FDD vs VYMI: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

First Trust STOXX European Select Dividend Index Fund

FDDBNYSE Arca

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

VYMIANasdaq

Overlap

7.3%by weight

Expense ratio

VYMI −0.49pt a year

FDD0.56%VYMI0.07%

Avg volume · 30D

VYMI 5.5×the volume

FDD154KVYMI849K

10Y return · a year

FDD +0.1pt

FDD+10.7%VYMI+10.6%

FDD vs VYMI Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+80.9%FDD+86.9%VYMI

Expense ratio: FDD 0.56%; VYMI 0.07%, better
Fund size: FDD $878M; VYMI $22.3B
1Y total return: FDD +25.4%, better; VYMI +23.7%
Yield (12M): FDD 5.53%, better; VYMI 3.67%
Holdings: FDD 34; VYMI 1532
Avg volume (30D): FDD 154K sh; VYMI 849K sh, better
NAV per share: FDD $19.08; VYMI $101.09
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for FDD, VYMI, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	FDD	VYMI
Cost30% weight	D34	A97Higher
Mission25% weight	A95	A100Higher
Risk15% weight	B57	B59Higher
Tradability15% weight	B69Higher	B61
Holdings10% weight	F21	A81Higher
Durability5% weight	B68	A89Higher

Rank among International Dividend Index funds

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Same Category. FDD and VYMI are both graded against the same 34 International Dividend Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

International Dividend Index⁠

Category · 34 funds

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VYMI ranks 1st and FDD 16th of 34 funds in the International Dividend Index Category.

Rank 1AVYMIVanguard International High Dividend Yield ETFScore 84
Rank 2ADIVIFranklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETFScore 78
Rank 14BFGDFirst Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index FundScore 63
Rank 16BFDDFirst Trust STOXX European Select Dividend Index FundScore 58
Rank 17CDVYAiShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETFScore 54

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

FDDBFirst Trust STOXX European Select Dividend Index Fund

VYMIAVanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

In short

FDD Most international dividend funds spread themselves across the whole developed world. FDD skips the detour: about 30 of Europe's highest-yielding stocks, screened for dividend track record, in a fund that has been running since 2007.

VYMI Most international dividend funds hold a hundred-odd developed-market names. VYMI casts a far wider net: roughly 1,600 high-yielders across developed and emerging markets outside the US, at seven basis points.

Stated mandate

FDD The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the STOXX Europe Select Dividend 30 Index through an indexing strategy.

VYMI VYMI seeks to track the FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index through passive sampling, targeting international stocks forecast to have above-average dividend yields.

Why people hold it

FDD Pure Europe, no global filler: about 30 high-yielders drawn from the STOXX Europe 600, not a worldwide blend with a European slice tucked inside.yahoo.com
Yield alone doesn't earn a spot. Constituents need a non-negative five-year dividend-per-share growth record and a dividend-to-earnings ratio of 60% or less.yahoo.com stoxx.com
It has tracked its index tightly, which is the entire job of an index fund.
Listed in 2007 and pays quarterly, so there's a long live record through Europe's rougher stretches rather than a backtest.

VYMI 0.07% a year, a fraction of the typical international dividend fund's fee and a shade under screened rivals like SCHY (0.08%) and IGRO (0.15%).
Roughly 1,600 stocks across developed and emerging markets ex-US, so no single name, sector or country carries the income load.vanguard.com
Samples the FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index and has stayed unusually close to it, among the tightest trackers in its peer group.
Live since 2016, now a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and it pays out quarterly.

Worth knowing

FDD 0.56% a year sits above the cohort median of 0.50% and well above broad rivals like VYMI (0.07%) and SCHY (0.08%), which fish in a much wider pond than Europe.
About 30 holdings means every name pulls real weight, and a yield-first screen can crowd into whichever sectors happen to be paying the most.
Holdings trade in euros, pounds and other European currencies, so the dollar's moves land in your return right alongside the stocks'.

