First Trust Dividend Stre... (FTDS)
NASDAQ: FTDS
· Real-Time Price · USD
55.28
-0.31 (-0.56%)
At close: Sep 29, 2025, 3:59 PM
55.34
0.10%
After-hours: Sep 29, 2025, 04:10 PM EDT
-0.56% (1D)
Bid | 55.08 |
Market Cap | 27.8M |
AUM | 25.01M |
NAV | 55.58 |
EPS (ttm) | 3.95 |
PE Ratio (ttm) | 13.99 |
Shares Out | 502.85K |
Inception Date | Dec 5, 2006 |
Ask | 55.64 |
Volume | 430 |
Open | 55.30 |
Previous Close | 55.59 |
Day's Range | 55.22 - 55.41 |
52-Week Range | 44.26 - 56.28 |
Holdings | 51 |
Expense Ratio | 0.88% |
About FTDS
First Trust Dividend Strength ETF is an exchange-traded index fund. The objective of the Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund's fees and expenses) of an index called The Dividend Strength Index.
Asset Class Equity Income
Ticker Symbol FTDS
Inception Date Dec 5, 2006
Provider First Trust
Website Fund Home Page
Exchange NASDAQ
Top Sectors
Sector | Weight % |
---|---|
Financial Services | 29.58% |
Industrials | 22.37% |
Consumer Cyclical | 12.23% |
Energy | 10.38% |
Healthcare | 10.17% |
Top 10 Holdings 22.26% of assets
Name | Symbol | Weight |
---|---|---|
Baker Hughes Company | BKR | 2.43% |
Unitedhealth Group I... | UNH | 2.33% |
Cummins Inc. | CMI | 2.28% |
Essent Group Ltd. | ESNT | 2.23% |
Lennar Corporation | LEN | 2.20% |
Elevance Health Inc. | ELV | 2.20% |
Northrop Grumman Cor... | NOC | 2.19% |
Quest Diagnostics In... | DGX | 2.17% |
Popular, Inc. | BPOP | 2.12% |
General Dynamics Cor... | GD | 2.11% |
Dividends Dividend Yield 1.81%
Ex-Dividend | Amount | Payment Date |
---|---|---|
Sep 25, 2025 | $0.2333 | Sep 30, 2025 |
Jun 26, 2025 | $0.1998 | Jun 30, 2025 |
Mar 27, 2025 | $0.2190 | Mar 31, 2025 |
Dec 13, 2024 | $0.3427 | Dec 31, 2024 |
Sep 26, 2024 | $0.2349 | Sep 30, 2024 |

4 months ago · seekingalpha.com
FTDS: Why First Trust's Dividend Strength ETF Is Not Worth OwningFTDS 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 selecti...