ETF comparison
FDL vs VIG
Both Dividend.
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
15 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and VIG would leave roughly 2.9% 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
VIG is 39 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $390/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 VIG.
Top shared holdings
15 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDL | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PEPSICO INC | 4.84% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 2 | MEDTRONIC PLC | 2.28% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 3 | ACCENTURE PLC | 1.84% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 4 | MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC | 1.57% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 5 | NIKE INC | 1.17% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 6 | PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC | 0.90% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 7 | DTE ENERGY COMPANY | 0.66% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 8 | TYSON FOODS INC | 0.37% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 9 | MCCORMICK & CO. INC | 0.33% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC | 0.26% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP | 0.20% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | PROSPERITY BANCSHARES INC | 0.15% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in FDL
86 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%
- COMCAST CORP 3.13%
- SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 2.32%
- BLACKSTONE INC 2.31%
Only in VIG
318 total- Broadcom Inc 4.63%
- Apple Inc 4.45%
- Microsoft Corp 4.34%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
- Eli Lilly & Co 3.93%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.78%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.67%
- Visa Inc 2.45%
- Walmart Inc 2.11%
- Mastercard Inc 2.00%
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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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