ETF comparison
HDV vs QQQ
Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.
Holdings overlap
6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HDV and QQQ would leave roughly 2.8% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
HDV is 10 bps cheaper than QQQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for QQQ.
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 HDV vs QQQ.
Top shared holdings
6 shared in total| # | Holding | In HDV | In QQQ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMGEN INC | 2.71% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 2 | PEPSICO INC | 3.46% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 3 | STARBUCKS CORP | 1.40% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 4 | MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC | 1.18% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 5 | KEURIG DR PEPPER INC | 0.56% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 6 | PAYCHEX INC | 0.82% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in HDV
69 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 7.88%
- ABBVIE INC 6.16%
- CHEVRON CORP 6.13%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 5.51%
- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 4.52%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 4.45%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 4.44%
- PFIZER INC 4.27%
- COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 4.09%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 3.99%
Only in QQQ
96 total- NVIDIA Corp. 7.60%
- Apple Inc. 6.67%
- Micron Technology, Inc. 5.64%
- Microsoft Corp. 4.35%
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.10%
- Amazon.com, Inc. 4.02%
- Tesla, Inc. 3.30%
- Alphabet Inc. 3.27%
- Intel Corp. 3.04%
- Alphabet Inc. 3.02%
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- QQQ vs DVY · iShares Select Dividend ETF 2.1%
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- QQQ vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 1.7%
- QQQ vs SCHM · Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF 1.7%
- QQQ vs SPYD · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF 1.5%
- QQQ vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 1.5%
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.