Are FDN and IVV in the same category?

FDN is a thematic ETF and IVV is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which returned more over the last year, FDN or IVV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDN returned −1.1% and IVV +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, FDN or IVV?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FDN and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 82% of FDN and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

FDN vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FDN returned −1.1% to IVV's +13.7%, and IVV charges 0.03% to FDN's 0.49%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $5.1bn for First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund and $885.1bn for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

−1.1%

FDN total return, 1 year

+13.7%

IVV total return, 1 year

0.49%

FDN expense ratio

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.8 points; IVV is far larger, $885.1bn against $5.1bn.

FDN vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FDN	IVV
Return
Measure	FDN	IVV
Total return, 1 year	−1.1%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	FDN	IVV
Below its all-time high	6.3%, high on Oct 9, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FDN	IVV
What it tracks	Internet and e-commerce	S&P 500
Cost and size
Measure	FDN	IVV
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$5.1bn	$885.1bn
Active share vs the S&P 500	86%
Holdings
Measure	FDN	IVV
Holdings in common	14%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	61%	38.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

14%

By the books each fund has filed, FDN and IVV hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDN IVV

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.23% 3.73%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.48% 2.83%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.39% 2.26%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 9.68% 2.05%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 9.04% 0.66%

Netflix, Inc. 5.28% 0.39%

Oracle Corporation 3.71% 0.34%

Salesforce, Inc. 4.53% 0.30%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.45% 0.29%

Booking Holdings Inc. 3.93% 0.17%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 3.29% 0.14%

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.47% 0.11%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FDN

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 4.07%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.67%

Okta, Inc. 1.31%

Roblox Corporation (Class A) 1.27%

Atlassian Corporation (Class A) 1.22%

Zoom Communications, Inc. (Class A) 0.90%

CoreWeave, Inc. (Class A) 0.80%

Nutanix, Inc. (Class A) 0.69%

Only in IVV

NVIDIA 7.92%

APPLE 7.61%

MICROSOFT 5.93%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

TESLA INC 1.73%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.57%

ELI LILLY 1.54%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.52%

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Side by side

FDN First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust iShares

What it is Internet and e-commerce Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year −1.1% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) +13.6% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark −14.8 pts vs IVV +0.1 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 81.9% 99.8%

Holdings 41 505

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $5.1bn $885.1bn

FDN and IVV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

FDN

By weight, 82% of FDN's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 86%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 41 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was behind by 14.8 pts. It sits 6.3% below its all-time high of Oct 9, 2026.

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Are FDN and IVV in the same category?: FDN is a thematic ETF and IVV is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, FDN or IVV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDN returned −1.1% and IVV +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, FDN or IVV?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FDN and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 82% of FDN and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FDN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FDN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FDN ↗

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IVV ↗

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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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