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FVD vs REGL: how they differ

FVD and REGL hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and FVD returned +6.6% over the year. First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund and ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

REGL costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; FVD is 4.6 times larger.

FVDREGL
Expense ratio0.62%0.40%
Net assets$7.6bn$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year+6.6%+6.0%
Holdings in common12%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund4.5%17.5%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 20268.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+6.6%
FVD total return, 1 year
+6.0%
REGL total return, 1 year
0.62%
FVD expense ratio
0.40%
REGL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FVD and REGL hold 12% 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 9, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FVD REGL
Black Hills Corporation 0.45% 1.67%
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. 0.45% 1.68%
IDACORP, Inc. 0.44% 1.49%
OGE Energy Corp. 0.44% 1.55%
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated 0.44% 1.79%
Donaldson Company, Inc. 0.43% 1.57%
Graco Inc. 0.43% 1.74%
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 0.43% 1.72%
MSA Safety Incorporated 0.43% 1.73%
American Financial Group, Inc. 0.42% 1.65%
National Fuel Gas Company 0.42% 1.56%
RPM International Inc. 0.42% 1.49%
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%
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (Class A) 0.45%
Only in REGL
ROYAL GOLD INC 1.93%
RELIANCE INC 1.71%
UNUM GROUP 1.71%
RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD 1.70%
LITTELFUSE INC 1.68%
ENSIGN GROUP INC/THE 1.67%
AVIENT CORP 1.66%
TORO CO 1.66%

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On the same fields

FVD
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund
REGL
ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust ProShares
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +6.6% +6.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −10.7 pts −11.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.62% 0.40%
Already in the S&P 500 62.7% 0.0%
Holdings 239 65
Net assets $7.6bn $1.7bn

FVD and REGL 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.

REGL in plain words

REGL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +6.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 65 positions, with the top ten at 17.5%. It sat 8.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FVD or REGL?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FVD returned +6.6% and REGL +6.0%.
Which is cheaper, FVD or REGL?
REGL is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $22. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FVD and REGL overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 63% of FVD and 0% of REGL 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 ↗REGL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗REGL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ProShares page for REGL ↗

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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 REGL, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fvd-vs-regl

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