ETF comparison
FVDvsVYM
Both Dividend.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
164 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and VYM would leave roughly30.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VYM 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with FVD vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
164 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP | 0.43% | 0.89% | 0.43% |
| 2 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 0.43% | 1.13% | 0.43% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.43% | 2.30% | 0.43% |
| 4 | ABBVIE INC | 0.43% | 1.56% | 0.43% |
| 5 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 0.42% | 1.36% | 0.42% |
| 6 | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | 0.41% | 0.51% | 0.41% |
| 7 | AMGEN INC | 0.41% | 0.71% | 0.41% |
| 8 | CHUBB LTD (SWITZERLAND) | 0.41% | 0.50% | 0.41% |
| 9 | UNION PACIFIC CORP | 0.41% | 0.67% | 0.41% |
| 10 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.41% | 1.07% | 0.41% |
| 11 | COMCAST CORP | 0.43% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 12 | RTX CORP | 0.41% | 0.98% | 0.41% |
Only in FVD
87 total- BROWN & BROWN INC0.43%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC0.43%
- ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY0.43%
- SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY (THE)0.42%
- BRADY CORP0.42%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC0.42%
- WELLTOWER INC0.42%
- VENTAS INC0.42%
- THOMSON REUTERS CORP0.42%
- MSA SAFETY INC0.42%
Only in VYM
444 total- Broadcom Inc8.03%
- Caterpillar Inc1.72%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc1.40%
- Oracle Corp1.13%
- Texas Instruments Inc1.06%
- Wells Fargo & Co1.06%
- Citigroup Inc0.88%
- Analog Devices Inc0.82%
- QUALCOMM Inc0.80%
- Walt Disney Co/The0.77%
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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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