Component holdings are also equally weighted. FVD currently shows 187 holdings and its largest component stocks only make up 0.6% of the underlying portfolio.
However, this strategic beta index-based ETF is more costly than the average dividend ETF. FVD shows a 0.70% expense ratio, compared to the average 0.58% expense ratio for dividend-yield weighted ETFs and 0.5% expense ratio for the average dividend-weighted ETF, according to XTF data.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund
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Max Chen contributed to this article.