ETF comparison
FVD vs QQQ
Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · Invesco QQQ Trust
Holdings overlap
23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and QQQ would leave roughly 6.6% 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
QQQ is 44 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for FVD.
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Top shared holdings
23 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In QQQ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMGEN INC | 0.41% | 0.85% | 0.41% |
| 2 | GILEAD SCIENCES INC | 0.39% | 0.68% | 0.39% |
| 3 | LINDE PLC | 0.39% | 1.04% | 0.39% |
| 4 | AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC | 0.41% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 5 | CSX CORP | 0.40% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 6 | COMCAST CORP | 0.43% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 7 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 0.38% | 2.01% | 0.38% |
| 8 | PEPSICO INC | 0.38% | 0.80% | 0.38% |
| 9 | T-MOBILE US INC | 0.36% | 0.79% | 0.36% |
| 10 | AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC | 0.41% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 11 | MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.38% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 12 | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.37% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
Only in FVD
228 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%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.43%
- ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY 0.43%
Only in QQQ
79 total- NVIDIA Corp. 7.60%
- Apple Inc. 6.67%
- Micron Technology, Inc. 5.64%
- Microsoft Corp. 4.35%
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.10%
- Amazon.com, Inc. 4.02%
- Tesla, Inc. 3.30%
- Alphabet Inc. 3.27%
- Intel Corp. 3.04%
- Alphabet Inc. 3.02%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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