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FVD vs SDOG: how they differ

FVD and SDOG hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and SDOG returned +20.4% over the year. First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund and ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF.

SDOG costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.8 points; FVD is 5.5 times larger.

FVDSDOG
Expense ratio0.62%0.36%
Net assets, FVD as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDOG as of May 31, 2026$7.6bn$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year+6.6%+20.4%
Holdings in common10%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund4.5%26.2%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 20266.5%, high on Aug 19, 2026

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

+6.6%
FVD total return, 1 year
+20.4%
SDOG total return, 1 year
0.62%
FVD expense ratio
0.36%
SDOG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FVD and SDOG hold 10% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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10% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FVD SDOG
Accenture plc 0.47% 1.79%
AbbVie Inc. 0.44% 1.87%
Altria Group, Inc. 0.44% 1.93%
Chevron Corporation 0.44% 1.75%
Evergy, Inc. 0.43% 1.87%
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 0.43% 1.76%
Pfizer Inc. 0.43% 1.86%
Amcor plc 0.42% 1.80%
FirstEnergy Corp. 0.42% 1.71%
Kenvue Inc. 0.42% 1.86%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 0.42% 2.23%
Dominion Energy, Inc. 0.41% 2.00%
Only in FVD
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 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%
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (Class A) 0.45%
Only in SDOG
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 3.76%
Texas Instruments Inc 3.02%
Microchip Technology Inc 2.88%
Ford Motor Co 2.82%
Hp Inc 2.69%
Best Buy Co Inc 2.35%
Cvs Health Corp 2.25%
Keycorp 2.13%

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On the same fields

FVD
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund
SDOG
ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust ALPS
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +6.6% +20.4%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −10.7 pts +3.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.62% 0.36%
Already in the S&P 500 62.7% 97.6%
Holdings 239 50
Net assets, FVD as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDOG as of May 31, 2026 $7.6bn $1.4bn

FVD and SDOG 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.

SDOG in plain words

SDOG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FVD or SDOG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FVD returned +6.6% and SDOG +20.4%.
Which is cheaper, FVD or SDOG?
SDOG is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $26. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FVD and SDOG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 63% of FVD and 98% of SDOG 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 ↗SDOG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SDOG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ALPS 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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ETFIQ, FVD against SDOG, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fvd-vs-sdog

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