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DSTL vs FVD: Differences, Returns & Fees

DSTL and FVD hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and DSTL returned +14.6% over the year. Net assets: $2.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF, and $7.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund.

DSTL costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.0 points; FVD is 3.8 times larger.

DSTLFVD
Expense ratio0.39%0.62%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$2.1bn$8.0bn
Total return, 1 year+14.6%+6.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.0%4.5%
Below its high6.5%, high on Sep 3, 20266.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026

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

+14.6%
DSTL total return, 1 year
+6.6%
FVD total return, 1 year
0.39%
DSTL expense ratio
0.62%
FVD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DSTL and FVD hold 10% 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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10% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DSTL FVD
Accenture PLC 0.99% 0.47%
AbbVie Inc 3.35% 0.44%
Altria Group Inc 1.59% 0.44%
TE Connectivity PLC 0.86% 0.44%
Constellation Brands Inc 0.43% 0.44%
Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc 1.16% 0.43%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc 0.60% 0.43%
Amdocs Ltd 0.58% 0.42%
Arthur J Gallagher & Co 1.14% 0.42%
Automatic Data Processing Inc 1.28% 0.42%
Avery Dennison Corp 0.60% 0.42%
Broadridge Financial Solutions 0.61% 0.42%
Only in DSTL
QUALCOMM Inc 2.38%
Booking Holdings Inc 1.81%
Uber Technologies Inc 1.75%
Salesforce Inc 1.71%
Cigna Group/The 1.51%
Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.49%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.40%
Adobe Inc 1.32%
Only in FVD
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 0.47%
Amgen Inc. 0.45%
Black Hills Corporation 0.45%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.45%
Emerson Electric Co. 0.45%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 0.45%
Linde Plc 0.45%
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (Class A) 0.45%

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On the same fields

DSTL
Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF
FVD
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Distillate Capital First Trust
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +14.6% +6.6%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.7 pts −10.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.62%
Already in the S&P 500 76.9% 62.7%
Holdings 107 239
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and FVD as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.1bn $7.6bn

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

DSTL in plain words

DSTL is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 77% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 107 positions, with the top ten at 20.0%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Sep 3, 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. 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, DSTL or FVD?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSTL returned +14.6% and FVD +6.6%.
Which is cheaper, DSTL or FVD?
DSTL is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DSTL and FVD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 77% of DSTL and 63% of FVD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DSTL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DSTL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗FVD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FVD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FVD ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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