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US · Dividend funds — returns ranked

All 31 US · Dividend funds in the SeeFund pool, ranked by annualised return over the window shown. Dividends reinvested, fund fees already deducted. Data as of 2026-09-22 — every figure on this page is history, not a forecast.

Window up to 10.0 years (each row shows its own history length in the last column) · returns net of fund fees · Market Data from Tiingo.com · This page is not investment advice.

Which us · dividend funds had the highest return?

Sorted by annualised return over the window (net of fees, dividends reinvested)
#FundReturn a yearTotal returnSharpeWorst dropFeeYears
1PVAL
Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF
+16.4%+124.4%1.13-16.6%5.3
2CATH
Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values ETF
+14.6%+291.8%0.94-34.0%10.0
3FVAL
Fidelity Value Factor ETF
+14.5%+286.0%0.90-37.2%10.0
4DIVB
iShares Core Dividend ETF
+14.4%+228.6%0.85-36.9%8.9
5VLU
State STREET(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) 1500 Value Tilt ETF
+14.0%+270.9%0.86-37.4%10.0
6DGRW
WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund
+14.0%+269.8%1.00-32.0%10.0
7FDRR
Fidelity Dividend ETF FOR Rising Rates
+13.6%+258.7%0.91-36.5%10.0
8WTV
WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund
+13.4%+202.0%0.71-42.2%0.12%8.8
9DGRO
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
+13.3%+248.3%0.95-35.1%0.08%10.0
10FDVV
Fidelity High Dividend ETF
+13.2%+246.0%0.84-40.2%10.0
11VIG
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
+13.0%+238.7%0.96-31.7%0.06%10.0
12JVAL
JPMorgan U.S. Value Factor ETF
+12.9%+193.9%0.72-40.4%8.9
13DIVO
Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF
+12.6%+218.8%1.01-30.0%9.8
14DLN
WisdomTree U.S. Largecap Dividend Fund
+12.6%+227.0%0.91-35.8%10.0
15VTV
Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF
+12.5%+224.8%0.85-36.8%0.04%10.0
16DJD
Invesco DOW Jones Industrial Average Dividend ETF
+12.3%+217.7%0.85-34.6%10.0
17QDPL
Pacer Metaurus US Large CAP Dividend Multiplier 400…
+12.2%+81.9%0.89-22.6%5.2
18PWV
Invesco Large CAP Value ETF
+12.0%+211.6%0.79-37.6%10.0
19DTD
WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund
+12.0%+210.9%0.84-37.3%0.28%10.0
20ILCV
iShares Morningstar Value ETF
+11.9%+208.8%0.81-35.5%0.04%10.0
21SPYV
State STREET(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) Value…
+11.9%+206.9%0.78-36.9%10.0
22IVE
iShares S&P 500 Value ETF
+11.7%+202.3%0.77-37.0%0.18%10.0
23IUSV
iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF
+11.7%+202.0%0.76-37.5%10.0
24VYM
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
+11.4%+194.9%0.81-35.2%0.06%10.0
25GVAL
Cambria Global Value ETF
+11.2%+190.2%0.59-46.8%10.0
26RDIV
Invesco S&P Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF
+10.4%+169.0%0.50-49.9%10.0
27HDV
iShares Core High Dividend ETF
+9.6%+150.8%0.66-37.0%0.08%10.0
28DHS
WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund
+9.5%+148.1%0.65-37.3%0.38%10.0
29FTHI
First Trust Buywrite Income ETF
+8.4%+123.9%0.71-32.6%0.98%10.0
30WTPI
WisdomTree Equity Premium Income Fund
+8.3%+121.7%0.81-28.4%10.0
31FTQI
First Trust NASDAQ Buywrite Income ETF
+8.3%+121.4%0.82-19.4%10.0

PVAL (: +16.4% a year) sits at the top of this table and FTQI (+8.3% a year) at the bottom. The order is arithmetic over past data — it is not a judgement about which fund is better, and past performance does not predict future results.

Which of them fell the furthest?

FundDeepest dropPeak → trough
RDIV-49.9%2020-01-16 → 2020-03-23
GVAL-46.8%2018-01-26 → 2020-03-18
WTV-42.2%2020-01-16 → 2020-03-23
JVAL-40.4%2020-01-17 → 2020-03-23
FDVV-40.2%2020-02-14 → 2020-03-23

The deepest fall in this group was RDIV, down -49.9% from 2020-01-16 to 2020-03-23. It sits at position 26 in the return table — a reminder that the two questions "what did it return" and "how bad did it get" have different answers.

What do these funds cost?

Expense ratios in this group run from 0.04% to 0.98% a year (median 0.08%). Fees are already deducted from every return above — a fund does not have to be expensive to be interesting, and a cheap one is not automatically better.

How to read this table

  • Return a year — annualised (CAGR) return over the window; Total return is the cumulative figure.
  • Sharpe — return per unit of volatility, with the risk-free rate taken as zero.
  • Worst drop — the deepest peak-to-trough fall in the window, with the dates it happened.
  • Years — how much history that fund actually has; funds with shorter histories use what exists.
  • Method and definitions: guides. Interactive version: the ranking tool.

What this page is not

It is not investment advice, not a suggestion of what to buy, and not a forecast. A fund appears here because it is in our pool, and the ordering is arithmetic. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

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