SDOG: Why You Shouldn't Bother Buying These Dividend Dogs (Rating Downgrade)

2026-02-05 06:26:44 ET

Investment Thesis

This article continues my coverage of the ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF ( SDOG ), which I last rated as a "hold" on August 30, 2024, due to improved fundamentals but nonetheless underwhelming quality features. As always, my approach to ETF analysis will focus on how SDOG's fundamentals measure up against the competition, but before I dive into those details, I'd first like to ask readers to consider these performance statistics for SDOG since its inception against 30 other funds in the large-cap value category:

• Annualized Return: 11.13% (#27/31)
• Annualized Standard Deviation: 15.83% (#27/31)
• Maximum Drawdown: -32.11% (#28/31)
• Best 12 Months: 70.82% (#4/31)
• Worst 12 Months: -23.91% (#28/31)
• Sharpe Ratio: 0.65 (#28/31)
• Sortino Ratio: 0.90 (#28/31)
• Distribution Skewness: -0.70 (#28/31)

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