First Trust Dividend Strength ETF

FTDS

Market cap $27.6M

Overview Fund Activity

55.22 USD

+0.03

0.05%

At close Updated Sep 17, 4:00 PM EDT

1 day

0.05%

5 days

-1%

1 month

0.67%

3 months

7.89%

6 months

7.96%

Year to date

9.65%

1 year

6.91%

5 years

68.1%

10 years

116.8%

Funds holding %

of 7,463 funds

–

Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 21 [Q1] → 21 (+0) [Q2]

0% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 1 | Existing positions closed: 1

5% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $14.5M [Q1] → $13.8M (-$675K) [Q2]

3.97% less ownership

Funds ownership: 57.0% [Q1] → 53.03% (-3.97%) [Q2]

60% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 4 | Existing positions reduced: 10

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Financial journalist opinion

Negative

Seeking Alpha

3 months 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 ETF FTDS Market cap $27.6M