ETF comparison
FDL vs VTV
Dividend vs US Value.
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF
Holdings overlap
43 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and VTV would leave roughly 11.2% 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
VTV is 40 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/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 VTV.
Top shared holdings
43 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDL | In VTV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHEVRON CORP | 7.43% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 2 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 6.06% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 3 | PEPSICO INC | 4.84% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 4 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC | 7.17% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 5 | PFIZER INC | 5.91% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 6 | ALTRIA GROUP INC | 4.64% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 7 | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | 3.43% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 8 | SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) | 2.32% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 9 | MEDTRONIC PLC | 2.28% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 10 | DUKE ENERGY CORP | 2.21% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 11 | US BANCORP | 2.27% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 12 | COMCAST CORP | 3.13% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
Only in FDL
58 total- AMCOR PLC 0.89%
- SMURFIT WESTROCK PLC 0.70%
- ARES MANAGEMENT CORP 0.64%
- OMNICOM GROUP INC 0.57%
- BEST BUY CO INC 0.49%
- GENUINE PARTS COMPANY 0.46%
- EVERGY INC 0.44%
- CONAGRA BRANDS INC 0.42%
- CLOROX COMPANY 0.39%
- STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC 0.39%
Only in VTV
265 total- Micron Technology Inc 4.87%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.06%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.95%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.29%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 2.12%
- Walmart Inc 1.86%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.83%
- AbbVie Inc 1.66%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.56%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.41%
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- FDL vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 5.5%
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- VTV vs RPG · Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF 9.4%
- VTV vs FBCG · Fidelity Blue Chip Growth ETF 8.7%
- VTV vs VFLO · Victoryshares Free Cash Flow ETF 8.6%
- VTV vs AVMV · Avantis U.S. Mid Cap Value ETF 6.7%
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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