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FDLFirst TrustINDEX

FIRST TRUST MORNINGSTAR DIVIDEND LEADERS INDEX FUND

$53.34+2.81% vs prior close
425352-WK

Price through Oct 22, 2026 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 22, 2026.

The First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund is an exchange-traded index fund. The investment objective of the Fund is to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield of the Morningstar® Dividend Leaders Index.

FDL price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateFDL close
Sep 22, 2026$50.71
Sep 23, 2026$50.40
Sep 24, 2026$49.67
Sep 25, 2026$49.76
Sep 28, 2026$49.66
Sep 29, 2026$49.46
Sep 30, 2026$49.11
Oct 1, 2026$49.25
Oct 2, 2026$49.18
Oct 5, 2026$49.11
Oct 6, 2026$49.40
Oct 7, 2026$49.23
Oct 8, 2026$50.15
Oct 9, 2026$49.77
Oct 12, 2026$50.18
Oct 13, 2026$50.28
Oct 14, 2026$50.89
Oct 15, 2026$51.20
Oct 16, 2026$51.78
Oct 19, 2026$51.38
Oct 20, 2026$52.07
Oct 21, 2026$51.88
Oct 22, 2026$53.34

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +20.3% so far this year. At 0.45% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA has a reported fee of 0.07%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$4.2Bassets under management
0.45%expense ratio · $45 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
707Kavg daily volume, 30 days
101holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 2, 2023 · beta -0.03

Sector weights

  • Finance23.24%
  • Healthcare20.64%
  • Consumer Discretionary18.54%
  • Health Technology17.02%
  • Financial Services16%
  • Financials15.8%
  • Consumer Defensive15.37%
  • Energy Minerals13.87%
  • Utilities13.21%
  • Consumer Non-Durables11.72%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Finance23.24%
Healthcare20.64%
Consumer Discretionary18.54%
Health Technology17.02%
Financial Services16%
Financials15.8%
Consumer Defensive15.37%
Energy Minerals13.87%
Utilities13.21%
Consumer Non-Durables11.72%

Country weights

  • United States99.72%
  • United Kingdom0.28%
  • Other0.19%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
United States99.72%
United Kingdom0.28%
Other0.19%
Performance
1 week+3.0%
1 month+5.2%
3 months+4.5%
6 months+7.2%
YTD+20.3%
1 year+23.5%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
16%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
12%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.2%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
1.1Mshares traded
The case against FDL

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FDL on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.2B+$609M-42bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$609M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.4B+$199M-42bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.4B+$497M-41bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-41bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$191B+$817M-38bp on fee · 45× the assets · +$817M in over the monthHead-to-head
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