Summary
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 242. The ten largest make up 4.6% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.62%
- Fund size
- $7.88B
- Positions
- 242
- Dividend yield
- 2.22%
- Running since
- 2003
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 4.6% of the fund.
- A large fund with $7.88B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $27.9M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.7%.
- It has been running since 2003.
What to watch
- 81% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.62% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
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
- +5.5%
- 3 months
- +2.7%
- This year
- +9.9%
- 1 year
- +9.8%
- 3 years
- +39%
- 5 years
- +22%
- 10 years
- +91%
- Avg. market cap
- $128.3B
- P/E
- 21.4x
- Forward P/E
- 17.8x
- P/S
- 2.8x
- P/B
- 3.5x
- P/FCF
- 17.8x
- EV/EBITDA
- 14.1x
- Dividend yield
- 2.50%
- ROIC
- 13.4%
- ROE
- 25.1%
- Gross margin
- 49.0%
- Operating margin
- 22.3%
- Net margin
- 15.4%
- Payout ratio
- 53.5%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 2.5x
- Beta
- 0.49
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 22% 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 ACAccenture ACN 0.5%
- 2 SHShell SHEL 0.5%
- 3 CBCboe Global Markets, Inc. CBOE 0.5%
- 4 TJThe TJX Companies, Inc. TJX 0.5%
- 5 KDKeurig Dr Pepper Inc. KDP 0.5%
- 6 INInfosys INFY 0.5%
- 7 XOExxon Mobil XOM 0.5%
- 8 CCCoca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC CCEP 0.5%
- 9 WMWaste Management WM 0.5%
- 10 PNPinnacle West Capital Corporation PNW 0.5%
Positions in the fund: 242. The ten largest make up 4.6% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Financials 21%
- Utilities 18%
- Industrials 14%
- Consumer defensive 11%
- Healthcare 8.1%
- Other 28%
By country
- United States 81%
- Canada 6.8%
- United Kingdom 4.2%
- Ireland 1.7%
- Other countries 6.1%
By company size
- Mega cap 10%
- Large cap 72%
- Mid cap 17%
- Small cap 0.4%
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 (21%). Largest country: United States (81%). Largest size group: Large cap (72%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $62.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,964
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $62.00 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 $2,964.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +6.7%
- Deepest drop
- -17%
- Yearly volatility
- 10%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.7%. Deepest drop in these years: 17% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.22%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.26
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.12 per share, which is 2.22% of today's price. The last payment was $0.26 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $27.9M
- Shares a day
- 551K
On an average day about $27.9M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 21.4
- Average Bulios Score
- 67 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 12%
- Fairly valued 24%
- Overvalued 64%
On average the companies inside trade for 21.4 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 64% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 22% 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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