ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG)

NYSEARCA: SDOG · Real-Time Price · USD
55.26
+0.19 (0.35%)
May 7, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
0.35%
Assets $1.16B
Expense Ratio 0.36%
PE Ratio 16.35
Shares Out 20.98M
Dividend (ttm) $2.17
Dividend Yield 3.93%
Ex-Dividend Date Mar 20, 2025
Payout Ratio 64.23%
1-Year Return +5.02%
Volume n/a
Open n/a
Previous Close 55.07
Day's Range n/a
52-Week Low 49.52
52-Week High 61.54
Beta 0.83
Holdings 51
Inception Date Jun 29, 2012

About SDOG

Fund Home Page

The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs index. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of the five highest-yielding S&P 500 securities in each sector. SDOG was launched on Jun 29, 2012 and is issued by SS&C.

Asset Class Equity
Category Large Value
Region North America
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol SDOG
ETF Provider SS&C
Index Tracked S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs Index

Top 10 Holdings

22.47% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Newmont Corporation NEM 2.46%
Philip Morris International Inc. PM 2.38%
FirstEnergy Corp. FE 2.25%
Ford Motor Company F 2.23%
Seagate Technology Holdings plc STX 2.22%
Darden Restaurants, Inc. DRI 2.22%
AT&T Inc. T 2.20%
McDonald's Corporation MCD 2.20%
Exelon Corporation EXC 2.18%
Evergy, Inc. EVRG 2.13%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Mar 20, 2025 $0.5484 Mar 25, 2025
Dec 19, 2024 $0.542 Dec 26, 2024
Sep 19, 2024 $0.5382 Sep 24, 2024
Jun 20, 2024 $0.5421 Jun 25, 2024
Mar 21, 2024 $0.5599 Mar 26, 2024
Dec 21, 2023 $0.563 Dec 27, 2023
Full Dividend History

News

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