ETF comparison
DON vs FVD
Both Dividend.
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund · First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DON and FVD would leave roughly 15.2% 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 24 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for FVD.
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Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In DON | In FVD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UDR INC | 0.48% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 2 | ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INC | 0.72% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 3 | J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY (THE) | 0.83% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 4 | PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP | 0.85% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 5 | ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC | 0.60% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 6 | AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.97% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 7 | RPM INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.50% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 8 | PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 0.51% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 9 | AVERY DENNISON CORP | 0.46% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 10 | REGENCY CENTERS CORP | 0.50% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 11 | SNAP-ON INC | 0.94% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 12 | KIMCO REALTY CORP | 0.83% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
Only in DON
248 total- FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 1.41%
- VIATRIS INC 1.28%
- BEST BUY CO INC 1.27%
- STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC 1.08%
- ANTERO MIDSTREAM CORP 0.95%
- APA CORP 0.95%
- HASBRO INC 0.92%
- PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP 0.89%
- OMNICOM GROUP INC 0.88%
- CLOROX COMPANY 0.86%
Only in FVD
205 total- SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY 0.44%
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 0.43%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 0.43%
- BROWN & BROWN INC 0.43%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC 0.43%
- COMCAST CORP 0.43%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.43%
- ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY 0.43%
- QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC 0.43%
- ABBVIE INC 0.43%
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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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