First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (FVD)

Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of the Value Line Dividend (TR). The FVD ETF contains 205 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.

Price $36.28 as of 2022-10-20

Cost/Risk/Yield

Dividend yield2.3%
Expense ratio0.7%
Average spread0.028%
1Y roundtrip cost0.728%

Historic prices

Total Returns (including dividends)

Monthly returns heatmap

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2022-2.9%-2.1%4.0%-4.2%1.6%-5.2%4.8%-3.0%-8.8%1.4%-14.6%
2021-1.5%2.1%8.1%3.8%2.3%-0.9%1.9%2.1%-4.9%5.1%-2.5%7.8%23.4%
2020-0.5%-9.5%-14.1%7.6%3.1%-0.5%4.2%2.4%-2.2%-0.1%10.0%2.1%2.5%
20196.9%3.3%1.6%3.0%-3.7%5.3%0.9%-0.7%3.8%0.5%1.6%1.8%24.2%
20181.8%-5.1%0.6%-0.1%0.8%1.2%4.0%1.0%0.0%-3.5%3.8%-7.6%-2.9%
20170.7%3.6%-0.3%0.1%1.0%0.3%1.3%-0.9%1.7%1.5%2.9%-0.0%11.9%
2016-0.7%2.0%6.4%0.6%1.3%3.4%1.9%-0.9%-0.3%-1.5%3.3%2.7%18.1%
2015-1.3%2.3%-0.7%0.0%0.3%-2.7%2.7%-4.5%-0.1%6.4%0.3%-1.2%1.6%
2014-3.0%4.2%2.1%1.6%1.0%2.4%-3.4%4.4%-2.2%4.7%2.3%1.1%15.3%
20135.0%2.2%4.8%2.8%-0.9%-0.7%5.4%-4.1%2.6%4.4%1.0%1.8%24.4%
20121.5%2.8%1.8%0.4%-4.3%4.3%1.4%0.7%1.8%-0.6%0.3%0.8%10.9%
20111.2%3.5%1.1%3.5%0.2%-1.5%-3.0%-1.8%-5.3%9.1%0.4%2.0%9.4%
7.2%9.3%15.5%19.3%2.7%5.4%22.2%-5.5%-13.6%27.3%23.4%11.2%

Historical Dividends

Monthly dividend heatmap

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
20220.040.190.170.200.60
20210.180.190.160.230.76
20200.190.220.190.210.81
20190.150.160.220.200.73
20180.130.190.160.230.73
20170.150.160.130.200.65
20160.150.130.170.45
20150.110.150.140.160.56
20140.180.140.120.150.59
20130.110.130.120.130.49
20120.100.120.120.150.50
20110.090.100.100.130.42
0.000.041.580.000.001.890.000.001.780.000.001.98

Sectors and Top Holdings

Security % Assets
A. O. Smith Corporation0.55%
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. Class A0.55%
Juniper Networks, Inc.0.54%
Merck & Co., Inc.0.53%
W.W. Grainger, Inc.0.53%
McDonald\'s Corporation0.52%
Hubbell Incorporated Class B0.52%
GlaxoSmithKline plc Sponsored ADR0.52%
Elbit Systems Ltd0.52%
Coca-Cola Company0.51%
CVS Health Corporation0.51%
Cboe Global Markets Inc0.51%
PACCAR Inc0.51%
Rogers Communications Inc. Class B0.51%
Toyota Motor Corp Sponsored ADR0.51%
Top 15 Weights7.84%

Compare with similar ETFs

FVD FBCV SPLV STLV TPHD VYM
Product nameFirst Trust Value Line Dividend Index FundFidelity Blue Chip Value ETFPowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio ETFiShares Factors US Value Style ETFTimothy Plan High Dividend Stock ETFVanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
IssuerFirst TrustFidelityInvescoiSharesTimothyVanguard
Price$36.28$26.75$57.86$24.731$28.49$98.9
Expense Ratio0.7%better0.59%better0.25%better0.25%better0.52%better0.06%
Average Spread0.028%0.262%0.017%0.162%0.211%0.010%
AUM$10,832,500,000$92,203,700$7,325,210,000$6,121,540$130,113,000$36,297,600,000
Shares298,581,7833,446,866126,602,262247,5254,566,954367,013,095
Average Daily Volume1,216,04219,6973,350,37021739,4131,966,927
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Inception Date2003-08-192020-06-032011-05-052020-01-142019-04-292006-11-10
Index TrackedValue Line Dividend (TR)No Underlying IndexS&P 500 Low VolatilityRussell US Large Cap Factors Value Style IndexVictory US Large Cap High Dividend Volatility Weighted BRI IndexFTSE High Dividend Yield Index
CategoryLarge Cap Blend EquitiesLarge Cap Blend EquitiesVolatility Hedged EquityAll Cap EquitiesAll Cap EquitiesLarge Cap Blend Equities
Asset ClassEquityEquityEquityEquityEquityEquity
Asset Class SizeLarge/Mid CapsLarge CapsLarge/Mid CapsLarge/Mid CapsLarge Caps
Value or GrowthBlendBlendBlendValueBlendBlend
RegionNorth AmericaEuropeNorth AmericaNorth AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America
CountriesU.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.
Annual Dividend Rate$0.835$0.977$1.199$0.733$0.685$3.216
Annual Dividend Yield0.023%0.037%0.021%0.030%0.024%0.033%
Number of Holdings20578100199100411
YTD Return-14.40%-8.06%-14.35%-15.98%-10.71%-9.82%
Beta0.860.820.820.920.890.90
Upside Beta0.210.590.040.680.800.07
Downside Beta0.070.07-0.270.080.55-0.14
Volatility 1Y16.44%18.14%16.34%19.30%18.43%17.52%
Sharpe Ratio 3Y0.170.000.050.000.330.44
Treynor Ratio 3Y0.000.000.000.000.010.01

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