Which returned more over the last year, DIVB or EMLP?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and EMLP +19.6%.

Which is cheaper, DIVB or EMLP?

DIVB is cheaper, by 0.90 percentage points a year. That is about $90 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DIVB and EMLP overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 43% of EMLP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DIVB vs EMLP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVB returned +36.6% to EMLP's +19.6%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $2.2bn for iShares Core Dividend ETF and $4.2bn for First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund.

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At a glance

+36.6%

DIVB total return, 1 year

+19.6%

EMLP total return, 1 year

0.05%

DIVB expense ratio

0.95%

EMLP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DIVB costs 0.90 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.0 points; EMLP is 1.9 times larger.

DIVB vs EMLP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	EMLP
Return
Measure	DIVB	EMLP
Total return, 1 year	+36.6%	+19.6%
Benchmark
Measure	DIVB	EMLP
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	DIVB	EMLP
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.95%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$2.2bn	$4.2bn
Holdings
Measure	DIVB	EMLP
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.6%	42.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 17, 2017 to Oct 23, 2026 · 466 weekly returns

DIVB EMLP

Return

Total return edge DIVB +252.9% +152.7%

Annualized edge DIVB +15.1% +10.9%

Price return edge DIVB +183.8% +80.3%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 18.1% 18.2%

Max drawdown edge DIVB −35.0% −39.0%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge DIVB 0.72 0.51

Sortino edge DIVB 1.02 0.68

Calmar edge DIVB 0.43 0.28

Reading

DIVB returned more: +252.9% to +152.7%. DIVB and EMLP swung about the same: 18.1% and 18.2%. DIVB fell less at its worst: −35.0% to −39.0%.

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Risk and return: DIVB vs EMLP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	EMLP	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+252.9%	+152.7%	DIVB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.1%	+10.9%	DIVB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+183.8%	+80.3%	DIVB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.1%	18.2%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.7%	13.6%	DIVB (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−35.0%	−39.0%	DIVB	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.72	0.51	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.02	0.68	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.43	0.28	DIVB	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 466 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DIVB and EMLP hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVB EMLP

NEXTERA ENERGY 0.34% 1.61%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 0.25% 2.61%

ONEOK 0.24% 2.37%

KINDER MORGAN 0.22% 3.90%

WILLIAMS 0.22% 0.49%

DOMINION ENERGY 0.15% 1.39%

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER INC 0.11% 2.38%

PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP 0.10% 1.79%

SOUTHERN 0.10% 2.25%

SEMPRA 0.09% 2.04%

EXELON CORP 0.08% 0.26%

DTE ENERGY 0.07% 1.54%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DIVB

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 6.06%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 5.12%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 5.06%

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CLA 3.07%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.69%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.40%

HP INC 2.23%

PAYCHEX 2.05%

Only in EMLP

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. 8.62%

Energy Transfer LP 7.36%

MPLX LP 4.23%

Plains GP Holdings, L.P. (Class A) 4.02%

ONE Gas, Inc. 2.31%

Xcel Energy Inc. 1.85%

Cheniere Energy, Inc. 1.72%

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. 1.40%

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Side by side

DIVB iShares Core Dividend ETF EMLP First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares First Trust

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +36.6% +19.6%

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.95%

Already in the S&P 500 89.6% 42.9%

Holdings 382 59

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $2.2bn $4.2bn

DIVB and EMLP on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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DIVB and EMLP are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. DIVB follows Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index and EMLP follows No index, actively managed.
Holdings in common. 2% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DIVB returned +36.6% and EMLP +19.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 17.0 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

DIVB

DIVB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +36.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 382 positions, with the top ten at 32.6%.

EMLP

EMLP is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +19.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.95% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 43% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 59 positions, with the top ten at 42.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIVB or EMLP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and EMLP +19.6%.
Which is cheaper, DIVB or EMLP?: DIVB is cheaper, by 0.90 percentage points a year. That is about $90 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DIVB and EMLP overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 43% of EMLP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DIVB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DIVB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DIVB ↗

EMLP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EMLP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for EMLP ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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