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FVD vs SCHD

Both Dividend.

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
10.4 %

30 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and SCHD would leave roughly 10.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FVD unmatched 89.5% Shared 10.4% SCHD unmatched 89.4%

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.

In FVD only
221 positions
Shared
30 positions
In SCHD only
69 positions

Side by side

FVD

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

First Trust · Dividend

69 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.62%
Net assets
$7.55B
TTM yield
2.24%
Top-10 conc.
4.3%
SCHD

Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF

Schwab · Dividend

85 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$107.89B
TTM yield
2.99%
Top-10 conc.
43.6%

Sub-score comparison

38
Cost
94
76
Tax efficiency
75
95
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
52
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Tracking quality
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FVD sub-score SCHD

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SCHD 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 SCHD.

Top shared holdings

30 shared in total
# Holding In FVD In SCHD Overlap
1 MERCK & COMPANY INC 0.43% 3.86% 0.43%
2 COMCAST CORP 0.43% 2.25% 0.43%
3 KIMBERLY CLARK CORP 0.43% 0.81% 0.43%
4 HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 0.42% 3.36% 0.42%
5 CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP 0.42% 0.62% 0.42%
6 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 0.41% 2.93% 0.41%
7 T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC 0.41% 0.57% 0.41%
8 AMGEN INC 0.41% 3.47% 0.41%
9 GENERAL MILLS INC 0.41% 0.45% 0.41%
10 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 0.41% 2.25% 0.41%
11 FASTENAL COMPANY 0.41% 1.28% 0.41%
12 ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.40% 2.94% 0.40%

Only in FVD

221 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%
  • BROWN & BROWN INC 0.43%
  • LABCORP HOLDINGS INC 0.43%
  • JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.43%
  • ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY 0.43%
  • QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC 0.43%

Only in SCHD

69 total
  • QUALCOMM Inc 6.74%
  • Texas Instruments Inc 5.90%
  • UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.09%
  • ConocoPhillips 3.51%
  • Blackstone Inc 2.20%
  • SLB Ltd 2.05%
  • United Parcel Service Inc 1.98%
  • EOG Resources Inc 1.82%
  • Ford Motor Co 1.72%
  • Target Corp 1.45%

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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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