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ETF comparison

FVD vs VTI

Dividend vs US Total Market.

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
18.2 %

209 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and VTI would leave roughly 18.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FVD unmatched 81.7% Shared 18.2% VTI unmatched 81.6%

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
42 positions
Shared
209 positions
In VTI only
3,295 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%
VTI

Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF

Vanguard · US Total Market

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$2.32T
whole fund, 6 share classes
TTM yield
1.06%
Top-10 conc.
32.0%

Sub-score comparison

38
Cost
97
76
Tax efficiency
88
95
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
69
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Tracking quality
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FVD sub-score VTI

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

Cost difference

VTI is 59 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $590/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 VTI.

Top shared holdings

209 shared in total
# Holding In FVD In VTI Overlap
1 MERCK & COMPANY INC 0.43% 0.44% 0.43%
2 JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.43% 0.84% 0.43%
3 ABBVIE INC 0.43% 0.61% 0.43%
4 HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 0.42% 0.49% 0.42%
5 PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 0.41% 0.39% 0.39%
6 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.39% 0.50% 0.39%
7 PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 0.39% 0.47% 0.39%
8 COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 0.40% 0.39% 0.39%
9 JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 0.39% 1.12% 0.39%
10 EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.39% 0.78% 0.39%
11 CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.38% 0.58% 0.38%
12 CHEVRON CORP 0.37% 0.43% 0.37%

Only in FVD

42 total
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.42%
  • THOMSON REUTERS CORP 0.42%
  • AMCOR PLC 0.42%
  • CNA FINANCIAL CORP 0.41%
  • CGI INC 0.41%
  • NOVARTIS AG 0.41%
  • BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC 0.41%
  • CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY 0.41%
  • HONDA MOTOR CO LTD 0.41%
  • UNILEVER PLC 0.41%

Only in VTI

3,295 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 6.36%
  • Apple Inc 5.87%
  • Microsoft Corp 3.83%
  • Amazon.com Inc 3.19%
  • Alphabet Inc 2.90%
  • Broadcom Inc 2.47%
  • Alphabet Inc 2.28%
  • Micron Technology Inc 1.80%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 1.71%
  • Tesla Inc 1.64%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.