ETF comparison
FDL vs VB
Dividend vs US Small Cap.
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
57 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and VB would leave roughly 5.5% 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
VB is 40 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/yr more in fees for FDL.
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Top shared holdings
57 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDL | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMURFIT WESTROCK PLC | 0.70% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 2 | OMNICOM GROUP INC | 0.57% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 3 | EVERGY INC | 0.44% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 4 | GENUINE PARTS COMPANY | 0.46% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 5 | BEST BUY CO INC | 0.49% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 6 | STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC | 0.39% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 7 | PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP | 0.30% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 8 | FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC | 0.34% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 9 | CLOROX COMPANY | 0.39% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 10 | J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY (THE) | 0.33% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 11 | ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC | 0.26% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 12 | AES CORP (THE) | 0.31% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
Only in FDL
44 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 VB
1,252 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- Jabil Inc 0.49%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
- MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
- Flex Ltd 0.36%
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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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