Summary
First Trust S&P 500 Diversified Dividend Aristocrats ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 99. The ten largest make up 37% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $66.7M
- Positions
- 99
- Dividend yield
- 2.45%
- Running since
- 2017
What speaks for it
- Average yearly growth over the last five years: 7.7%.
What to watch
- 44% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 88% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.50% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- A small fund with $66.7M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $242.2K 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
- +4.5%
- 3 months
- +7.8%
- This year
- +21%
- 1 year
- +21%
- 3 years
- +65%
- 5 years
- +45%
- Avg. market cap
- $238.9B
- P/E
- 18.9x
- Forward P/E
- 14.2x
- P/S
- 1.7x
- P/B
- 3.2x
- P/FCF
- 13.2x
- EV/EBITDA
- 13.1x
- Dividend yield
- 3.17%
- ROIC
- 12.4%
- ROE
- 25.8%
- Gross margin
- 48.2%
- Operating margin
- 20.3%
- Net margin
- 14.9%
- Payout ratio
- 59.9%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 2.2x
- Beta
- 0.90
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 79% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 ACAccenture ACN 6.3%
- 2 HPHP HPQ 4.6%
- 3 IBIBM IBM 4.3%
- 4 QCQualcomm QCOM 3.7%
- 5 VZVerizon VZ 3.4%
- 6 TXTexas Instruments TXN 3.3%
- 7 MCMicrochip Technology MCHP 3.3%
- 8 TETE Connectivity TEL 2.9%
- 9 CMComcast CMCSA 2.5%
- 10 HPHewlett Packard HPE 2.4%
Positions in the fund: 99. The ten largest make up 37% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 44%
- Financials 11%
- Consumer cyclical 9.7%
- Communication services 9.4%
- Healthcare 9.2%
- Other 17%
By country
- United States 88%
- Ireland 10%
- Switzerland 0.7%
- Bermuda 0.5%
- Other countries 0.2%
By company size
- Mega cap 18%
- Large cap 82%
- Mid cap 0.6%
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: Technology (44%). Largest country: United States (88%). Largest size group: Large cap (82%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $50.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,416
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $50.00 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 $2,416.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 5 years
- +7.7%
- Deepest drop
- -21%
- Yearly volatility
- 14%
Average yearly growth over the last five years: 7.7%. Deepest drop in these years: 21% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.45%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.26
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.06 per share, which is 2.45% of today's price. The last payment was $0.26 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $242.2K
- Shares a day
- 5.6K
On an average day about $242.2K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 18.9
- Average Bulios Score
- 62 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 38%
- Fairly valued 23%
- Overvalued 39%
On average the companies inside trade for 18.9 times their yearly profit.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 79% 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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