Seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the The NASDAQ US Dividend Achievers Select Index. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index a security must be included in the NASDAQ US Broad Dividend Achievers, excluding limited partnerships and REITs. The Index is comprised of a select group of securities with at least ten consecutive years of increasing annual regular dividend payments.
ETF Information
Sponsor: Vanguard ETFs
Category1: US Equity
Category2: Broad Market
Category3: Multi-cap
Morningstar category: Large Blend Leverage factor: 1.00 Inception date: 04/21/2006
Index tracking method:
Passive replication
Current yield: 0.95%
Historical average yield: 2.22%
Market cap: $62,811,151,744
Average volume: 1,282,157
Fees: 0.0800%
Index InformationNASDAQ US Dividend Achievers Select Index Index symbol: DVG
Provider: NASDAQ OMX Total return index symbol: DVGTR
Index weighting: Market capitalization Index inception date: 03/29/2006
Backtesting data exists:
No
Number of holdings: 180 (as of 11/19/2018)
Strategy: Dividend history investing
Factors used to select securities: