ETF comparison
FDL vs SPYD
Both Dividend.
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF
Holdings overlap
41 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and SPYD would leave roughly 35.3% 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
SPYD is 36 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/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 SPYD.
Top shared holdings
41 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDL | In SPYD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALTRIA GROUP INC | 4.64% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 2 | TARGET CORP | 1.41% | 1.47% | 1.41% |
| 3 | ONEOK INC | 1.69% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 4 | DOMINION ENERGY INC | 1.50% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
| 5 | KINDER MORGAN INC | 1.54% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
| 6 | US BANCORP | 2.27% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 7 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC | 7.17% | 1.29% | 1.29% |
| 8 | DUKE ENERGY CORP | 2.21% | 1.27% | 1.27% |
| 9 | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | 3.43% | 1.26% | 1.26% |
| 10 | KIMBERLY CLARK CORP | 1.23% | 1.31% | 1.23% |
| 11 | TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP | 1.70% | 1.19% | 1.19% |
| 12 | CHEVRON CORP | 7.43% | 1.19% | 1.19% |
Only in FDL
60 total- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 6.06%
- SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 2.32%
- BLACKSTONE INC 2.31%
- MEDTRONIC PLC 2.28%
- ACCENTURE PLC 1.84%
- MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC 1.57%
- NIKE INC 1.17%
- PAYCHEX INC 0.99%
- PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC 0.90%
- CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 0.89%
Only in SPYD
37 total- Iron Mountain Inc 1.61%
- CVS Health Corp 1.52%
- Host Hotels & Resorts Inc 1.52%
- APA Corp 1.47%
- Viatris Inc 1.45%
- Kimco Realty Corp 1.45%
- Simon Property Group Inc 1.44%
- Federal Realty Investment Trust 1.44%
- EOG Resources Inc 1.43%
- Healthpeak Properties Inc 1.43%
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More comparisons with FDL
- FDL vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 33.6%
- FDL vs PEY · Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF 28.1%
- FDL vs SDY · State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF 22.1%
- FDL vs FDVV · Fidelity High Dividend ETF 20.5%
- FDL vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 15.2%
- FDL vs FVD · First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund 14.9%
More comparisons with SPYD
- SPYD vs PEY · Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF 31.8%
- SPYD vs FDVV · Fidelity High Dividend ETF 24.2%
- SPYD vs NOBL · ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF 21.8%
- SPYD vs SDY · State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF 20.4%
- SPYD vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 19.9%
- SPYD vs DON · WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund 15.7%
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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