The Principal Active Global Dividend Income ETF (GDVD) is an actively-managed fund that invests in dividend-paying stocks. It owns a relatively small portfolio of many familiar names like Apple, Microsoft, Hasbro, Nike, and JPMorgan Chase. GDVD’s management fee is reasonable for an actively-managed ETF. Investors can compare it to active funds like the WBI BullBear Yield 3000 ETF (WBIG) or David Select Worldwide ETF (DWLD). GDVD is cheaper than both, and outperformed both in the three years through early June 2020.
Investors who aren’t sold on stock-pickers can take a look at the index-tracking dividend funds on the market, including GDVD’s passive sibling the Principal Shareholder Yield Index ETF (PY). Investors can also compare GDVD to other dividend strategies such as the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRW) or the Legg Mason Low Volatility High Dividend ETF (LVHD), or the FlexShares trio of dividend funds: FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF), FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (QDF), and FlexShares Quality Dividend Dynamic Index Fund (QDYN). There are also ultra-cheap plain-vanilla dividend ETFs like the giant Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) or the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM).
| Segment | Equity: Global - Total Market |
| Category | Size and Style |
| Focus | Total Market |
| Niche | Broad-based |
| Strategy | Active |
| Weighting Scheme | Proprietary |
This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to its peers.
| GDVD | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Holdings | 53 | 224 | 350 |
| % of Assets in Top 10 | 28.11% | 36.98% | 42.96% |
| % of Assets in Top 15 | 39.61% | 43.47% | 51.31% |
| % of Assets in Top 50 | 97.08% | 68.29% | 77.66% |
| GDVD | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Large (>12.9B) | 82.34% | 66.89% | 51.36% |
| Mid (>2.7B) | 10.27% | 8.88% | 10.20% |
| Small (>600M) | 4.57% | 0.65% | 2.14% |
| Micro (<600M) | 1.40% | 0.06% | 2.52% |
This section compares the P/E ratio of this ETF to its peers.
This section compares the dividend yield of this ETF to its peers.
| GDVD | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend | $ 0.15 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.21 |
| Dividend Date | 2023-05-23 | N/A | N/A |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $ 0.58 | $ 0.87 | $ 0.44 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 2.63% | 1.78% | 1.23% |
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View charts featuring ETF fund flow data.
5 Day Net Flows: 0 1 Month Net Flows: 1.13 M 3 Month Net Flows: 1.69 M 6 Month Net Flows: 2.28 M 1 Year Net Flows: 3.37 M 3 Year Net Flows: 7.55 M 5 Year Net Flows: 7.55 M 10 Year Net Flows: 7.55 MView charts that break down the influence that fund flows and price had on overall assets.
5 Day Net AUM Change: -91 KThe adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for GDVD 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 ETF Database Pro members, shows the ETF in the Large Cap Blend 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 ETF Database Pro. To view information on how the ETF Database Realtime Ratings work, click here.
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to its peers.
| Max ST Capital Gains Rate | 39.60% |
| Max LT Capital Gains Rate | 20.00% |
| Tax On Distributions | Qualified dividends |
| Distributes K1 | No |
This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peers. Returns over 1 year are annualized.
| GDVD |
ETF Database
Category Average |
Factset Segment
Average |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month Return | -2.83% | 0.75% | 0.63% |
| 3 Month Return | -0.03% | 3.20% | 1.64% |
| YTD Return | 2.22% | 5.50% | 3.03% |
| 1 Year Return | -1.90% | 0.39% | -0.77% |
| 3 Year Return | N/A | 7.55% | 2.08% |
| 5 Year Return | N/A | 3.74% | 1.07% |
The following charts reflect the geographic spread of GDVD's underlying holdings.
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| North, Central and South America | 47.74% |
| Europe | 38.72% |
| Asia Pacific | 12.12% |
| Other | 1.43% |
| Country | Percentage |
|---|---|
| United States | 37.17% |
| United Kingdom | 12.71% |
| France | 5.26% |
| Ireland | 5.14% |
| Hong Kong | 4.61% |
| Switzerland | 4.34% |
| Denmark | 4.24% |
| Germany | 3.9% |
| Australia | 3.71% |
| Taiwan | 2.92% |
| Finland | 2.82% |
| Canada | 2.63% |
| Japan | 2.02% |
| Singapore | 1.78% |
| Brazil | 1.6% |
| Italy | 1.57% |
| Other | 1.43% |
| Turkey | 1.17% |
| Norway | 0.99% |
The following charts reflect the allocation of GDVD's underlying holdings.
| Sector | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Finance | 19.03% |
| Health Technology | 14.22% |
| Consumer Non-Durables | 8.73% |
| Energy Minerals | 8.36% |
| Utilities | 8.22% |
| Process Industries | 6.74% |
| Communications | 5.48% |
| Electronic Technology | 5.14% |
| Technology Services | 4.59% |
| Commercial Services | 3.7% |
| Producer Manufacturing | 3.21% |
| Retail Trade | 2.38% |
| Consumer Services | 2.36% |
| Consumer Durables | 1.92% |
| Transportation | 1.89% |
| Distribution Services | 1.52% |
| CASH | 1.43% |
| Non-Energy Minerals | 1.09% |
| Market Cap | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Large | 82.34% |
| Mid | 10.27% |
| Small | 4.57% |
| Micro | 1.4% |
| Region | Percentage |
|---|
| Asset | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Share/Common/Ordinary | 91.33% |
| American Depositary Receipt | 5.61% |
| Preferred Equity | 1.64% |
| CASH | 1.43% |
| Sector | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Finance | 19.03% |
| Health Technology | 14.22% |
| Consumer Non-Durables | 8.73% |
| Energy Minerals | 8.36% |
| Utilities | 8.22% |
| Process Industries | 6.74% |
| Communications | 5.48% |
| Electronic Technology | 5.14% |
| Technology Services | 4.59% |
| Commercial Services | 3.7% |
| Producer Manufacturing | 3.21% |
| Retail Trade | 2.38% |
| Consumer Services | 2.36% |
| Consumer Durables | 1.92% |
| Transportation | 1.89% |
| Distribution Services | 1.52% |
| CASH | 1.43% |
| Non-Energy Minerals | 1.09% |
This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETF Database Category.
| 5 Day Volatility | 27.72% |
| 20 Day Volatility | 11.17% |
| 50 Day Volatility | 10.03% |
| 200 Day Volatility | 12.13% |
| Beta | 0.9 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.01% |
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