KDVD: KEELEY DIVIDEND ETF
KEELEY DIVIDEND ETF (KDVD) Educational Report
The KEELEY DIVIDEND ETF (ticker: KDVD) is an exchange-traded fund listed on the NYSE. This ETF is designed to provide investors with exposure to dividend-paying assets.
What this ETF is trying to do
KDVD focuses on a strategy involving dividend-related investments. Based on its top holdings, the fund holds various companies across different sectors. Because the provided list of holdings is partial, we can only see a portion of the total 68 companies held by the fund.
Top Holdings:
• Solstice Advanced Materials Inc (2.29%)
• Regal Rexnord Corp (2.11%)
• Allison Transmission Holdings Inc (1.99%)
• Qnity Electronics Inc (1.97%)
• Select Water Solutions Inc Class A (1.90%)
• Douglas Dynamics Inc (1.82%)
• Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc (1.81%)
• Virtu Financial Inc Class A (1.74%)
• Mesa Laboratories Inc (1.66%)
• Oshkosh Corp (1.66%)
Please note that holdings can change over time.
What the numbers show
As of October 9, 2026, the current price of KDVD is $27.74.
When looking at performance, it is important to distinguish between price return and total return:
• YTD Price Return: This measures only the change in the share price since the start of the year. For KDVD, the year-to-date price return is approximately 11.05%.
• YTD Total Return: This includes both the share price change and the impact of distributions. The year-to-date total return is approximately 13.05%.
Data for one-year and three-year returns was not supplied.
Income and distribution explanation
KDVD provides cash distributions to investors. The trailing distributions are $0.54 per share. The distribution yield is approximately 1.95%. This yield represents the cash distributions relative to the current ETF price.
The fund usually pays out on a quarterly basis, having made 4 payments over the last 12 months.
NAV erosion explanation
"NAV erosion" refers to a decline in the Net Asset Value (the actual value of the assets held by the fund). While investors often watch for this in high-income funds, the supplied data is sufficient to evaluate price erosion, but it does not include enough historical NAV-per-share data to confirm or rule out NAV erosion.
Currently, there is no severe erosion-risk flag for this ETF. An erosion score was not provided due to insufficient verified price history.
Pros
• The fund has shown positive year-to-date performance in both share price and total return.
• The fund provides regular quarterly distributions.
Cons
• Because the holdings list is partial, the full scope of the fund's risk and sector exposure is not visible here.
• Long-term performance data (one-year and three-year) was not supplied.
Beginner takeaway
KDVD is an ETF that offers both share price movement and cash distributions. When researching, remember that the price return only tells you how the share price moved, while the total return shows a more complete picture by including distributions. A distribution yield tells you how much cash the fund pays out, but it is not the same thing as your total return.
Top Holdings
Structured portfolio holdings supplied by the ETF data provider. These figures are not generated by the AI article.
| # | Holding | Ticker | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS INC | SOLS | 2.29% |
| 2 | REGAL REXNORD CORP | RRX | 2.11% |
| 3 | ALLISON TRANSMISSION HOLDINGS INC | ALSN | 1.99% |
| 4 | QNITY ELECTRONICS INC | Q | 1.97% |
| 5 | SELECT WATER SOLUTIONS INC CLASS A | WTTR | 1.90% |
| 6 | DOUGLAS DYNAMICS INC | PLOW | 1.82% |
| 7 | SPECTRUM BRANDS HOLDINGS INC | SPB | 1.81% |
| 8 | VIRTU FINANCIAL INC CLASS A | VIRT | 1.74% |
| 9 | MESA LABORATORIES INC | MLAB | 1.66% |
| 10 | OSHKOSH CORP | OSK | 1.66% |