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Morningstar's New High-Dividend ETF: Mr. Kettle, Meet Mr. Pot (ETFs: FDL, DVY, PEY, SDY)

Without counting holdings, wouldn't you throw DIA yielding 2.22% in there, with the lowest MER and largest trading volume, 10 times that of DVY the next largest, with some of these being extremely thinly traded? Current 1 year performance difference between DIA and the others is negligible, with the best market gainer XLG outperforming by 2% but only yielding 0.51% and the worst market gainer PEY underperforming by about 2% and yielding .5% better. (I net the MERs out of my yield calculations.) Longer term they all seem to move in lock step. Setting aside the new product discussed here, to me the present choice is between DIA and DVY, which photofinish on market performance, .5% yield advantage to DVY. .2% MER and overwhelming market liquidity advantage to DIA ("No Waiting!")