This ETF offers investors a way to target a group of European equities that exhibit high dividend yields, screening the universe of potential components by various dividend-related metrics. As such, while FDD is probably too narrow and too targeted for most long-term portfolios, but it can be a useful tool for investors looking to enhance current returns from their equity allocations or implement a value tilt in the European equity portion of their portfolios. Not surprisingly, FDD has a heavy tilt towards large cap stocks, though a significant allocation to mid caps is present as well. Though FDD is inherently concentrated due to the fixed number of index components, this fund spreads exposure across the portfolio in a relatively even manner. It's worth taking a closer look at the country breakdown, as FDD has been known to make big weightings to a small handful of European economies. Those seeking broader European exposure would be better served by ETFs such as VGK or IEV, though neither of these options is likely to come close to FDD's dividend yield.
The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for FDD on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Europe Equities with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETFdb Pro. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
View the Category ReportMetric | Metric Realtime Rating | A+ Metric Rated ETF |
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Liquidity | B | n/a |
Expenses | C+ | n/a |
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Asset | Percentage |
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Common equity | 98.8% |
ETF Cash Component | 1.2% |
Sector | Percentage |
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Financials | 39.83% |
Utilities | 19.24% |
Real Estate | 10.42% |
Energy | 8.52% |
Industrials | 7.27% |
Communications | 5.8% |
Healthcare | 4.22% |
Other | 3.5% |
ETF Cash Component | 1.2% |
Market Cap | Percentage |
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Large cap | 77.4% |
Mid cap | 17.77% |
Small cap | 3.63% |
ETF Cash Component | 1.2% |
Region | Percentage |
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Europe | 98.8% |
ETF Cash Component | 1.2% |
Region | Percentage |
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Developed Markets (ex-US) | 98.8% |
ETF Cash Component | 1.2% |
Country | Percentage |
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United Kingdom | 21.03% |
France | 20.35% |
Switzerland | 15.97% |
Germany | 12.33% |
Italy | 10.55% |
Netherlands | 3.69% |
Belgium | 3.46% |
Portugal | 3.37% |
Finland | 2.85% |
Sweden | 2.75% |
Spain | 2.45% |
ETF Cash Component | 1.2% |
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.
This ETF is not currently available for commission free trading on any platforms.
There are 3 other ETFs in the Europe Equities ETFdb.com Category that are also eligible for commission free trading:
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This section compares the fund flows of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.
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This section shows how the P/E multiple of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.
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This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.
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