First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Developed International ETF
HDMV NYSE Arca
The First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Developed International ETF selects 100-400 constituents that are expected to have low volatility in the future. The fund's selection universe is comprised of developed markets throughout the world, and it selects from those markets mid and large-cap stock...
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- Fund size
- 154M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.80% per year
- Dividend yield
- 3.16% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 12.1% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.38 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 33.1638.65
How HDMV has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, HDMV returned +15.9% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +3.6 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±12% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −8.7% on Mar 27, 2026 — 28 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 22% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.38 means HDMV has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average37.05 +1.6%
- 26-day average36.87 +2.1%
- 50-day average36.95 +1.8%
- 200-day average36.45 +3.2%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OverboughtRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Developed Markets (ex-US) · InvestableMkt LowVolatility — tracking the Not Applicable.
- Assets under management154MUSD
- Expense ratio0.80%per year
- Holdings181
- Risk score4.0Medium
Launched August 2016. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 32 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.19
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 24, 2026
Last 12 months
1.19 USD / shareWhere HDMV shows up
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About First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Developed International ETF
The First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Developed International ETF selects 100-400 constituents that are expected to have low volatility in the future. The fund's selection universe is comprised of developed markets throughout the world, and it selects from those markets mid and large-cap stocks that meet liquidity standards. Chosen stocks are then weighted by their volatility forecasts, lowest to highest
- Featured in 3 curated themes
- 181 holdings
- Ticker
- HDMV
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US33739P8712
- CUSIP
- 33739P871
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Developed Markets (ex-US)
- Industry
- InvestableMkt LowVolatility
- Benchmark
- Not Applicable
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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