ETF comparison
FVD vs VIG
Both Dividend.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
121 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and VIG would leave roughly 25.8% 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
VIG is 58 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $580/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 VIG.
Top shared holdings
121 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP | 0.43% | 0.91% | 0.43% |
| 2 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 0.43% | 1.39% | 0.43% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.43% | 2.67% | 0.43% |
| 4 | ABBVIE INC | 0.43% | 1.92% | 0.43% |
| 5 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 0.42% | 1.43% | 0.42% |
| 6 | AMGEN INC | 0.41% | 0.90% | 0.41% |
| 7 | CHUBB LTD (SWITZERLAND) | 0.41% | 0.55% | 0.41% |
| 8 | UNION PACIFIC CORP | 0.41% | 0.75% | 0.41% |
| 9 | AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC | 0.41% | 0.46% | 0.41% |
| 10 | STRYKER CORP | 0.40% | 0.49% | 0.40% |
| 11 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 0.40% | 0.80% | 0.40% |
| 12 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | 0.40% | 0.51% | 0.40% |
Only in FVD
130 total- REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC 0.44%
- SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY 0.44%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC 0.43%
- COMCAST CORP 0.43%
- KIMBERLY CLARK CORP 0.43%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.42%
- WELLTOWER INC 0.42%
- KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY (THE) 0.42%
- KENVUE INC 0.42%
- VENTAS INC 0.42%
Only in VIG
212 total- Broadcom Inc 4.63%
- Apple Inc 4.45%
- Microsoft Corp 4.34%
- Eli Lilly & Co 3.93%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.78%
- Visa Inc 2.45%
- Walmart Inc 2.11%
- Mastercard Inc 2.00%
- Costco Wholesale Corp 1.83%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.63%
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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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