ETF comparison
FDL vs VUG
Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and VUG would leave roughly 0.2% 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
VUG 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 VUG.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDL | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLACKSTONE INC | 2.31% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 2 | ARES MANAGEMENT CORP | 0.64% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in FDL
99 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 VUG
144 total- NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
- Apple Inc 11.67%
- Microsoft Corp 7.61%
- Alphabet Inc 5.76%
- Alphabet Inc 4.53%
- Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
- Broadcom Inc 4.28%
- Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
- Tesla Inc 3.27%
- Eli Lilly & Co 2.81%
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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/.
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.