All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

FDL: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

FDL total return snapshot: FDL returned +34.78% over the past year and +26.94% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 15, 2006, FDL is up +512.68% in nominal total return, or +9.18%/yr, and is currently at its total-return high.

Data ending Wed Nov. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 2006-03-15💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
FDL
×
+512.68%
+9.18%/yr
+9.76%/yr
R2=0.912
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 2006-03-15💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Start
Value
End
Value
FDL
×
$10,000.00
2006-03-15
$61,268.12
2026-11-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-04

  YTD YoY
FDL
×
+26.94% +34.78%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
FDL
×
—
on 2026-11-04
−65.93%
on 2009-03-05
from 2007-05-22 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-11-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
FDL
×
+34.78% +43.45%
+19.77%/yr
+87.02%
+23.21%/yr
+102.06%
+15.11%/yr
+220.34%
+12.35%/yr

Annual Returns

Year FDL
2026 (YTD) +26.94%
2025 +14.78%
2024 +17.98%
2023 +2.94%
2022 +6.65%
2021 +26.10%
2020 −4.30%
2019 +24.41%
2018 −5.99%
2017 +12.02%
2016 +20.71%
2015 +2.63%
2014 +13.20%
2013 +22.67%
2012 +9.09%
2011 +14.41%
2010 +16.13%
2009 +13.43%
2008 −31.08%
2007 −10.96%
2006 +18.30%