Which returned more over the last year, DVY or FVD?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +13.7% and FVD +6.6%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or FVD?

DVY 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 DVY and FVD overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 63% of FVD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DVY vs FVD: how they differ

DVY and FVD hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and DVY returned +13.7% over the year. iShares Select Dividend ETF and First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund.

DVY costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.1 points; DVY is 3.0 times larger.

	DVY	FVD
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.62%
Net assets	$22.5bn	$7.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+6.6%
Holdings in common	20%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.9%	4.5%
Below its high	6.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026	6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+13.7%

DVY total return, 1 year

+6.6%

FVD total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.62%

FVD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and FVD hold 20% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DVY FVD

BLACK HILLS CORP 0.49% 0.45%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.09% 0.45%

MSC INDUSTRIAL CLASS A 0.54% 0.45%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 1.24% 0.45%

PINNACLE WEST 0.99% 0.45%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27% 0.44%

CHEVRON 1.52% 0.44%

IDACORP 0.62% 0.44%

OGE ENERGY 0.81% 0.44%

PPL CORP 0.93% 0.44%

PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP 0.87% 0.44%

ALLIANT ENERGY CORP 0.94% 0.43%

Only in DVY

HP INC 2.53%

ONEOK 1.81%

TARGET CORP 1.74%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 1.63%

HF SINCLAIR 1.48%

BEST BUY 1.44%

FORD MOTOR CO 1.42%

GENUINE PARTS 1.39%

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%

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. 0.45%

Shell plc (ADR) 0.45%

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On the same fields

DVY

iShares Select Dividend ETF

FVD

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares First Trust

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +6.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.6 pts −10.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.62%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 62.7%

Holdings 101 239

Net assets $22.5bn $7.6bn

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

DVY in plain words

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.7% 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 published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.9%. It sat 6.0% below its high of Aug 14, 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, DVY or FVD?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +13.7% and FVD +6.6%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or FVD?: DVY 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 DVY and FVD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 63% of FVD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DVY ↗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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