FDLvsHDV

First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund or iShares Core High Dividend ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. 45% of their stock holdings are the same at the same weight, across 28 stocks in both. HDV costs 0.08% a year against 0.43% for FDL, $35 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months FDL returned +20.8% and HDV +25.7%.

45%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
FDL61% in stocks the other holds too
HDV45% in stocks the other holds too
stocks in bothstocks only in that fundbonds, cash and unmatched shares

The two funds

From each fund's latest N-PORT filing and its prospectus.

FDLHDVYearly cost0.43%0.08%Net assets$7.3B$14.9BPositions10179Last 12 months+20.8%+25.7%3 years, a year+17.5%+15.2%5 years, a year+12.5%+12.1%Largest holdingCVX 7.4%XOM 7.9%Main sectorConsumer Defensive 24%Healthcare 24%Holdings as ofJun 30, 2026Jul 31, 2026

Returns are total returns with dividends reinvested, from the funds’ own monthly figures; “(price)” marks a fund whose filing record is younger than a year, whose twelve months are its price change. The stronger figure in each row is set in bold. Past returns say what happened, not what will.

Growth of $100

Both funds from August 2019, the first month both report, dividends reinvested.

FDL$212HDV$188
August 2019June 2026

What they both hold

28 stocks are in both funds: 61% of FDL and 45% of HDV. The biggest shared positions:

Stockin FDLin HDV
CVX7.4%6.1%VZ7.2%5.5%PM6.1%4.4%PFE5.9%4.3%PEP4.8%3.5%MO4.6%3.1%BMY3.4%2.7%BX2.3%1.7%MDT2.3%1.7%SO2.3%1.6%

Only in FDL

Its biggest stocks the other fund does not hold.

  1. UPSUnited Parcel Service3.2%
  2. CMCSAComcast3.1%
  3. USBU.S. Bancorp2.3%
  4. ACNAccenture1.8%
  5. TFCTruist Financial1.7%
  6. DDominion Energy1.5%

Only in HDV

Its biggest stocks the other fund does not hold.

  1. XOMExxon Mobil Corporation7.9%
  2. ABBVAbbVie6.2%
  3. PGProcter & Gamble4.5%
  4. HDThe Home Depot4.5%
  5. KOThe Coca-Cola Company4.1%
  6. MRKMerck & Co.4.0%

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From each fund’s Form N-PORT (FDL: June 2026, HDV: July 2026) and prospectus, via the SEC’s public data sets. Overlap counts only the stocks we can match to a listing: stock by stock, the smaller of the two weights, added up.