ETF comparison
DGROvsFVD
Both Dividend.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund
Holdings overlap
140 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and FVD would leave roughly28.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DGRO is 54 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $540/yr more in fees for FVD.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with DGRO vs FVD.
Top shared holdings
140 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In FVD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP | 1.27% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 2 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 1.75% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 2.64% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 4 | ABBVIE INC | 2.52% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 5 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 1.89% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 6 | AMGEN INC | 1.11% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 7 | AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC | 0.45% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 8 | UNION PACIFIC CORP | 0.77% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 9 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 1.94% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 10 | AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC | 0.58% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 11 | RTX CORP | 0.68% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 12 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 0.79% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
Only in DGRO
254 total- BROADCOM INC3.25%
- APPLE INC2.93%
- MICROSOFT CORP2.91%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC2.31%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY1.29%
- ELI LILLY & COMPANY1.14%
- CITIGROUP INC1.12%
- QUALCOMM INC1.10%
- VISA INC1.05%
- CONOCOPHILLIPS0.99%
Only in FVD
111 total- REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC0.44%
- SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY0.44%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC0.43%
- COMCAST CORP0.43%
- KIMBERLY CLARK CORP0.43%
- CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP0.42%
- BRADY CORP0.42%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC0.42%
- WELLTOWER INC0.42%
- MGE ENERGY INC0.42%
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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/.
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