ETF comparison
FVD vs IWD
Dividend vs US Value.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
Holdings overlap
187 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and IWD would leave roughly 27.2% 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
IWD is 44 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/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 IWD.
Top shared holdings
187 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In IWD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP | 0.43% | 0.74% | 0.43% |
| 2 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 0.43% | 0.89% | 0.43% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.43% | 1.71% | 0.43% |
| 4 | ABBVIE INC | 0.43% | 1.15% | 0.43% |
| 5 | WELLTOWER INC | 0.42% | 0.45% | 0.42% |
| 6 | UNION PACIFIC CORP | 0.41% | 0.42% | 0.41% |
| 7 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.41% | 0.79% | 0.41% |
| 8 | RTX CORP | 0.41% | 0.72% | 0.41% |
| 9 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 0.40% | 0.44% | 0.40% |
| 10 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 0.40% | 0.78% | 0.40% |
| 11 | NEXTERA ENERGY INC | 0.40% | 0.51% | 0.40% |
| 12 | GILEAD SCIENCES INC | 0.39% | 0.44% | 0.39% |
Only in FVD
64 total- MARZETTI COMPANY (THE) 0.43%
- CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP 0.42%
- BRADY CORP 0.42%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.42%
- MGE ENERGY INC 0.42%
- THOMSON REUTERS CORP 0.42%
- AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY 0.41%
- CGI INC 0.41%
- NOVARTIS AG 0.41%
- SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC 0.41%
Only in IWD
683 total- AMAZON.COM, INC. 5.93%
- APPLE INC. 5.37%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.88%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 2.61%
- INTEL CORPORATION 1.72%
- WALMART INC. 1.27%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 1.05%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.71%
- COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 0.65%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 0.63%
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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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