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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
Oct 22, 2025$43.19
Oct 23, 2025$43.12
Oct 24, 2025$43.26
Oct 27, 2025$43.34
Oct 28, 2025$43.19
Oct 29, 2025$42.95
Oct 30, 2025$42.53
Oct 31, 2025$42.76
Nov 3, 2025$42.38
Nov 4, 2025$42.28
Nov 5, 2025$42.45
Nov 6, 2025$42.48
Nov 7, 2025$42.96
Nov 10, 2025$42.98
Nov 11, 2025$43.67
Nov 12, 2025$43.68
Nov 13, 2025$43.70
Nov 14, 2025$43.63
Nov 17, 2025$43.21
Nov 18, 2025$43.57
Nov 19, 2025$43.09
Nov 20, 2025$42.79
Nov 21, 2025$43.48
Nov 24, 2025$43.39
Nov 25, 2025$43.79
Nov 26, 2025$44.02
Nov 28, 2025$44.26
Dec 1, 2025$44.14
Dec 2, 2025$43.81
Dec 3, 2025$44.33
Dec 4, 2025$44.38
Dec 5, 2025$44.32
Dec 8, 2025$44.08
Dec 9, 2025$44.02
Dec 10, 2025$44.66
Dec 11, 2025$44.90
Dec 12, 2025$44.38
Dec 15, 2025$44.52
Dec 16, 2025$44.01
Dec 17, 2025$44.34
Dec 18, 2025$44.15
Dec 19, 2025$44.05
Dec 22, 2025$44.32
Dec 23, 2025$44.20
Dec 24, 2025$44.42
Dec 26, 2025$44.43
Dec 29, 2025$44.48
Dec 30, 2025$44.56
Dec 31, 2025$44.34
Jan 2, 2026$44.75
Jan 5, 2026$45.13
Jan 6, 2026$44.92
Jan 7, 2026$44.49
Jan 8, 2026$45.34
Jan 9, 2026$45.53
Jan 12, 2026$45.39
Jan 13, 2026$45.50
Jan 14, 2026$46.25
Jan 15, 2026$46.27
Jan 16, 2026$45.99
Jan 20, 2026$45.81
Jan 21, 2026$46.44
Jan 22, 2026$46.49
Jan 23, 2026$46.45
Jan 26, 2026$46.58
Jan 27, 2026$46.79
Jan 28, 2026$46.57
Jan 29, 2026$46.87
Jan 30, 2026$47.85
Feb 2, 2026$47.89
Feb 3, 2026$48.71
Feb 4, 2026$49.73
Feb 5, 2026$49.60
Feb 6, 2026$50.29
Feb 9, 2026$50.18
Feb 10, 2026$50.43
Feb 11, 2026$51.06
Feb 12, 2026$50.63
Feb 13, 2026$50.88
Feb 17, 2026$50.52
Feb 18, 2026$50.78
Feb 19, 2026$50.86
Feb 20, 2026$50.87
Feb 23, 2026$50.93
Feb 24, 2026$50.91
Feb 25, 2026$50.77
Feb 26, 2026$50.84
Feb 27, 2026$51.20
Mar 2, 2026$51.26
Mar 3, 2026$50.91
Mar 4, 2026$50.74
Mar 5, 2026$50.37
Mar 6, 2026$50.24
Mar 9, 2026$50.02
Mar 10, 2026$49.75
Mar 11, 2026$49.88
Mar 12, 2026$49.80
Mar 13, 2026$49.96
Mar 16, 2026$50.01
Mar 17, 2026$50.23
Mar 18, 2026$49.61
Mar 19, 2026$49.64
Mar 20, 2026$49.45
Mar 23, 2026$49.90
Mar 24, 2026$50.40
Mar 25, 2026$50.46
Mar 26, 2026$50.32
Mar 27, 2026$50.36
Mar 30, 2026$50.58
Mar 31, 2026$50.80
Apr 1, 2026$50.24
Apr 2, 2026$50.36
Apr 6, 2026$50.46
Apr 7, 2026$50.31
Apr 8, 2026$50.33
Apr 9, 2026$50.34
Apr 10, 2026$49.82
Apr 13, 2026$49.79
Apr 14, 2026$49.48
Apr 15, 2026$49.28
Apr 16, 2026$49.77
