DNL seeks potential for dividend growth in developed and emerging countries outside the US. Aiming for large players in the dividend market, DNL selects the top 300 companies based on a weighted combination of forward-looking earnings estimates, historical return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE) growth. Stocks are then weighted based on total annual dividends paidthose projected to pay more dividends have greater portfolio weights. Individual weights are capped at 5%, and sector and country weights at 20%. The index is rebalanced and reconstituted annually.