ETF comparison
FVDvsSDY
Both Dividend.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF
Holdings overlap
92 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and SDY would leave roughly33.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SDY is 27 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with FVD vs SDY.
Top shared holdings
92 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In SDY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC | 0.44% | 0.49% | 0.44% |
| 2 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP | 0.43% | 1.27% | 0.43% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.43% | 0.99% | 0.43% |
| 4 | ABBVIE INC | 0.43% | 1.62% | 0.43% |
| 5 | KIMBERLY CLARK CORP | 0.43% | 1.75% | 0.43% |
| 6 | SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY (THE) | 0.42% | 0.43% | 0.42% |
| 7 | BECTON DICKINSON & COMPANY | 0.42% | 1.07% | 0.42% |
| 8 | CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP | 0.42% | 1.10% | 0.42% |
| 9 | SYSCO CORP | 0.42% | 1.41% | 0.42% |
| 10 | KENVUE INC | 0.42% | 1.75% | 0.42% |
| 11 | AMCOR PLC | 0.42% | 0.93% | 0.42% |
| 12 | TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC (THE) | 0.41% | 0.69% | 0.41% |
Only in FVD
159 total- REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC0.44%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC0.43%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC0.43%
- COMCAST CORP0.43%
- ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY0.43%
- QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC0.43%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE)0.42%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC0.42%
- WELLTOWER INC0.42%
- KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY (THE)0.42%
Only in SDY
64 total- QUALCOMM Inc1.57%
- Texas Instruments Inc1.55%
- Target Corp1.55%
- Edison International1.45%
- Microchip Technology Inc1.32%
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Co1.30%
- NIKE Inc1.14%
- Genuine Parts Co0.73%
- Best Buy Co Inc0.69%
- Stanley Black & Decker Inc0.65%
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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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