ETF comparison
FVD vs HDV
Both Dividend.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · iShares Core High Dividend ETF
Holdings overlap
52 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and HDV would leave roughly 16.7% 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
HDV is 54 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $540/yr more in fees for FVD.
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 FVD vs HDV.
Top shared holdings
52 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In HDV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 0.43% | 3.99% | 0.43% |
| 2 | ABBVIE INC | 0.43% | 6.16% | 0.43% |
| 3 | KIMBERLY CLARK CORP | 0.43% | 0.85% | 0.43% |
| 4 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 0.42% | 4.45% | 0.42% |
| 5 | KENVUE INC | 0.42% | 0.71% | 0.42% |
| 6 | KEURIG DR PEPPER INC | 0.41% | 0.56% | 0.41% |
| 7 | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | 0.41% | 2.70% | 0.41% |
| 8 | T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC | 0.41% | 0.53% | 0.41% |
| 9 | AMGEN INC | 0.41% | 2.71% | 0.41% |
| 10 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.41% | 4.44% | 0.41% |
| 11 | DTE ENERGY COMPANY | 0.40% | 0.43% | 0.40% |
| 12 | AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC | 0.40% | 0.77% | 0.40% |
Only in FVD
199 total- RLI CORP 0.44%
- SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY 0.44%
- JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC 0.44%
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 0.43%
- BROWN & BROWN INC 0.43%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC 0.43%
- COMCAST CORP 0.43%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.43%
- ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY 0.43%
- QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC 0.43%
Only in HDV
23 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 7.88%
- CONOCOPHILLIPS 1.86%
- BLACKSTONE INC 1.74%
- STARBUCKS CORP 1.40%
- PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (THE) 1.35%
- ONEOK INC 1.23%
- KINDER MORGAN INC 1.08%
- EOG RESOURCES INC 1.03%
- M&T BANK CORP 0.44%
- DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC 0.32%
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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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