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FDL vs VOOV: Differences, Returns & Fees

FDL and VOOV hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and FDL returned +20.6% over the year. Net assets: $7.7bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Morningstar ETF, and $6.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF.

VOOV costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.1 points.

FDL vs VOOV: Differences, Returns & Fees
FDLVOOV
Expense ratio0.43%0.07%
Net assets, FDL as of Oct 9, 2026 and VOOV as of Sep 30, 2026$7.7bn$6.6bn
Total return, 1 year+20.6%+14.5%
What it tracksMorningstar Dividend Leaders IndexS&P 500 Value Index
Holdings in common11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund50.4%23.4%
Below its high5.9%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+20.6%
FDL total return, 1 year
+14.5%
VOOV total return, 1 year
0.43%
FDL expense ratio
0.07%
VOOV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FDL and VOOV hold 11% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FDL VOOV
Chevron Corporation 9.08% 1.28%
Verizon Communications Inc. 6.56% 0.69%
PepsiCo, Inc. 4.97% 0.64%
Pfizer Inc. 6.55% 0.54%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 3.06% 0.45%
Philip Morris International Inc. 6.77% 0.43%
Accenture plc 3.00% 0.39%
Medtronic Plc 2.33% 0.39%
Altria Group, Inc. 4.95% 0.38%
Blackstone Inc. 2.18% 0.35%
The Southern Company 2.30% 0.33%
U.S. Bancorp 1.96% 0.32%
Only in FDL
ONEOK, Inc. 1.70%
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 0.30%
OneMain Holdings, Inc. 0.28%
Essential Utilities, Inc. 0.26%
Columbia Banking System, Inc. 0.25%
OGE Energy Corp. 0.23%
Eastman Chemical Company 0.22%
UGI Corporation 0.21%
Only in VOOV
Apple Inc 7.73%
Amazon.com Inc 3.97%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.22%
Walmart Inc 1.53%
Intel Corp 1.47%
Costco Wholesale Corp 1.39%
Bank of America Corp 1.34%
Tesla Inc 1.31%

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On the same fields

FDL
First Trust Morningstar ETF
VOOV
Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +20.6% +14.5%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +14.4% (IVE)
Gap to its benchmark not available +0.2 pts vs IVE
Expense ratio 0.43% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 93.3% 98.8%
Holdings 100 440
Net assets, FDL as of Oct 9, 2026 and VOOV as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.7bn $6.6bn

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

About FDL

FDL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.43% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 50.4%. It sat 5.9% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About VOOV

VOOV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.4% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Value Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 440 positions, with the top ten at 23.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FDL or VOOV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDL returned +20.6% and VOOV +14.5%.
Which is cheaper, FDL or VOOV?
VOOV is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FDL and VOOV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 93% of FDL and 99% of VOOV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
FDL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FDL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FDL ↗VOOV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VOOV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VOOV ↗

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How this is computed

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

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