ETF comparison
FVD vs IGRO
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 roughly 2.8% 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
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 the cost 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 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 IGRO
542 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 3.18%
- Nestle S.A. 3.08%
- Novartis AG 3.06%
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 2.98%
- Roche Holding AG 2.81%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S 2.81%
- SANOFI SA 2.18%
- Iberdrola, S.A. 2.18%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 2.18%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 2.06%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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