Critical Survey: iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:DMXF) versus VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF (NASDAQ:CDC)

VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF (NASDAQ:CDC) and iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:DMXF) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF and iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF	0	22	1	0	2.41
iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF is more favorable than iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF and iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.05)	-1,160.64
iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Profitability

This table compares VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF and iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A
iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF pays out -4,999.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF beats iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

The VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF (CDC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund tracks an index of 100 high-yield stocks pulled from the largest 500 US stocks, with an earnings screen and volatility weighting. CDC was launched on Jul 2, 2014 and is managed by VictoryShares.

About iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF

The iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE Index ETF (DMXF) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE Choice ESG Screened index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted, ESG-screened index of large- and mid-cap stocks from the developed markets outside North America. DMXF was launched on Jun 16, 2020 and is managed by BlackRock.