ETF comparison
DON vs FDL
Both Dividend.
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund · First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DON and FDL would leave roughly 9.1% 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
DON is 5 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for FDL.
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Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In DON | In FDL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OMNICOM GROUP INC | 0.88% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 2 | BEST BUY CO INC | 1.27% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 3 | CLOROX COMPANY | 0.86% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 4 | STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC | 1.08% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 5 | ONEMAIN HOLDINGS INC | 0.62% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 6 | FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC | 0.67% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 7 | J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY (THE) | 0.83% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 8 | AES CORP (THE) | 0.85% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 9 | PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP | 0.85% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 10 | COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC | 0.74% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 11 | ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC | 0.60% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 12 | FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | 1.41% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
Only in DON
248 total- VIATRIS INC 1.28%
- AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.97%
- APA CORP 0.95%
- SNAP-ON INC 0.94%
- HASBRO INC 0.92%
- PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP 0.89%
- W.P. CAREY INC 0.84%
- KIMCO REALTY CORP 0.83%
- HF SINCLAIR CORP 0.81%
- INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC 0.78%
Only in FDL
55 total- CHEVRON CORP 7.43%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 7.17%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 6.06%
- PFIZER INC 5.91%
- PEPSICO INC 4.84%
- ALTRIA GROUP INC 4.64%
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 3.43%
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC 3.15%
- COMCAST CORP 3.13%
- SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 2.32%
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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/.
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