Apr 17, 2026$49.75
Apr 20, 2026$49.78
Apr 21, 2026$49.63
Apr 22, 2026$49.50
Apr 23, 2026$50.10
Apr 24, 2026$49.47
Apr 27, 2026$49.44
Apr 28, 2026$49.78
Apr 29, 2026$49.96
Apr 30, 2026$50.68
May 1, 2026$50.39
May 4, 2026$49.98
May 5, 2026$50.08
May 6, 2026$49.71
May 7, 2026$49.21
May 8, 2026$49.03
May 11, 2026$49.12
May 12, 2026$49.45
May 13, 2026$49.43
May 14, 2026$49.67
May 15, 2026$49.68
May 18, 2026$50.14
May 19, 2026$50.51
May 20, 2026$50.22
May 21, 2026$50.44
May 22, 2026$50.96
May 26, 2026$50.33
May 27, 2026$50.30
May 28, 2026$50.27
May 29, 2026$50.01
Jun 1, 2026$49.77
Jun 2, 2026$49.98
Jun 3, 2026$49.85
Jun 4, 2026$50.24
Jun 5, 2026$50.33
Jun 8, 2026$50.19
Jun 9, 2026$50.25
Jun 10, 2026$50.58
Jun 11, 2026$50.68
Jun 12, 2026$51.14
Jun 15, 2026$50.21
Jun 16, 2026$50.25
Jun 17, 2026$49.48
Jun 18, 2026$49.05
Jun 22, 2026$48.97
Jun 23, 2026$49.56
Jun 24, 2026$49.40
Jun 25, 2026$49.15
Jun 26, 2026$49.60
Jun 29, 2026$49.36
Jun 30, 2026$48.66
Jul 1, 2026$48.92
Jul 2, 2026$49.85
Jul 6, 2026$49.46
Jul 7, 2026$50.10
Jul 8, 2026$49.60
Jul 9, 2026$49.44
Jul 10, 2026$49.80
Jul 13, 2026$50.20
Jul 14, 2026$49.72
Jul 15, 2026$50.03
Jul 16, 2026$51.24
Jul 17, 2026$51.11
Jul 20, 2026$50.85
Jul 21, 2026$50.74
Jul 22, 2026$51.03
Jul 23, 2026$50.68
Jul 24, 2026$51.47
Jul 27, 2026$51.74
Jul 28, 2026$52.51
Jul 29, 2026$52.44
Jul 30, 2026$51.47
Jul 31, 2026$51.48
Aug 3, 2026$51.68
Aug 4, 2026$51.95
Aug 5, 2026$51.67
Aug 6, 2026$51.57
Aug 7, 2026$51.89
Aug 10, 2026$51.93
Aug 11, 2026$52.15
Aug 12, 2026$52.11
Aug 13, 2026$52.81
Aug 14, 2026$52.88
Aug 17, 2026$52.32
Aug 18, 2026$52.78
Aug 19, 2026$53.45
Aug 20, 2026$53.08
Aug 21, 2026$53.08
Aug 24, 2026$53.46
Aug 25, 2026$53.33
Aug 26, 2026$53.42
Aug 27, 2026$52.93
Aug 28, 2026$53.16
Aug 31, 2026$52.93
Sep 1, 2026$52.98
Sep 2, 2026$53.28
Sep 3, 2026$53.39
Sep 4, 2026$52.92
Sep 8, 2026$52.59
Sep 9, 2026$52.07
Sep 10, 2026$52.05
Sep 11, 2026$52.23
Sep 14, 2026$52.55
Sep 15, 2026$52.41
Sep 16, 2026$51.67
Sep 17, 2026$51.67
Sep 18, 2026$51.19
Sep 21, 2026$50.90
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

Price history on file begins Oct 22, 2025, so 5Y shows all of it.

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
Show as table
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
Show as table
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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