Inc1.53%
United Bankshares Inc1.53%
New Jersey Resources Corp1.53%
Rli Corp1.53%
Home Bancshares Inc1.52%
Ingredion Inc1.52%
Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc1.51%
Umb Financial Corp1.51%
International Bancshares Crp1.51%
Portland General Electric Co1.51%
Stag Industrial Inc1.51%
Cabot Corp1.51%
Littelfuse Inc1.51%
Nnn Reit Inc1.51%
National Fuel Gas Co1.50%
Dt Midstream Inc1.49%
Commerce Bancshares Inc1.49%
Equity Lifestyle Properties1.49%

Weight gaps

FID and REGL share no securities.

All 71 FID holdings⁠All 67 REGL 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.

FID vs REGL Cost

Overpaying FID vs REGL

$3,727

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

FID 0.60%
$11,817
REGL 0.40%
$8,090

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

FID 0.60%
REGL 0.40%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	FID	REGL	Overpaying
10	$1,076	$723	$353
20	$4,116	$2,793	$1,323
30	$11,817	$8,090	$3,727

Expense ratio

0.60%FID
0.40%REGL, cheaper

REGL0.40%FID0.60%

0.15%0.60%

Middle half of Dividend Aristocrats funds
Median 0.40%

REGL 4th cheapest of 7 funds

FID 7th cheapest of 7 funds

FID vs REGL Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): FID 3.96%, better; REGL 2.16%
Payout (12M): FID $0.89; REGL $1.99
Last payment: FID $0.16; REGL $0.40
Ex-dividend: FID Sep 24, 2026; REGL Sep 23, 2026
Paid on: FID Sep 30, 2026; REGL Sep 29, 2026
Frequency: FID Quarterly; REGL Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

FIDQuarterly · 53 paymentsAll FID payments⁠

REGLQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll REGL payments⁠

FID vs REGL Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

FID
REGL

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: FID 11.2%, betterREGL 15.1%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: FID 1.40, betterREGL 0.72
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: FID −29.1%REGL −17.0%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: FID 0.75REGL 0.64; Market = 1

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