VYMI No currency hedge. Dividends and prices arrive in foreign currencies, and exchange-rate swings show up in dollar results either way.vanguard.com
The emerging-market sleeve adds political, liquidity and currency risk that developed-only dividend funds sidestep.vanguard.com
Screening on forecast yield tilts toward value and cyclical names, a different ride than dividend-growth peers like VIGI and IGRO.

Full FDD profile⁠

Full VYMI profile⁠

FDD vs VYMI Holdings

How FDD and VYMI differ

Overlap by weight

7.3%

Shared holdings make up 71.2% of FDD and 7.3% of VYMI.

Level by level

Holdings23 in both7.3%
Countryby domicile28.5%
Sector11 Sectors75.9%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in FDD and VYMI, widest gap first
Sector	More in FDDMore in VYMI	FDD	VYMI
Financials	FDD +9.8 points	54.2%	44.4%
Consumer Discretionary	FDD +6.4 points	12.2%	5.8%
Health Care	VYMI +6.4 points	0.0%	6.3%
Industrials	FDD +5.6 points	11.9%	6.3%
Technology	VYMI +5.5 points	0.0%	5.5%
Utilities	VYMI +5.1 points	0.0%	5.0%
Materials	VYMI +3.8 points	2.6%	6.4%
Communication	VYMI +2.2 points	1.5%	3.7%
Real Estate	FDD +1.5 points	2.6%	1.1%
Consumer Staples	VYMI +1.2 points	5.2%	6.4%
Energy	FDD +0.8 points	9.8%	9.0%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in FDD and VYMI, widest gap first
Country	More in FDDMore in VYMI	FDD	VYMI
Netherlands	FDD +19.8 points	21.4%	1.6%
France	FDD +18.6 points	23.7%	5.0%
United Kingdom	FDD +17.8 points	28.8%	11.0%
Japan	VYMI +12.6 points	0.0%	12.6%
Canada	VYMI +8.8 points	0.0%	8.8%
Australia	VYMI +7.1 points	0.0%	7.1%
Taiwan	VYMI +6.0 points	0.0%	6.0%
China	VYMI +5.8 points	0.0%	5.8%
Other countries (29)	VYMI +15.9 points	26.1%	42.0%

Outside the US: FDD 97% developed, 3% emerging. VYMI 74% developed, 26% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

FDD46.8%
VYMI13.8%

Securities held

FDD30
VYMI1,496

Asset class

FDD: Equity
VYMI: Equity

Holdings

Only in FDD7
In both23
Only in VYMI1,473

Only in FDD

7 securities, 28.7% of FDD by weight

Teleperformance SE6.26%
B&M European Value Retail SA5.68%
Taylor Wimpey Plc4.42%
Investec Plc3.81%
Signify NV3.39%
Rubis SCA2.69%
Covivio2.48%

Only in VYMI

1,473 securities, 92.3% of VYMI by weight

Roche Holding AG1.56%
Shell PLC1.48%
Royal Bank of Canada1.47%
Novartis AG1.42%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc1.35%
Nestle SA1.25%
MediaTek Inc1.21%
BHP Group Ltd1.15%
Banco Santander SA1.07%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The1.04%
Toyota Motor Corp1.03%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia0.93%
TotalEnergies SE0.92%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc0.85%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA0.84%
Iberdrola SA0.84%
UBS Group AG0.79%
UniCredit SpA0.71%
Mizuho Financial Group Inc0.70%
Unilever PLC0.68%
SLBBH11420.68%
DBS Group Holdings Ltd0.66%
Novo Nordisk A/S0.65%
Bank of Montreal0.63%
Bp PLC0.61%
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA0.61%
Bank of Nova Scotia/The0.60%
British American Tobacco PLC0.59%
China Construction Bank Corp0.59%
Enbridge Inc0.55%
Deutsche Telekom AG0.54%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce0.54%
Gsk PLC0.51%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd0.51%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd0.51%
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc0.50%
Sanofi SA0.47%
National Australia Bank Ltd0.45%
Westpac Banking Corp0.44%
Lloyds Banking Group PLC0.44%
Barclays PLC0.44%
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd0.43%
Suncor Energy Inc0.43%
ANZ Group Holdings Ltd0.43%
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd0.42%
National Grid PLC0.41%
Enel SpA0.40%
Glencore PLC0.40%
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen0.38%
Manulife Financial Corp0.38%

