Which returned more over the last year, FDVV or VEA?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDVV returned +13.5% and VEA +17.1%.

Which is cheaper, FDVV or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FDVV and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 87% of FDVV and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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FDVV vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FDVV returned +13.5% to VEA's +17.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Sep 30, 2026: $10.2bn for Fidelity High Dividend ETF and $231.6bn for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+13.5%

FDVV total return, 1 year

+17.1%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.15%

FDVV expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VEA costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points; VEA is far larger, $231.6bn against $10.2bn.

FDVV vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FDVV	VEA
Return
Measure	FDVV	VEA
Total return, 1 year	+13.5%	+17.1%
Drawdown
Measure	FDVV	VEA
Below its high		4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FDVV	VEA
What it tracks	Fidelity High Dividend Index	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Cost and size
Measure	FDVV	VEA
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$10.2bn	$231.6bn
Holdings
Measure	FDVV	VEA
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.8%	13.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FDVV and VEA hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDVV VEA

DANSKE BANK A/S 1.29% 0.11%

BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA SPA 1.50% 0.08%

BANCO BPM SPA 1.41% 0.06%

NIPPON YUSEN KK 0.20% 0.06%

MITSUI OSK LINES LTD 0.20% 0.04%

SINGAPORE AIRLINES LTD 0.20% 0.03%

ORKLA ASA 1.18% 0.02%

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Only in FDVV

NVIDIA CORP 6.57%

APPLE INC 6.18%

MICROSOFT CORP 4.88%

BROADCOM INC 3.11%

JPMORGAN CHASE and CO 2.76%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.66%

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.96%

COCA COLA CO 1.96%

Only in VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.81%

SK hynix Inc 2.30%

ASML Holding NV 2.14%

SLBBH1142 1.07%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.05%

Roche Holding AG 0.91%

Shell PLC 0.86%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%

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Side by side

FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Fidelity Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of High Dividend Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +13.5% +17.1%

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 87.4% 0.0%

Holdings 95 3906

Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $10.2bn $231.6bn

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

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About each fund

FDVV

FDVV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 95 positions, with the top ten at 33.8%.

VEA

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,906 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FDVV or VEA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDVV returned +13.5% and VEA +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, FDVV or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FDVV and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 87% of FDVV and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

FDVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FDVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fidelity website ↗

VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VEA ↗

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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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