First Trust Dividend Strength ETF
FTDS
Market cap $26.8M

53.57 USD

-0.24

0.45%

At close Jul 11, 4:00 PM EDT

1 day

-0.45%

5 days

-0.06%

1 month

3.56%

3 months

12.83%

6 months

5.45%

Year to date

6.37%

1 year

8.82%

5 years

72.92%

10 years

100.79%

Funds holding %

of 7,312 funds

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Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

33% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 8 | Existing positions reduced: 6

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 21 [Q4 2024] → 21 (+0) [Q1 2025]

0% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $14.6M [Q4 2024] → $14.5M (-$62.6K) [Q1 2025]

0.67% less ownership

Funds ownership: 57.66% [Q4 2024] → 57.0% (-0.67%) [Q1 2025]

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Research analyst outlook

We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for FTDS.

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Financial journalist opinion

Negative

Seeking Alpha

1 month ago

FTDS: Why First Trust's Dividend Strength ETF Is Not Worth Owning

FTDS equally weights 50 dividend-paying stocks that pass screens for debt, ROE, dividend payout ratios, and dividend growth. Its ER is 0.70% and the ETF has $25 million in AUM. I recreated the selection process and determined FTDS is designed to favor Financials and Industrials. Notably, the payout ratio screen means safer sectors like Consumer Staples and Utilities are ignored. FTDS has some pretty attractive surface-level fundamental statistics, but on a sector-adjusted basis, it underwhelms. In this article, I'll compare it alongside DVY, IWD, SDY, and VIG.

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First Trust Dividend Strength ETFFTDS Market cap $26.8M