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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FVD returned +6.6% and IWS +20.2%.

Which is cheaper, FVD or IWS?

IWS is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $39. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 63% of FVD and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FVD vs IWS: how they differ

FVD and IWS hold 22% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund and iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF.

IWS costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.6 points; IWS is 2.0 times larger.

	FVD	IWS
Expense ratio	0.62%	0.23%
Net assets	$7.6bn	$15.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+6.6%	+20.2%
Holdings in common	22%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	4.5%	7.0%
Below its high	6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026	4.6%, 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

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

0.62%

FVD expense ratio

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FVD and IWS hold 22% 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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22% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FVD IWS

Becton, Dickinson and Company 0.43% 0.50%

Entergy Corporation 0.43% 0.48%

Kinder Morgan, Inc. 0.43% 0.63%

Xcel Energy Inc. 0.43% 0.46%

Exelon Corporation 0.42% 0.43%

Vivmark Residential 0.42% 0.46%

American International Group, Inc. 0.44% 0.41%

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 0.41% 0.44%

Nasdaq, Inc. 0.42% 0.41%

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. 0.44% 0.40%

Realty Income Corporation 0.40% 0.51%

State Street Corporation 0.40% 0.47%

Only in FVD

Accenture plc 0.47%

Amgen Inc. 0.45%

Black Hills Corporation 0.45%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.45%

Emerson Electric Co. 0.45%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 0.45%

Linde Plc 0.45%

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. 0.45%

Only in IWS

PHILLIPS 66 1.06%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.94%

MODERNA 0.72%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.67%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.65%

AMETEK INC 0.57%

ONEOK 0.57%

BAKER HUGHES CLASS A 0.56%

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On the same fields

FVD

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap 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% +20.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −10.7 pts +3.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.62% 0.23%

Already in the S&P 500 62.7% 66.1%

Holdings 239 719

Net assets $7.6bn $15.3bn

FVD and IWS 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.

IWS in plain words

IWS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 719 positions, with the top ten at 7.0%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FVD or IWS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FVD returned +6.6% and IWS +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, FVD or IWS?: IWS is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $39. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FVD and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 63% of FVD and 66% of IWS 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 ↗IWS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWS ↗

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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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ETFIQ, FVD against IWS, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fvd-vs-iws

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