The ETF’s trailing 12-month yield of 2.6% is well above 10-year Treasuries and QDF’s sector weights sure a clear line to dividend growth. Financial services and consumer discretionary, the only sectors expected to post double-digit dividend growth this year, combine for over 29% of QDF’s weight. [Solving for Quality]
Additionally, QDF features an almost 17.1% technology sector weight. Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL), the most cash-rich company in the U.S., is the ETF’s largest holding at 4.4%.
QDF is also not constrained by market cap, giving investors exposure to dividend growth from more than just large-caps. Roughly 100 of the ETF’s 228 holdings are not large-caps, a group that includes 80 mid-caps.
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