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A Durable Approach to Dividend Investing

DURA
VanEck Vectors Morningstar Durable Dividend ETF

Fund Description

VanEck Vectors Morningstar Durable Dividend ETF (DURA®) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Morningstar® US Dividend Valuation IndexSM (MSUSDVTU), which is intended to track the overall performance of high dividend yielding U.S. companies with strong financial health and attractive valuations according to Morningstar.

 
 

  • Fund Ticker

    DURA

  • Exchange

    Cboe

  • ETF Structure

    Physical

  • Administrator

    Van Eck Associates

  • Custodian

    State Street Bank and Trust Company

  • Index Ticker

    MSUSDVTU

  • Index Reconstitution

    Semi-Annually

 
as of 01/15/21

  • 30-Day SEC Yield1

    3.51%

  • Total Net Assets

    $40.8M

  • Number of Holdings

    53

  • Options

    Expected

  • Gross Expense Ratio2

    1.14%

  • Net Expense Ratio/TER2

    0.29%

  • Distribution Frequency

    Quarterly
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Index Key Points

Underlying Index: 

Morningstar®US Dividend Valuation IndexSM

The Index Composition:

The Index contains high dividend yielding U.S. companies with strong financial health and attractive valuations according to Morningstar.

Companies eligible for inclusion in the Index:

  • Derived from Morningstar®US Market IndexSM(Parent Index)
  • Companies must pay qualifying dividends; and
  • Top 50% as measured by trailing 12 month dividend yield; and
  • Top 50% of their peer group as measured by distance to default score; and
  • Top 70% most attractively priced as measured by Morningstar Star Score; and

Methodology Highlights:

  • Distance to Default Score: a structural or contingent claim model that takes advantage of both market information and accounting financial information to determine the expectation that default will occur.
  • Morningstar Star Score: a company’s fair value is used in combination with the Index’s Provider’s equity research team’s uncertainty rating to assign a star score

Reconstitution Frequency:

Semi-Annual (March & September)

Index provider:

Morningstar, Inc.

Index Profile

  • Ticker

    MSUSDVTU

  • Inception Date

    04/23/2018

  • Reconstitution Frequency

    Semi-Annually

Index Top 10 Constituents (%) as of 12/31/20 Download All Index Constituents

Total Constituents: 53
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Constituent Name
Ticker
Weightings (%)
Abbvie Inc
ABBV US
5.31
Coca-Cola Co/The
KO US
4.91
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ US
4.85
Pepsico Inc
PEP US
4.83
Philip Morris International
PM US
4.65
At&T Inc
T US
4.64
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
BMY US
4.64
Pfizer Inc
PFE US
4.63
Verizon Communications Inc
VZ US
4.51
Merck & Co. Inc.
MRK US
4.32
Top 10 Total (%) 47.29
These are not recommendations to buy or to sell any security. Securities and holdings may vary.

Index Country Weightings (%) as of 12/31/20

  • Country

    Weightings (%)
  • ■

    United States

    98.74
  • ■

    Switzerland

    0.85
  • ■

    United Kingdom

    0.40

Index Sector Weightings (%) as of 12/31/20

  • Sector

    Weightings (%)
  • ■

    Health Care

    27.1
  • ■

    Consumer Staples

    21.1
  • ■

    Utilities

    12.4
  • ■

    Industrials

    12.4
  • ■

    Financials

    9.8
  • ■

    Communication Services

    9.3
  • ■

    Consumer Discretionary

    4.1
  • ■

    Information Technology

    3.3
  • ■

    Materials

    0.4
  • ■

    Energy

    0.2