ETF comparison
FVD vs SPY
Dividend vs US Large Cap.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Holdings overlap
143 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and SPY would leave roughly 18.2% 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
SPY is 53 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $526/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 SPY.
Top shared holdings
143 shared in total| # | Holding | In FVD | In SPY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 0.43% | 0.56% | 0.43% |
| 2 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.43% | 1.00% | 0.43% |
| 3 | ABBVIE INC | 0.43% | 0.79% | 0.43% |
| 4 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 0.42% | 0.53% | 0.42% |
| 5 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.41% | 0.50% | 0.41% |
| 6 | RTX CORP | 0.41% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 7 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 0.40% | 0.56% | 0.40% |
| 8 | AMGEN INC | 0.41% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 9 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.39% | 0.51% | 0.39% |
| 10 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 0.39% | 0.59% | 0.39% |
| 11 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 0.39% | 1.41% | 0.39% |
| 12 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 0.38% | 0.62% | 0.38% |
Only in FVD
108 total- REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC 0.44%
- RLI CORP 0.44%
- SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY 0.44%
- MARZETTI COMPANY (THE) 0.43%
- CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP 0.42%
- BRADY CORP 0.42%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.42%
- MGE ENERGY INC 0.42%
- KENVUE INC 0.42%
- THOMSON REUTERS CORP 0.42%
Only in SPY
361 total- APPLE INC 7.69%
- NVIDIA CORP 7.30%
- MICROSOFT CORP 6.22%
- AMAZON.COM INC 3.94%
- ALPHABET INC CL A 2.56%
- BROADCOM INC 2.33%
- META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.09%
- ALPHABET INC CL C 2.06%
- ELI LILLY + CO 1.71%
- TESLA INC 1.64%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with FVD
- FVD vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 18.1%
- FVD vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 18.1%
- FVD vs HDV · iShares Core High Dividend ETF 16.7%
- FVD vs DON · WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund 15.2%
- FVD vs FDL · First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund 14.9%
- FVD vs FDVV · Fidelity High Dividend ETF 14.9%
More comparisons with SPY
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- SPY vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 16.0%
- SPY vs MOAT · VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF 14.2%
- SPY vs SDY · State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF 12.9%
- SPY vs VLUE · iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF 12.9%
- SPY vs IWR · iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF 12.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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