FDLFirst Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index.
By First Trust · Launched 2006
Annual Cost
0.43%
#2,181 of 6,040 · average
Fund Size
$8.1B
#347 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+23.4%
Track Record
20 years
#275 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,114+21.1%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Large
Strategy
Index tracking
Factor
Dividend
Focus
ESG
Index tracked
Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 58.0% of fundmoderately concentrated
Exxon Mobil Corp.
11.1%
CHEVRON CORP
9.1%
Verizon Communications Inc.
7.4%
Pfizer Inc.
6.5%
Merck & Co., Inc
5.5%
Pepsico Inc
4.8%
Altria Group, Inc.
4.5%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
3.3%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
3.0%
ConocoPhillips
3.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Consumer Defensive
23.4%
Financial Services
13.4%
Utilities
13.3%
Healthcare
12.6%
Energy
12.2%
Communication
11.9%
Technology
5.4%
Consumer Cyclical
4.2%
Other
3.7%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
11.9%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-41.4%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.08Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.58Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index.
- Strategy
- Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index using an indexing investment approach to replicate its performance. Targets the 100 highest-yielding U.S. stocks from the Morningstar Dividend Composite Index, covering large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks.
- Inception date
- March 9, 2006
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18