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 +19.13% over the past year and +13.53% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 15, 2006, FDL is up +447.94% in nominal total return, or +8.74%/yr, and is currently −2.35% below its total-return high on Jun. 12, 2026.

Data ending Mon Jul. 6, 2026

Wed 2006-03-15💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
FDL × 		+13.53%
2026-07-06 		+19.13%
2026-07-06
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Wed 2006-03-15💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
FDL × 		+447.94%
+8.74%/yr 		+9.65%/yr
(R2=0.908)
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Wed 2006-03-15💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Start
Value 		End
Value
FDL × 		$10,000.00
2006-03-15 		$54,794.22
2026-07-06
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Annual Returns

Year FDL
2026 (YTD) +13.53%
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%

Drawdowns

Wed 2006-03-15💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
FDL × 		−2.35%
from 2026-06-12 peak 		−65.93%
2009-03-05
from 2007-05-22 peak
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-07-06 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
FDL × 		+19.13% +43.35%
+19.73%/yr 		+67.34%
+18.72%/yr 		+86.85%
+13.32%/yr 		+179.94%
+10.84%/yr
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund Exchange-Traded Fund