| DVY | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +154.6% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +9.8% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +15.8% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.62 |
| Deepest drawdown | -41.6% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-01-17 → 2020-03-23 |
| Fee (annual expense ratio) | 0.38% |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 3.49% (as of 2026-09-29) |
| Rebalancing (from its prospectus) | Quarterly |
Rebalancing: per the fund's prospectus summary, its index is rebalanced quarterly. That schedule is set by the index provider, not by a view on where the market is going — and it says nothing about how often you should rebalance a portfolio; that side is covered in how often index funds rebalance.
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +154.6% in total (+9.8% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -41.6% from 2020-01-17 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2018 (-6.3%), its best 2021 (+31.7%).
| Year | DVY |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +10.2% |
| 2025 | +11.6% |
| 2024 | +16.3% |
| 2023 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | +1.8% |
| 2021 | +31.7% |
| 2020 | -4.9% |
| 2019 | +22.6% |
| 2018 | -6.3% |
| 2017 | +14.8% |
| 2016 | +4.6% |
+154.6% in total, which works out to +9.8% a year over the 10 years to 2026-09-29. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2018 — its calendar-year return was -6.3% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2021 (+31.7%).
-41.6%, from a peak on 2020-01-17 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 323 days (about 10.6 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 3.49% of its share price (as of 2026-09-29). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
0.38% a year, and it is already deducted from every return figure on this page. A fund charges it inside the fund rather than billing you, which is why fee differences show up as a smaller final balance, not as a line item.
It does not say DVY is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -41.6% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.