FTDSFirst Trust Dividend Strength ETF
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of The Dividend Strength Index.
By First Trust · Launched 2006
Annual Cost
0.70%
#3,681 of 5,861 · average
Fund Size
$37M
#3,947 of 5,861 · small
Return (1Y)Goal
+22.2%
Track Record
19 years
#378 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,085+20.9%
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
Index tracked
The Dividend Strength Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 25.2% of fund✓ well diversified
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
2.9%
Devon Energy Corporation
2.7%
EOG Resources Inc.
2.7%
Coterra Energy Inc
2.7%
ConocoPhillips
2.6%
Diamondback Energy Inc
2.6%
Halliburton Company
2.3%
Baker Hughes Company
2.3%
Johnson & Johnson
2.2%
Merck & Co., Inc
2.2%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Financial Services
30.2%
Industrials
20.6%
Energy
17.6%
Healthcare
9.6%
Technology
8.6%
Basic Materials
8.3%
Consumer Cyclical
3.3%
Consumer Defensive
1.9%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
12.8%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-42.9%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.78Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.16Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of The Dividend Strength Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in dividend-paying securities, including common stocks, REITs, and small, mid, and large cap companies. Uses an indexing investment approach to replicate the performance of The Dividend Strength Index, which tracks companies with strong market positions and high dividend yields, concentrated in the energy sector.
- Inception date
- December 5, 2006
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-08-04