Fund · First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund · measured from SEC filings
FGD holdings
FGD reports 100 holdings and behaves like 92 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-06-30. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 28 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-06-30Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 100% at a quoted market price (level 1), 22 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-06-30FGD's largest investment is Robert Half Inc at 2.03% of net assets. Hyundai Elevator Company Ltd Krw5000 and Banco BPM SPA NPV follow; the three together are 5.59%. Ten companies are 15.8% of the fund; the other 90 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, FGD behaves like 92 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 2.2 times the median. Across 28 quarterly filings FGD has held roughly steady since 2019-09-30 (92.5 then, 92 now). the United States is the largest country at 22.14% of the portfolio, across 22 countries in the filing.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
28Between 2019-09-30 and 2026-06-30, FGD went from behaving like 92.5 equally weighted positions to 92 — 1% fewer, while its top ten went from 15.34% to 15.8% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 100 | 92 | 15.8% | 2.05% |
| 2026-03-31 | 100 | 92.7 | 15.95% | 2.29% |
| 2025-12-31 | 97 | 84.9 | 17.86% | 3.54% |
| 2025-09-30 | 98 | 87.8 | 17.18% | 2.86% |
| 2025-06-30 | 98 | 90.3 | 16.68% | 2% |
| 2025-03-31 | 100 | 94.1 | 15.56% | 1.92% |
| 2024-12-31 | 100 | 88 | 17.43% | 3.15% |
| 2024-09-30 | 100 | 88.5 | 17.63% | 3.3% |
Earlier filings (20 more, back to 2019-09-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 | 99 | 87.1 | 17.83% | 3.69% |
| 2024-03-31 | 100 | 90.9 | 16.34% | 2.95% |
| 2023-12-31 | 99 | 88 | 17.7% | 2.74% |
| 2023-09-29 | 99 | 88 | 17.91% | 2.57% |
| 2023-06-30 | 100 | 90.2 | 17.42% | 2.17% |
| 2023-03-31 | 101 | 90.1 | 17.45% | 3.04% |
| 2022-12-30 | 98 | 88.3 | 17.12% | 2.95% |
| 2022-09-30 | 100 | 91.2 | 16.13% | 2.67% |
| 2022-06-30 | 100 | 91.7 | 16.54% | 2.58% |
| 2022-03-31 | 101 | 91.8 | 16.36% | 2.79% |
| 2021-12-31 | 98 | 90.1 | 16.07% | 1.79% |
| 2021-09-30 | 97 | 90.6 | 15.68% | 1.75% |
| 2021-06-30 | 97 | 89.7 | 16.58% | 2.25% |
| 2021-03-31 | 99 | 92.9 | 15.61% | 1.78% |
| 2020-12-31 | 95 | 86.7 | 16.85% | 2.88% |
| 2020-09-30 | 97 | 89.3 | 15.53% | 2.9% |
| 2020-06-30 | 95 | 78.2 | 17.95% | 5.27% |
| 2020-03-31 | 96 | 85.6 | 17.16% | 2.23% |
| 2019-12-31 | 98 | 90.2 | 16.35% | 2.05% |
| 2019-09-30 | 98 | 92.5 | 15.34% | 1.79% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-06-30The 15 largest of 100 positions in FGD's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: FGD.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROBERT HALF INC | 2.05% | 2.0% |
| 2 | HYUNDAI ELEVATOR COMPANY LTD | 1.87% | 3.9% |
| 3 | BANCO BPM SPA | 1.71% | 5.6% |
| 4 | CAL-MAINE FOODS INC | 1.53% | 7.2% |
| 5 | LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC | 1.51% | 8.7% |
| 6 | ONEMAIN HOLDINGS INC | 1.45% | 10.1% |
| 7 | WESTERN UNION COMPANY (THE) | 1.44% | 11.6% |
| 8 | STANDARD LIFE PLC | 1.43% | 13.0% |
| 9 | TELEFONICA SA | 1.42% | 14.4% |
| 10 | OMV AG | 1.38% | 15.8% |
| 11 | ENAGAS SA | 1.36% | 17.2% |
| 12 | ABERDEEN GROUP PLC | 1.35% | 18.5% |
| 13 | UNICAJA BANCO SA | 1.34% | 19.8% |
| 14 | NATURGY ENERGY GROUP SA | 1.33% | 21.2% |
| 15 | ZIGUP PLC | 1.32% | 22.5% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-06-30Share of FGD's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 22.14% |
| Spain | 11.10% |
| United Kingdom | 10.12% |
| Canada | 8.87% |
| France | 6.39% |
| Germany | 4.54% |
| South Korea | 4.54% |
| Italy | 4.53% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-07 – 2026-06Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of FGD's own filings, 84 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.19 percentage points over 84 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: FGD.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30100 positions became 100: 0 added (0.0% of the fund at the later date), 0 dropped (0.0% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 6.6%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of FGD compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT HALF INC | 1.69% | 2.05% | NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC | 1.16% | 0.72% |
| BANCO BPM SPA | 1.37% | 1.71% | HYUNDAI ELEVATOR COMPANY LTD | 2.29% | 1.87% |
| POSTE ITALIANE SPA | 0.80% | 1.11% | LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES NV | 1.12% | 0.73% |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | 0.75% | 1.06% | PAREX RESOURCES INC | 1.48% | 1.14% |
| GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC | 0.75% | 1.03% | EQUINOR ASA | 1.32% | 0.98% |
| ABERDEEN GROUP PLC | 1.08% | 1.35% | TELUS CORP | 1.47% | 1.21% |
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-06-30| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 97.88% |
| preferred equity EP | 2.08% |
| short-term investment STIV | 0.04% |
100.0% of FGD is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of FGD (92). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGMM Capital Group U.S. Small and Mid Cap ETF | 114 | 90.7 | 18.83% | 2026-05-31 |
| ROBT First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF | 115 | 91.3 | 16.11% | 2026-06-30 |
| FIVA Fidelity International Value Factor ETF | 109 | 91.3 | 17.02% | 2026-07-31 |
| DLN WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund | 310 | 91.5 | 23.45% | 2026-06-30 |
| SPHB Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF | 101 | 91.8 | 17.05% | 2026-05-31 |
| DFAC Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF | 2,548 | 93.4 | 25.86% | 2026-07-31 |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF | 128 | 94.3 | 15.95% | 2026-06-30 |
| RWL Invesco S&P 500 Revenue ETF | 501 | 95 | 23.77% | 2026-05-31 |
| IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF | 739 | 95.2 | 22.47% | 2026-06-30 |
| SYLD Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF | 99 | 96.5 | 13.57% | 2026-07-31 |
Essays that examine FGD
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