HIDV vs TGLR

HIDVAAB US High Dividend ETF

TGLRDWedbush Laffer Tengler New Era Value ETF

In short

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.

TGLR Named for Nancy Tengler's 2003 book, TGLR runs her Relative Dividend Yield playbook: 25 to 35 US large caps bought when their own yield history flags them as cheap, held with low turnover, for 0.85%.

Stated mandate

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.

TGLR The Fund seeks income and long-term capital appreciation.

Why people hold it

• 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.

• TGLR Relative Dividend Yield and Relative Price-to-Sales flag the entry point; a 12-factor fundamental check, half qualitative, then weeds out stocks that are cheap for a reason.sec.gov
• A 25 to 35 stock portfolio, so individual picks actually move the needle, paired with a stated aim of above-market dividend yield and low turnover.sec.gov
• Portfolio manager Nancy Tengler, CEO and CIO of Laffer Tengler Investments, kept the reins when the fund reorganized into the Wedbush Series Trust in April 2026.sec.gov

Worth knowing

• 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.

• TGLR At 0.85% it costs more than the typical fund in its dividend-income category, and more than peers like VUS at 0.25% and CGDV at 0.33%.
• A small, thinly traded fund, which tends to mean wider bid-ask spreads than on the category's giants.
• Income has arrived on an irregular schedule rather than a fixed monthly or quarterly cadence.

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