Dividend ETF Screener — Find High-Quality Dividend ETFs Built to Last

Dividend ETF investing is hugely popular — and for good reason. Over the long run, a significant portion of total investor returns comes from dividends and dividend growth. The Dividend ETF Screener on ETF-Rankings.com is designed to help investors identify dividend ETFs that are not only attractive on the surface, but also fundamentally sound underneath.

Most dividend ETF screeners stop at basic metrics like yield, expense ratio, or past dividend growth. This tool goes further by allowing you to screen dividend ETFs based on the underlying fundamentals of their holdings today, including sales growth, earnings growth, profitability, valuation, and free cash flow support.

Why This Dividend ETF Screener Is Different

Think of this tool as how you would screen individual dividend stocks — but applied properly at the ETF level. For a dividend to be sustainable and growing, the underlying companies must be growing too.

  • Screen by dividend yield, dividend growth rates, and dividend growth years
  • Apply minimum sales and EPS growth requirements to avoid declining portfolios
  • Filter by profitability metrics like net margin and free cash flow margin
  • Control for valuation discipline using forward P/E ratios
  • Ensure strategy durability with performance filters
  • Filter by ETF category to target specific dividend strategies
Practical tip: If you’re evaluating a high-yield dividend ETF, consider setting minimum growth thresholds (even 0%) for sales and earnings. This helps avoid ETFs whose yields are elevated mainly because their underlying holdings are in decline.

How to Use the Dividend ETF Screener

  1. Set your dividend yield and dividend growth requirements
  2. Add fundamental quality filters like sales growth, EPS growth, and margins
  3. Control risk using valuation and performance criteria
  4. Run the screener to generate a focused list of high-quality dividend ETFs

Once you’ve narrowed down candidates, you can continue your research using other tools on this site, such as the ETF Compare Tool, ETF Performance Analytics Tool, ETF Sector Comparison Tool, or the ETF Overlap Tool to see how well a dividend ETF complements your existing portfolio.

Have a dividend ETF you’d like analyzed or compared in more detail? Reach out here!

Developed by Geoffrey Learmonth, ETF analyst and creator of ETF Rankings.