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FDT vs VT: holdings overlap, shared companies and scores

As of October 9, 2026, FDT and VT overlap 5.2% by weight. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (FDT): Developed ex-US equities. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT): Entire global stock market.

Updated October 9, 2026

Where FDT and VT trade against their own history

FDT trades at 10.7 times earnings, against its own median of 9.6, and is more expensive than 73% of its own last 9 years.

VT trades at 20.0 times earnings, against its own median of 18.7, and is more expensive than 64% of its own last 9 years.

What moved FDT this week

FDT fell 2.3% in the week to October 9, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were SK Square (−9.1%), SK Hynix (−8.3%) and Hanwha (−14.2%); JD Sports Fashion (+6.2%) pushed the other way.

What do FDT and VT each hold?

What's inside FDT: Tech 12%, Memory 4%.

10% of FDT is its ten largest holdings.

What's inside VT: Tech 33%, Magnificent 7 19%.

21% of VT is its ten largest holdings.

How much do FDT and VT overlap? 5.2% by weight

As of October 9, 2026, FDT and VT overlap 5.2% by weight.

99% of FDT is already inside VT.

6% of VT is already inside FDT.

FDT holds 298 companies and VT holds 10,017; 294 are in both.

Computed by ETF Copilot from both funds' holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

How does ETF Copilot score FDT and VT? 4.0 and 6.2 out of 10

As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores FDT 4.0 out of 10 and VT 6.2 out of 10.

They differ most on Quality: FDT 1.7 and VT 6.9.

The five factor scores behind them are set out below, 0–10 and higher is better, ranked against every US equity ETF we track.

FDT vs VT — ETF Copilot factor scores, 0–10
FactorFDTVT
Growth3.56.6
Value3.23.2
Risk3.86.9
Quality1.76.9
Return6.76.8

VT is the cheaper of the two at 0.06% a year

As of October 9, 2026, FDT charges 0.80% a year, yields 2.97% and holds $1.4B in assets across 298 positions.

As of October 9, 2026, VT charges 0.06% a year, yields 1.50% and holds $103.0B in assets across 10017 positions.

FDT vs VT — cost, income and size
MeasureFDTVT
Expense ratio0.80%0.06%
Dividend yield2.97%1.50%
Assets under management$1.4B$103.0B
Holdings29810017

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

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ETF Copilot, “FDT vs VT holdings overlap and scores”, as of October 9, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/compare/fdt-vs-vt

  1. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (FDT)
  2. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT)

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