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FVD vs VYM

Both Dividend.

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
32.1 %

166 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FVD and VYM would leave roughly 32.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FVD only 67.7% Shared 32.1% VYM only 67.4%
In FVD only
71 positions
Shared
166 positions
In VYM only
442 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%
VYM

Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Dividend

90 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$96.17B
TTM yield
2.27%
Top-10 conc.
25.6%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
96
76
Tax efficiency
76
96
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
78
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Tracking quality
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FVD sub-score VYM

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VYM is 58 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $580/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 VYM.

Top shared holdings

166 shared in total
# Holding In FVD In VYM Overlap
1 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 0.45% 0.51% 0.45%
2 AbbVie Inc. 0.44% 1.56% 0.44%
3 Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.44% 2.72% 0.44%
4 Pfizer Inc. 0.44% 0.63% 0.44%
5 Merck & Co., Inc 0.44% 1.13% 0.44%
6 Johnson & Johnson 0.43% 2.30% 0.43%
7 Linde PLC 0.43% 0.98% 0.43%
8 Southern Co. 0.43% 0.44% 0.43%
9 NextEra Energy Inc 0.43% 0.85% 0.43%
10 Pepsico Inc 0.43% 0.90% 0.43%
11 Bank of America Corp. 0.43% 1.44% 0.43%
12 Altria Group, Inc. 0.43% 0.51% 0.43%

Only in FVD

71 total
  • Rio Tinto PLC 0.46%
  • Sanofi SA 0.45%
  • America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. 0.45%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 0.45%
  • GSK plc 0.44%
  • CSX Corporation 0.44%
  • Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd. 0.43%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.43%
  • Novartis AG 0.43%
  • Shell PLC 0.43%

Only in VYM

442 total
  • Broadcom Inc 8.03%
  • Caterpillar Inc 1.72%
  • UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.40%
  • Oracle Corp 1.13%
  • Texas Instruments Inc 1.06%
  • Wells Fargo & Co 1.06%
  • Citigroup Inc 0.88%
  • Analog Devices Inc 0.82%
  • QUALCOMM Inc 0.80%
  • Walt Disney Co/The 0.77%

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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.