ETF comparison
CGDV vs FDL
Both Dividend.
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF · First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund
Holdings overlap
6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CGDV and FDL would leave roughly 6.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
CGDV is 10 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for FDL.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with CGDV vs FDL.
Top shared holdings
6 shared in total| # | Holding | In CGDV | In FDL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comcast Corp | 1.75% | 3.13% | 1.75% |
| 2 | Philip Morris International Inc | 1.54% | 6.06% | 1.54% |
| 3 | Medtronic PLC | 1.07% | 2.28% | 1.07% |
| 4 | Altria Group Inc | 1.00% | 4.64% | 1.00% |
| 5 | Mondelez International Inc | 0.78% | 1.57% | 0.78% |
| 6 | Smurfit Westrock PLC | 1.03% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
Only in CGDV
46 total- Microsoft Corp 5.81%
- NVIDIA Corp 5.66%
- Broadcom Inc 5.16%
- Alphabet Inc 3.59%
- Meta Platforms Inc 3.33%
- Eli Lilly & Co 3.15%
- Applied Materials Inc 3.12%
- General Electric Co 3.08%
- Cisco Systems Inc 3.02%
- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 2.83%
Only in FDL
95 total- CHEVRON CORP 7.43%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 7.17%
- PFIZER INC 5.91%
- PEPSICO INC 4.84%
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 3.43%
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC 3.15%
- SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 2.32%
- BLACKSTONE INC 2.31%
- US BANCORP 2.27%
- DUKE ENERGY CORP 2.21%
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- FDL vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 5.5%
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- FDL vs SPYM · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF 5.2%
- FDL vs IVV · iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 5.1%
- FDL vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 4.9%
- FDL vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 4.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.