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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FVD returned +6.6% and IVOV +10.4%.

Which is cheaper, FVD or IVOV?

IVOV is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $52. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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FVD vs IVOV: how they differ

FVD and IVOV hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and IVOV returned +10.4% over the year. First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund and Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF.

IVOV costs 0.52 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.8 points; FVD is 6.4 times larger.

	FVD	IVOV
Expense ratio	0.62%	0.10%
Net assets, FVD as of Oct 9, 2026 and IVOV as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.6bn	$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+6.6%	+10.4%
Holdings in common	11%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	4.5%	10.5%
Below its high	6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026	7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+6.6%

FVD total return, 1 year

+10.4%

IVOV total return, 1 year

0.62%

FVD expense ratio

0.10%

IVOV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FVD and IVOV 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.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FVD IVOV

OGE Energy Corp. 0.44% 0.55%

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 0.44% 0.94%

American Homes 4 Rent (Class A) 0.42% 0.61%

RPM International Inc. 0.42% 0.46%

Sun Communities, Inc. 0.42% 0.42%

AptarGroup, Inc. 0.41% 0.49%

Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 0.41% 0.45%

Essential Utilities, Inc. 0.41% 0.68%

W.P. Carey Inc. 0.40% 0.42%

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. 0.41% 0.38%

Ingredion Incorporated 0.41% 0.38%

Graco Inc. 0.43% 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 IVOV

US Foods Holding Corp 1.34%

Reliance Inc 1.14%

TD SYNNEX Corp 1.10%

Permian Resources Corp 1.06%

Ovintiv Inc 1.05%

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc 0.98%

Annaly Capital Management Inc 0.97%

WESCO International Inc 0.96%

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On the same fields

FVD

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

IVOV

Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 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 +6.6% +10.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −10.7 pts −6.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.62% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 62.7% 0.0%

Holdings 239 299

Net assets, FVD as of Oct 9, 2026 and IVOV as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.6bn $1.2bn

FVD and IVOV 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.

IVOV in plain words

IVOV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 299 positions, with the top ten at 10.5%. 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 IVOV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FVD returned +6.6% and IVOV +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, FVD or IVOV?: IVOV is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $52. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FVD and IVOV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 63% of FVD and 0% of IVOV 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 ↗IVOV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVOV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for IVOV ↗

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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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