ETF comparison
FVD vs VYMI
Both Dividend.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
15 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and VYMI would leave roughly 4.2% 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
VYMI 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with FVD vs VYMI.
Top shared holdings
15 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In VYMI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.40% | 1.53% | 0.40% |
| 2 | BANK OF MONTREAL | 0.40% | 0.66% | 0.40% |
| 3 | TORONTO DOMINION BANK (THE) | 0.40% | 1.05% | 0.40% |
| 4 | CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | 0.39% | 0.57% | 0.39% |
| 5 | BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA (THE) | 0.39% | 0.57% | 0.39% |
| 6 | MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP | 0.39% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 7 | ENBRIDGE INC | 0.39% | 0.62% | 0.39% |
| 8 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.38% | 0.89% | 0.38% |
| 9 | TC ENERGY CORP | 0.38% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 10 | SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC | 0.39% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 11 | FORTIS INC | 0.40% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 12 | PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP | 0.39% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in FVD
236 total- REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC 0.44%
- RLI CORP 0.44%
- SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY 0.44%
- JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC 0.44%
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 0.43%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 0.43%
- BROWN & BROWN INC 0.43%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC 0.43%
- COMCAST CORP 0.43%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.43%
Only in VYMI
1,549 total- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.91%
- Roche Holding AG 1.60%
- Novartis AG 1.52%
- Nestle SA 1.35%
- Shell PLC 1.34%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.27%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.12%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.09%
- Banco Santander SA 1.08%
- Toyota Motor Corp 1.06%
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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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