ETF comparison
FVD vs IJR
Dividend vs US Small Cap.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
13 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and IJR would leave roughly 2.2% 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
IJR is 56 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $560/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 IJR.
Top shared holdings
13 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In IJR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONAGRA BRANDS INC | 0.41% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 2 | FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC | 0.40% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 3 | BRADY CORP | 0.42% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 4 | AVISTA CORP | 0.40% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 5 | ASSURED GUARANTY LTD | 0.41% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 6 | AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY | 0.41% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 7 | MGE ENERGY INC | 0.42% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 8 | CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP | 0.40% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 9 | CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP | 0.42% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 10 | NORTHWEST BANCSHARES INC | 0.41% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 11 | NORTHWEST NATURAL HOLDING COMPANY | 0.39% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 12 | REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC | 0.44% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in FVD
238 total- 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%
- ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY 0.43%
Only in IJR
590 total- FORMFACTOR INC 0.67%
- VIASAT INC 0.66%
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 0.64%
- ARGAN INC 0.60%
- BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.60%
- ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.59%
- MAXLINEAR INC 0.58%
- KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.53%
- ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.49%
- MATCH GROUP INC 0.48%
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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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