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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FVD returned +6.6% and IJJ +10.5%.

Which is cheaper, FVD or IJJ?

IJJ is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $44. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FVD and IJJ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 63% of FVD and 0% of IJJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FVD vs IJJ: how they differ

FVD and IJJ hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and IJJ returned +10.5% over the year. First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund and iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF.

IJJ costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.9 points; IJJ is 1.1 times larger.

	FVD	IJJ
Expense ratio	0.62%	0.18%
Net assets	$7.6bn	$8.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+6.6%	+10.5%
Holdings in common	11%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	4.5%	11.0%
Below its high	6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026	7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+6.6%

FVD total return, 1 year

+10.5%

IJJ total return, 1 year

0.62%

FVD expense ratio

0.18%

IJJ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FVD and IJJ 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FVD IJJ

OGE Energy Corp. 0.44% 0.58%

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 0.44% 1.01%

American Homes 4 Rent (Class A) 0.42% 0.58%

RPM International Inc. 0.42% 0.45%

Sun Communities, Inc. 0.42% 0.42%

AptarGroup, Inc. 0.41% 0.47%

Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 0.41% 0.45%

Essential Utilities, Inc. 0.41% 0.67%

W.P. Carey Inc. 0.40% 0.41%

Graco Inc. 0.43% 0.38%

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. 0.41% 0.37%

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 0.42% 0.37%

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%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 0.45%

Linde Plc 0.45%

Philip Morris International Inc. 0.45%

Only in IJJ

TD SYNNEX 1.30%

US FOODS HOLDING 1.27%

RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM 1.23%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 1.16%

HF SINCLAIR 1.13%

OVINTIV 1.06%

WESCO INTERNATIONAL 1.05%

SHARKNINJA 0.93%

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On the same fields

FVD

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

IJJ

iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +6.6% +10.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −10.7 pts −6.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.62% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 62.7% 0.0%

Holdings 239 303

Net assets $7.6bn $8.4bn

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

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.

IJJ in plain words

IJJ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 303 positions, with the top ten at 11.0%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FVD or IJJ?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FVD returned +6.6% and IJJ +10.5%.
Which is cheaper, FVD or IJJ?: IJJ is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $44. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FVD and IJJ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 63% of FVD and 0% of IJJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FVD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FVD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FVD ↗IJJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IJJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IJJ ↗

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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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