ETF comparison
FDN vs GRID
Both Thematic.
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund · First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDN and GRID would leave roughly 2.7% 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
FDN is 7 bps cheaper than GRID. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for GRID.
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 FDN vs GRID.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDN | In GRID | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 8.54% | 1.67% | 1.67% |
| 2 | ORACLE CORP | 4.59% | 1.04% | 1.04% |
Only in FDN
40 total- AMAZON.COM INC 9.98%
- META PLATFORMS INC 9.83%
- ALPHABET INC 5.55%
- ARISTA NETWORKS INC 5.02%
- BOOKING HOLDINGS INC 4.98%
- ALPHABET INC 4.43%
- SALESFORCE INC 4.11%
- NETFLIX INC 3.90%
- SNOWFLAKE INC 3.61%
- DATADOG INC 3.53%
Only in GRID
120 total- EATON CORP PLC 8.52%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 8.29%
- ABB LTD (CH) 8.11%
- QUANTA SERVICES INC 8.10%
- JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 7.99%
- NATIONAL GRID PLC 4.11%
- E.ON SE 3.88%
- PRYSMIAN SPA 3.87%
- NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 2.87%
- HUBBELL INC 2.61%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open FDN or GRID at a brokerage
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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.