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DHS vs FVD: how they differ

DHS and FVD hold 16% of their weight in the same names, and DHS returned +16.6% over the year. WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund and First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund.

DHS costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.0 points; FVD is 5.1 times larger.

DHSFVD
Expense ratio0.38%0.62%
Net assets, DHS as of Jun 30, 2026 and FVD as of Oct 9, 2026$1.5bn$7.6bn
Total return, 1 year+16.6%+6.6%
Holdings in common16%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund32.3%4.5%
Below its high5.2%, high on Aug 19, 20266.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+16.6%
DHS total return, 1 year
+6.6%
FVD total return, 1 year
0.38%
DHS expense ratio
0.62%
FVD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DHS and FVD hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DHS FVD
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.16% 0.45%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 3.15% 0.45%
ABBVIE INC 4.94% 0.44%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 3.79% 0.44%
CHEVRON CORP 2.19% 0.44%
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC 1.17% 0.43%
METLIFE INC 1.15% 0.43%
PFIZER INC 1.87% 0.43%
SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 1.20% 0.43%
WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 0.47% 0.43%
DUKE ENERGY CORP 1.86% 0.42%
EXELON CORP 0.82% 0.42%
Only in DHS
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 3.42%
AT&T INC 2.60%
TRANSDIGM GROUP INC 2.04%
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 2.01%
CVS HEALTH CORP 1.92%
BLACKSTONE INC 1.73%
FORD MOTOR CO 1.30%
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 1.19%
Only in FVD
Accenture plc 0.47%
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 0.47%
Amgen Inc. 0.45%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.45%
Emerson Electric Co. 0.45%
Linde Plc 0.45%
Shell plc (ADR) 0.45%
The TJX Companies, Inc. 0.45%

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On the same fields

DHS
WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund
FVD
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer WisdomTree First Trust
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +16.6% +6.6%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −0.6 pts −10.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.38% 0.62%
Already in the S&P 500 78.3% 62.7%
Holdings 323 239
Net assets, DHS as of Jun 30, 2026 and FVD as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.5bn $7.6bn

DHS and FVD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DHS in plain words

DHS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 78% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 323 positions, with the top ten at 32.3%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

FVD in plain words

FVD tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +6.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.62% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 63% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 239 positions, with the top ten at 4.5%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DHS or FVD?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DHS returned +16.6% and FVD +6.6%.
Which is cheaper, DHS or FVD?
DHS is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $24. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DHS and FVD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of DHS and 63% of FVD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DHS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DHS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree website ↗FVD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FVD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FVD ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, DHS against FVD, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/dhs-vs-fvd

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