Weight gaps

All 23 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in FDD and VYMI, widest gap first
Holding	More in FDDMore in VYMI	FDD	VYMI
Legal & General Group PlcLGEN.L	FDD +6.14 points	6.25%	0.11%
Aker BP ASA	FDD +5.16 points	5.22%	0.06%
ABN AMRO Group N.V.	FDD +3.88 points	4.03%	0.15%
Aegon Ltd.	FDD +3.87 points	3.93%	0.06%
ASR Nederland N.V.	FDD +3.65 points	3.72%	0.07%
Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG	FDD +3.40 points	3.51%	0.11%
NN Group N.V.	FDD +3.24 points	3.36%	0.12%
Scor SE	FDD +3.04 points	3.07%	0.03%
Natwest Group PlcNWG.L	FDD +2.93 points	3.32%	0.39%
Ageas S.A./N.V.	FDD +2.92 points	2.99%	0.07%
Orlen SA	FDD +2.68 points	2.80%	0.12%
Poste Italiane SpA	FDD +2.67 points	2.77%	0.10%
Axa S.a.	FDD +2.41 points	2.83%	0.42%
Credit Agricole S.A.	FDD +2.38 points	2.48%	0.10%
ING Groep N.V.	FDD +2.25 points	2.80%	0.55%
Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)	FDD +2.04 points	2.11%	0.07%
BNP Paribas S.A.	FDD +1.89 points	2.45%	0.56%
Zurich Insurance Group AG	FDD +1.81 points	2.34%	0.53%
Mercedes-Benz Group AG	FDD +1.77 points	1.95%	0.18%
Rio Tinto PlcRIO.L	FDD +1.76 points	2.28%	0.52%
Allianz SE	FDD +1.54 points	2.50%	0.96%
Orange	FDD +1.41 points	1.58%	0.17%
HSBC Holdings PlcHSBA.L	FDD +0.87 points	2.68%	1.81%

All 30 FDD holdings⁠All 1,561 VYMI holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

FDD vs VYMI Cost

Overpaying FDD vs VYMI

$9,608

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

FDD 0.56%
$11,088
VYMI 0.07%
$1,480

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

FDD 0.56%
VYMI 0.07%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	FDD	VYMI	Overpaying
10	$1,006	$128	$878
20	$3,855	$503	$3,352
30	$11,088	$1,480	$9,608

Expense ratio

0.56%FDD
0.07%VYMI, cheaper

VYMI0.07%FDD0.56%

0.07%0.60%

Middle half of International Dividend Index funds
Median 0.49%

VYMI cheapest of 34 funds

FDD 25th cheapest of 34 funds

FDD vs VYMI Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): FDD 5.53%, better; VYMI 3.67%
Payout (12M): FDD $1.06; VYMI $3.72
Last payment: FDD $0.26; VYMI $0.82
Ex-dividend: FDD Sep 24, 2026; VYMI Sep 18, 2026
Paid on: FDD Sep 30, 2026; VYMI Sep 22, 2026
Frequency: FDD Quarterly; VYMI Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

FDDQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll FDD payments⁠

VYMIQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VYMI payments⁠

FDD vs VYMI Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

FDD
VYMI

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: FDD 14.8%VYMI 10.5%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: FDD 1.55VYMI 1.71, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: FDD −34.8%VYMI −24.1%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: FDD 0.83VYMI 0.74; Market = 1

FDD and VYMI in the news

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