ETF comparison
FDL vs HDV
Both Dividend.
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · iShares Core High Dividend ETF
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and HDV would leave roughly 37.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
HDV is 35 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $350/yr more in fees for FDL.
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 FDL vs HDV.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDL | In HDV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exxon Mobil Corp. | 11.05% | 8.42% | 8.42% |
| 2 | CHEVRON CORP | 9.12% | 6.42% | 6.42% |
| 3 | Merck & Co., Inc | 5.51% | 3.77% | 3.77% |
| 4 | Altria Group, Inc. | 4.45% | 3.70% | 3.70% |
| 5 | Pepsico Inc | 4.76% | 3.66% | 3.66% |
| 6 | ConocoPhillips | 2.97% | 2.13% | 2.13% |
| 7 | U.S. Bancorp. | 2.05% | 1.68% | 1.68% |
| 8 | PNC Financial Services Group Inc. | 1.77% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 9 | EOG Resources Inc. | 1.55% | 1.14% | 1.14% |
| 10 | Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 1.47% | 1.09% | 1.09% |
| 11 | American Electric Power Co, Inc. | 1.24% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 12 | Price T Rowe Group Inc. | 0.70% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
Only in FDL
63 total- Verizon Communications Inc. 7.36%
- Pfizer Inc. 6.48%
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 3.26%
- United Parcel Service, Inc. 3.03%
- Comcast Corporation 2.82%
- CVS Health Corp 1.96%
- Oneok Inc. 1.77%
- Truist Financial Corp. 1.64%
- Ford Motor Company 1.42%
- Target Corp. 1.33%
Only in HDV
51 total- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 5.68%
- ABBVIE INC 5.44%
- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 4.46%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 4.17%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 4.07%
- COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 3.86%
- PROGRESSIVE CORP (THE) 3.79%
- TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 3.54%
- BLACKSTONE INC 2.42%
- QUALCOMM INC 2.37%
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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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