ETF comparison
FVDvsVIGI
Both Dividend.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and VIGI would leave roughly2.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VIGI is 55 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $550/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 VIGI.
Top shared holdings
6 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In VIGI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY | 0.41% | 1.09% | 0.41% |
| 2 | FORTIS INC | 0.40% | 0.52% | 0.40% |
| 3 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.40% | 4.27% | 0.40% |
| 4 | TORONTO DOMINION BANK (THE) | 0.40% | 3.25% | 0.40% |
| 5 | CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | 0.39% | 1.87% | 0.39% |
| 6 | STANTEC INC | 0.39% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
Only in FVD
245 total- REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC0.44%
- RLI CORP0.44%
- SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY0.44%
- JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC0.44%
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP0.43%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC0.43%
- BROWN & BROWN INC0.43%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC0.43%
- COMCAST CORP0.43%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON0.43%
Only in VIGI
340 total- Nestle SA3.86%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc3.84%
- Novartis AG3.55%
- Roche Holding AG3.34%
- Schneider Electric SE3.10%
- SAP SE3.08%
- Iberdrola SA2.62%
- Hitachi Ltd2.62%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc2.45%
- Novo Nordisk A/S2.44%
Open FVD or VIGI at a brokerage
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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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