ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF
SDOG NYSE Arca
The Fund seeks investment results that replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs Index. Screening is isolated at the sector level, providing high dividend exposure by selecting the five highest yielding securities in each of th...
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- Fund size
- 1.47B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.40% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.59% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 11.5% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.58 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 56.1473.59
How SDOG has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 13Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, SDOG returned +22.8% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +3.1 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 −7.3% on Sep 30, 2026 — 42 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 8% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.58 means SDOG 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 average69.13 +0.3%
- 26-day average69.76 −0.6%
- 50-day average70.18 −1.2%
- 200-day average67.06 +3.4%
The price is above 2 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI 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
US Equity · Dividend Yield — tracking the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs Index.
- Assets under management1.47BUSD
- Expense ratio0.40%per year
- Holdings51
- Risk score5.4Medium
Launched June 2012. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 26 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.80
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 17, 2026
Last 12 months
1.80 USD / shareWhere SDOG shows up
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About ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF
The Fund seeks investment results that replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs Index. Screening is isolated at the sector level, providing high dividend exposure by selecting the five highest yielding securities in each of the 10 GICS sectors
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 51 holdings
- Ticker
- SDOG
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US00162Q8583
- CUSIP
- 00162Q858
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- Dividend Yield
- Benchmark
- S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 13, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.