ETF comparison
FVD vs SDY
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 roughly 33.8% 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
SDY is 27 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for FVD.
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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 INC 0.44%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 0.43%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC 0.43%
- COMCAST CORP 0.43%
- ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY 0.43%
- QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC 0.43%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 0.42%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.42%
- WELLTOWER INC 0.42%
- KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY (THE) 0.42%
Only in SDY
63 total- QUALCOMM Inc 1.57%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.55%
- Target Corp 1.55%
- Edison International 1.45%
- Microchip Technology Inc 1.32%
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 1.30%
- NIKE Inc 1.14%
- Genuine Parts Co 0.73%
- Best Buy Co Inc 0.69%
- Stanley Black & Decker Inc 0.65%
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- FVD vs VTV · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF 29.5%
- FVD vs DGRO · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF 29.0%
- FVD vs DTD · WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund 27.4%
- FVD vs DLN · WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund 27.2%
- FVD vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 27.2%
More comparisons with SDY
- SDY vs DGRO · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF 28.1%
- SDY vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 28.0%
- SDY vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 26.4%
- SDY vs VTV · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF 24.4%
- SDY vs DLN · WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund 23.5%
- SDY vs DTD · WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund 23.3%
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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