ETF comparison
FVD vs SCHB
Dividend vs US Total Market.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Holdings overlap
209 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and SCHB would leave roughly 18.1% 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
SCHB 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 SCHB.
Top shared holdings
209 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In SCHB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 0.43% | 0.49% | 0.43% |
| 2 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.43% | 0.86% | 0.43% |
| 3 | ABBVIE INC | 0.43% | 0.61% | 0.43% |
| 4 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 0.42% | 0.44% | 0.42% |
| 5 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 0.40% | 0.46% | 0.40% |
| 6 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.41% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 7 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.39% | 0.54% | 0.39% |
| 8 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 0.39% | 0.46% | 0.39% |
| 9 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 0.39% | 1.28% | 0.39% |
| 10 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 0.38% | 0.59% | 0.38% |
| 11 | RTX CORP | 0.41% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 12 | CHEVRON CORP | 0.37% | 0.52% | 0.37% |
Only in FVD
42 total- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.42%
- THOMSON REUTERS CORP 0.42%
- CGI INC 0.41%
- NOVARTIS AG 0.41%
- AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC 0.41%
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC 0.41%
- CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY 0.41%
- HONDA MOTOR CO LTD 0.41%
- UNILEVER PLC 0.41%
- TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LTD 0.40%
Only in SCHB
2,163 total- NVIDIA Corp 7.20%
- Apple Inc 6.27%
- Microsoft Corp 5.08%
- Amazon.com Inc 3.42%
- Alphabet Inc 2.68%
- Broadcom Inc 2.36%
- Alphabet Inc 2.13%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.69%
- Micron Technology Inc 1.46%
- Tesla Inc 1.39%
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- FVD vs DGRW · WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund 11.8%
More comparisons with SCHB
- SCHB vs SPHQ · Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF 17.5%
- SCHB vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 15.7%
- SCHB vs IWS · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF 15.3%
- SCHB vs MOAT · VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF 14.1%
- SCHB vs SPLV · Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF 14.1%
- SCHB vs SDY · State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF 12.4%
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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