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

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

Which is cheaper, FVD or MDYV?

MDYV is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $47. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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FVD vs MDYV: how they differ

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

MDYV costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.8 points; FVD is 2.8 times larger.

	FVD	MDYV
Expense ratio	0.62%	0.15%
Net assets, FVD as of Oct 9, 2026 and MDYV as of Oct 8, 2026	$7.6bn	$2.7bn
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%	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

+10.4%

MDYV total return, 1 year

0.62%

FVD expense ratio

0.15%

MDYV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FVD and MDYV 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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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FVD MDYV

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 MDYV

TD SYNNEX CORP 1.30%

US FOODS HOLDING CORP 1.27%

RELIANCE INC 1.23%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP CL A 1.16%

HF SINCLAIR CORP 1.13%

OVINTIV INC 1.06%

WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC 1.05%

SHARKNINJA INC 0.93%

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On the same fields

FVD

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

MDYV

State Street SPDR S & P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust State Street

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 −6.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.62% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 62.7% 0.0%

Holdings 239 296

Net assets, FVD as of Oct 9, 2026 and MDYV as of Oct 8, 2026 $7.6bn $2.7bn

FVD and MDYV 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.

MDYV in plain words

MDYV 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 0.15% 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 296 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 MDYV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FVD returned +6.6% and MDYV +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, FVD or MDYV?: MDYV is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $47. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FVD and MDYV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 63% of FVD and 0% of MDYV 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 ↗MDYV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MDYV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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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