ETF comparison
FVD vs SCHY
Both Dividend.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · Schwab International Dividend Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
4 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and SCHY would leave roughly 1.5% 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
SCHY is 54 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $540/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 SCHY.
Top shared holdings
4 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In SCHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC | 0.39% | 0.58% | 0.39% |
| 2 | MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP | 0.39% | 0.94% | 0.39% |
| 3 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.38% | 3.73% | 0.38% |
| 4 | BELL CANADA ENTERPRISES INC | 0.37% | 0.68% | 0.37% |
Only in FVD
247 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 SCHY
96 total- Unilever PLC 4.48%
- Roche Holding AG 4.24%
- Deutsche Post AG 4.09%
- BHP Group Ltd 3.92%
- GSK PLC 3.86%
- Wesfarmers Ltd 3.86%
- Enel SpA 3.81%
- Eni SpA 3.81%
- British American Tobacco PLC 3.62%
- Vinci SA 3.52%
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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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