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FDL vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

FDL and VYM hold 15% 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 $78.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

VYM costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points.

FDL vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
FDLVYM
Expense ratio0.43%0.04%
Net assets, FDL as of Oct 9, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026$7.7bn$78.9bn
Total return, 1 year+20.6%+15.9%
What it tracksMorningstar Dividend Leaders IndexFTSE High Dividend Yield Index
Holdings in common15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund50.4%25.8%
Below its high5.9%, high on Aug 24, 20264.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+20.6%
FDL total return, 1 year
+15.9%
VYM total return, 1 year
0.43%
FDL expense ratio
0.04%
VYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FDL and VYM hold 15% 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.

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15% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FDL VYM
Chevron Corporation 9.08% 1.54%
Philip Morris International Inc. 6.77% 1.18%
Verizon Communications Inc. 6.56% 0.84%
PepsiCo, Inc. 4.97% 0.77%
Pfizer Inc. 6.55% 0.65%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 3.06% 0.55%
Accenture plc 3.00% 0.47%
Medtronic Plc 2.33% 0.47%
Altria Group, Inc. 4.95% 0.46%
Blackstone Inc. 2.18% 0.43%
The Southern Company 2.30% 0.40%
U.S. Bancorp 1.96% 0.39%
Only in FDL
ONEOK, Inc. 1.70%
Only in VYM
Broadcom Inc 6.94%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.83%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.70%
Johnson & Johnson 2.58%
AbbVie Inc 1.83%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.76%
Bank of America Corp 1.65%
Merck & Co Inc 1.47%

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On the same fields

FDL
First Trust Morningstar ETF
VYM
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of US high dividend
Total return, 1 year +20.6% +15.9%
Expense ratio 0.43% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 93.3% 89.5%
Holdings 100 605
Net assets, FDL as of Oct 9, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.7bn $78.9bn

FDL and VYM 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 VYM

VYM tracks an index of US high dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 605 positions, with the top ten at 25.8%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FDL or VYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDL returned +20.6% and VYM +15.9%.
Which is cheaper, FDL or VYM?
VYM is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FDL and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 93% of FDL and 90% of VYM 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 ↗VYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VYM ↗

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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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