ETF comparison
FVD vs IJH
Dividend vs US Mid Cap.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
37 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and IJH would leave roughly 8.2% 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
IJH is 57 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $570/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 IJH.
Top shared holdings
37 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In IJH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RPM INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.40% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 2 | W.P. CAREY INC | 0.39% | 0.44% | 0.39% |
| 3 | REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC | 0.40% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 4 | LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC | 0.38% | 0.40% | 0.38% |
| 5 | GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES INC | 0.39% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 6 | GRACO INC | 0.39% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 7 | EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC | 0.41% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 8 | ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC | 0.41% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 9 | AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT | 0.41% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 10 | DONALDSON COMPANY INC | 0.41% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 11 | OGE ENERGY CORP | 0.40% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 12 | AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.41% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
Only in FVD
214 total- REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC 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%
- ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY 0.43%
- QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC 0.43%
Only in IJH
363 total- TWILIO INC 0.86%
- CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP 0.84%
- MKS INC 0.83%
- CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP 0.77%
- NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 0.75%
- ENTEGRIS INC 0.75%
- ATI INC 0.74%
- ILLUMINA INC 0.73%
- TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.73%
- STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC 0.71%
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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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