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FVD vs SDY

Both Dividend.

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
33.0 %

88 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and SDY would leave roughly 33.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FVD only 66.8% Shared 33.0% SDY only 66.7%
In FVD only
149 positions
Shared
88 positions
In SDY only
68 positions

Side by side

FVD

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

First Trust · Dividend

69 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.62%
Net assets
$8.04B
TTM yield
2.29%
Top-10 conc.
4.5%
SDY

State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

State Street · Dividend

79 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$21.39B
TTM yield
2.45%
Top-10 conc.
20.7%

Sub-score comparison

38
Cost
65
76
Tax efficiency
76
96
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
85
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Tracking quality
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FVD sub-score SDY

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Cost difference

SDY is 27 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/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 SDY.

Top shared holdings

88 shared in total
# Holding In FVD In SDY Overlap
1 AbbVie Inc. 0.44% 1.30% 0.44%
2 CSX Corporation 0.44% 0.69% 0.44%
3 Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.44% 1.85% 0.44%
4 PPG Industries, Inc. 0.44% 1.04% 0.44%
5 Genuine Parts Co 0.44% 0.63% 0.44%
6 Fastenal Co. 0.44% 0.97% 0.44%
7 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 0.44% 1.36% 0.44%
8 Johnson & Johnson 0.43% 1.20% 0.43%
9 Alliant Energy Corporation 0.43% 0.85% 0.43%
10 Consolidated Edison, Inc. 0.43% 1.59% 0.43%
11 Old Republic International Corporation 0.44% 0.43% 0.43%
12 Linde PLC 0.43% 0.68% 0.43%

Only in FVD

149 total
  • Entergy Corporation 0.46%
  • Rio Tinto PLC 0.46%
  • Sanofi SA 0.45%
  • America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. 0.45%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 0.45%
  • Landstar System Inc. 0.45%
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 0.45%
  • GSK plc 0.44%
  • The Campbells Co. 0.44%
  • The Kraft Heinz Co. 0.44%

Only in SDY

68 total
  • Target Corp 2.27%
  • Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 1.42%
  • Texas Instruments Inc 1.39%
  • Edison International 1.34%
  • Microchip Technology Inc 1.03%
  • NIKE Inc 0.88%
  • QUALCOMM Inc 0.73%
  • Analog Devices Inc 0.65%
  • CH Robinson Worldwide Inc 0.62%
  • Best Buy Co Inc 0.60%

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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.