ETF comparison
FDL vs FVD
Both Dividend.
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund
Holdings overlap
46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and FVD would leave roughly 14.9% 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
FDL is 19 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 the cost calculator pre-filled with FDL vs FVD.
Top shared holdings
46 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDL | In FVD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMCAST CORP | 3.13% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 2 | KIMBERLY CLARK CORP | 1.23% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 3 | KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY (THE) | 0.91% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 4 | AMCOR PLC | 0.89% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 5 | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | 3.43% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 6 | T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC | 0.77% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 7 | CONAGRA BRANDS INC | 0.42% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 8 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 6.06% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 9 | GENERAL MILLS INC | 0.88% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 10 | EVERGY INC | 0.44% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 11 | DTE ENERGY COMPANY | 0.66% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 12 | ALTRIA GROUP INC | 4.64% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
Only in FDL
55 total- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC 3.15%
- BLACKSTONE INC 2.31%
- TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 1.70%
- ONEOK INC 1.69%
- KINDER MORGAN INC 1.54%
- TARGET CORP 1.41%
- NIKE INC 1.17%
- EDISON INTERNATIONAL 0.88%
- HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC 0.84%
- SMURFIT WESTROCK PLC 0.70%
Only in FVD
205 total- RLI CORP 0.44%
- JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC 0.44%
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 0.43%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 0.43%
- BROWN & BROWN INC 0.43%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC 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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- FDL vs VTV · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF 11.2%
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- FDL vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 9.4%
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- FVD vs FDVV · Fidelity High Dividend ETF 14.9%
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- FVD vs SPHD · Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF 12.4%
- FVD vs DGRW · WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund 11.8%
- FVD vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 10.4%
- FVD vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 8.5%
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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