ETF comparison
FVDvsIGRO
Both Dividend.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · iShares International Dividend Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
8 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and IGRO would leave roughly2.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IGRO is 47 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with FVD vs IGRO.
Top shared holdings
8 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In IGRO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY | 0.41% | 0.60% | 0.41% |
| 2 | FORTIS INC | 0.40% | 0.41% | 0.40% |
| 3 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.40% | 2.90% | 0.40% |
| 4 | TORONTO DOMINION BANK (THE) | 0.40% | 2.33% | 0.40% |
| 5 | SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC | 0.39% | 0.67% | 0.39% |
| 6 | CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | 0.39% | 1.22% | 0.39% |
| 7 | MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP | 0.39% | 1.00% | 0.39% |
| 8 | STANTEC INC | 0.39% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in FVD
243 total- REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC0.44%
- RLI CORP0.44%
- SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY0.44%
- JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC0.44%
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP0.43%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC0.43%
- BROWN & BROWN INC0.43%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC0.43%
- COMCAST CORP0.43%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON0.43%
Only in IGRO
542 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited3.18%
- Nestle S.A.3.08%
- Novartis AG3.06%
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.2.98%
- Roche Holding AG2.81%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S2.81%
- SANOFI SA2.18%
- Iberdrola, S.A.2.18%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION2.18%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.2.06%
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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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