ETF comparison
FDL vs IJR
Dividend vs US Small Cap.
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
11 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and IJR would leave roughly 1.7% 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
IJR is 37 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $370/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 IJR.
Top shared holdings
11 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDL | In IJR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONAGRA BRANDS INC | 0.42% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 2 | EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY | 0.22% | 0.41% | 0.22% |
| 3 | LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP | 0.20% | 0.27% | 0.20% |
| 4 | CAMPBELL'S COMPANY (THE) | 0.20% | 0.24% | 0.20% |
| 5 | INSTALLED BUILDING PRODUCTS INC | 0.15% | 0.28% | 0.15% |
| 6 | ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORP | 0.14% | 0.33% | 0.14% |
| 7 | LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS INC | 0.13% | 0.32% | 0.13% |
| 8 | MOELIS & COMPANY | 0.12% | 0.22% | 0.12% |
| 9 | ADT INC | 0.07% | 0.20% | 0.07% |
| 10 | LAZARD INC | 0.12% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC | 0.04% | 0.08% | 0.04% |
Only in FDL
90 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%
Only in IJR
592 total- FORMFACTOR INC 0.67%
- VIASAT INC 0.66%
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 0.64%
- ARGAN INC 0.60%
- BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.60%
- ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.59%
- MAXLINEAR INC 0.58%
- KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.53%
- ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.49%
- MATCH GROUP INC 0.48%
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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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