Summary
First Trust Dividend Strength ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 51. The ten largest make up 20% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.81%
- Fund size
- $45.8M
- Positions
- 51
- Dividend yield
- 1.58%
- Running since
- 2006
What speaks for it
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 10%.
- It has been running since 2006.
What to watch
- 94% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.81% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- A small fund with $45.8M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $126.6K changes hands a day.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +5.9%
- 3 months
- +6.6%
- This year
- +19%
- 1 year
- +21%
- 3 years
- +65%
- 5 years
- +34%
- 10 years
- +161%
- Avg. market cap
- $44.3B
- P/E
- 14.2x
- Forward P/E
- 13.2x
- P/S
- 1.7x
- P/B
- 2.5x
- P/FCF
- 12.5x
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.0x
- Dividend yield
- 2.15%
- ROIC
- 11.8%
- ROE
- 23.5%
- Gross margin
- 37.4%
- Operating margin
- 19.6%
- Net margin
- 16.1%
- Payout ratio
- 30.6%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.3x
- Beta
- 0.59
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 100% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 CHOasis Petroleum CHRD 2.0%
- 2 TRTarga Resources Corp. TRGP 2.0%
- 3 APAPA Corporation APA 2.0%
- 4 DVDevon Energy DVN 2.0%
- 5 EOEOG Resources EOG 2.0%
- 6 NONorthrop Grumman Corp NOC 2.0%
- 7 OXOccidental Petroleum OXY 2.0%
- 8 WRW. R. Berkley Corporation WRB 2.0%
- 9 AFAflac AFL 2.0%
- 10 BRBroadridge BR 2.0%
Positions in the fund: 51. The ten largest make up 20% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Financials 26%
- Energy 22%
- Industrials 17%
- Technology 16%
- Healthcare 6.4%
- Other 14%
By country
- United States 94%
- Switzerland 2.2%
- Ireland 2.2%
- Bermuda 1.9%
By company size
- Large cap 84%
- Mid cap 16%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Financials (26%). Largest country: United States (94%). Largest size group: Large cap (84%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $81.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,807
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $81.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $3,807.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +10%
- Deepest drop
- -25%
- Yearly volatility
- 12%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 10%. Deepest drop in these years: 25% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.58%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.31
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.06 per share, which is 1.58% of today's price. The last payment was $0.31 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $126.6K
- Shares a day
- 1.9K
On an average day about $126.6K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 14.2
- Average Bulios Score
- 70 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 30%
- Fairly valued 20%
- Overvalued 50%
On average the companies inside trade for 14.2 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 50% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 100% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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