ETF comparison
FDL vs HDV
Both Dividend.
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · iShares Core High Dividend ETF
Holdings overlap
28 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and HDV would leave roughly 44.8% 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
HDV is 35 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $350/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 FDL vs HDV.
Top shared holdings
28 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDL | In HDV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHEVRON CORP | 7.43% | 6.13% | 6.13% |
| 2 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC | 7.17% | 5.51% | 5.51% |
| 3 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 6.06% | 4.44% | 4.44% |
| 4 | PFIZER INC | 5.91% | 4.27% | 4.27% |
| 5 | PEPSICO INC | 4.84% | 3.46% | 3.46% |
| 6 | ALTRIA GROUP INC | 4.64% | 3.06% | 3.06% |
| 7 | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | 3.43% | 2.70% | 2.70% |
| 8 | BLACKSTONE INC | 2.31% | 1.74% | 1.74% |
| 9 | MEDTRONIC PLC | 2.28% | 1.73% | 1.73% |
| 10 | SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) | 2.32% | 1.59% | 1.59% |
| 11 | DUKE ENERGY CORP | 2.21% | 1.53% | 1.53% |
| 12 | ONEOK INC | 1.69% | 1.23% | 1.23% |
Only in FDL
73 total- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC 3.15%
- COMCAST CORP 3.13%
- US BANCORP 2.27%
- ACCENTURE PLC 1.84%
- TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 1.70%
- DOMINION ENERGY INC 1.50%
- TARGET CORP 1.41%
- PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 1.31%
- NIKE INC 1.17%
- EXELON CORP 1.15%
Only in HDV
47 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 7.88%
- ABBVIE INC 6.16%
- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 4.52%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 4.45%
- COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 4.09%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 3.99%
- AMGEN INC 2.71%
- MCDONALD'S CORP 2.31%
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES 2.29%
- CONOCOPHILLIPS 1.86%
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- HDV vs SPHD · Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF 23.1%
- HDV vs DLN · WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund 23.0%
- HDV vs DTD · WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund 21.3%
- HDV vs DVY · iShares Select Dividend ETF 21.1%
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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