ETF comparison
FVD vs IDV
Both Dividend.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · iShares International Select Dividend ETF
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and IDV would leave roughly 1.2% 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
IDV is 12 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/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 IDV.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In IDV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EMERA INC | 0.40% | 1.06% | 0.40% |
| 2 | BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA (THE) | 0.39% | 1.62% | 0.39% |
| 3 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.38% | 4.63% | 0.38% |
Only in FVD
248 total- REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC 0.44%
- RLI CORP 0.44%
- SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY 0.44%
- JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC 0.44%
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 0.43%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 0.43%
- BROWN & BROWN INC 0.43%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC 0.43%
- COMCAST CORP 0.43%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.43%
Only in IDV
95 total- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 3.74%
- ENEL - SPA 3.00%
- ENI S.P.A. 2.87%
- RIO TINTO PLC 2.69%
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG 2.17%
- Repsol, S.A. 2.15%
- Telefonica, S.A. 2.12%
- Zurich Insurance Group AG 2.01%
- ING Groep N.V. 2.01%
- AKER BP ASA 1.95%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open FVD or IDV 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.