ETF comparison
FDL vs QQQ
Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · Invesco QQQ Trust
Holdings overlap
6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and QQQ would leave roughly 2.0% 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
QQQ is 25 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 QQQ.
Top shared holdings
6 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDL | In QQQ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PEPSICO INC | 4.84% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 2 | COMCAST CORP | 3.13% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 3 | MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC | 1.57% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 4 | EXELON CORP | 1.15% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 5 | PAYCHEX INC | 0.99% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 6 | KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY (THE) | 0.91% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
Only in FDL
95 total- CHEVRON CORP 7.43%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 7.17%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 6.06%
- PFIZER INC 5.91%
- ALTRIA GROUP INC 4.64%
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 3.43%
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC 3.15%
- SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 2.32%
- BLACKSTONE INC 2.31%
- MEDTRONIC PLC 2.28%
Only in QQQ
96 total- NVIDIA Corp. 7.60%
- Apple Inc. 6.67%
- Micron Technology, Inc. 5.64%
- Microsoft Corp. 4.35%
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.10%
- Amazon.com, Inc. 4.02%
- Tesla, Inc. 3.30%
- Alphabet Inc. 3.27%
- Intel Corp. 3.04%
- Alphabet Inc. 3.02%
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More comparisons with QQQ
- QQQ vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 1.7%
- QQQ vs SCHM · Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF 1.7%
- QQQ vs SPYD · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF 1.5%
- QQQ vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 1.5%
- QQQ vs RPV · Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF 1.4%
- QQQ vs AVMV · Avantis U.S. Mid Cap Value ETF 1.3%
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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.