Fund · First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · measured from SEC filings
FDL holdings
FDL reports 101 holdings and behaves like 31.1 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-06-30. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 28 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-06-30Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 100% at a quoted market price (level 1), 3 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-06-30FDL's largest investment is Chevron Corp at 7.43% of net assets. Verizon Communications Inc and Philip Morris International Inc follow; the three together are 20.66%. Ten companies are 48.18% of the fund; the other 91 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, FDL behaves like 31.1 holdings against a median of 42.4 — close to the median. Across 28 quarterly filings FDL has become less concentrated: it behaved like 21.6 at 2019-09-30 and 31.1 at 2026-06-30. Between the 2026-03-31 and 2026-06-30 filings 35 positions were added and 21 dropped; 34.6% of the weight moved.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
28Between 2019-09-30 and 2026-06-30, FDL went from behaving like 21.6 equally weighted positions to 31.1 — 44% more, while its top ten went from 60.91% to 48.18% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 101 | 31.1 | 48.18% | 7.44% |
| 2026-03-31 | 87 | 22.1 | 58.07% | 11.07% |
| 2025-12-31 | 90 | 23.5 | 57.19% | 10.21% |
| 2025-09-30 | 101 | 23.7 | 56.52% | 10.21% |
| 2025-06-30 | 101 | 24.7 | 55.55% | 10.12% |
| 2025-03-31 | 96 | 24.8 | 55.66% | 8.45% |
| 2024-12-31 | 96 | 24.7 | 55.83% | 8.4% |
| 2024-09-30 | 101 | 25.5 | 54.82% | 8.38% |
Earlier filings (20 more, back to 2019-09-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 | 101 | 24.4 | 55.92% | 8.76% |
| 2024-03-31 | 93 | 22.3 | 58.04% | 9.54% |
| 2023-12-31 | 92 | 23.4 | 56.89% | 8.51% |
| 2023-09-29 | 100 | 23.1 | 57.24% | 8.75% |
| 2023-06-30 | 100 | 23.1 | 57.16% | 9.12% |
| 2023-03-31 | 97 | 23.3 | 56.64% | 10.07% |
| 2022-12-30 | 99 | 23.6 | 55.41% | 10.63% |
| 2022-09-30 | 100 | 23.8 | 55.58% | 10.26% |
| 2022-06-30 | 100 | 24.1 | 56.08% | 8.98% |
| 2022-03-31 | 100 | 23.5 | 58.56% | 9.29% |
| 2021-12-31 | 100 | 23 | 59.44% | 10.07% |
| 2021-09-30 | 100 | 23 | 58.88% | 10.07% |
| 2021-06-30 | 100 | 23 | 59.45% | 10.08% |
| 2021-03-31 | 94 | 20.8 | 62.08% | 10% |
| 2020-12-31 | 95 | 22.7 | 59.78% | 9.36% |
| 2020-09-30 | 99 | 21.7 | 60.04% | 9.99% |
| 2020-06-30 | 100 | 21.3 | 61.3% | 10.04% |
| 2020-03-31 | 99 | 20.9 | 62.99% | 9.79% |
| 2019-12-31 | 100 | 21.5 | 60.88% | 10.03% |
| 2019-09-30 | 100 | 21.6 | 60.91% | 9.83% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-06-30The 15 largest of 101 positions in FDL's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: FDL.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHEVRON CORP | 7.45% | 7.4% |
| 2 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC | 7.19% | 14.6% |
| 3 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 6.07% | 20.7% |
| 4 | PFIZER INC | 5.92% | 26.6% |
| 5 | PEPSICO INC | 4.85% | 31.5% |
| 6 | ALTRIA GROUP INC | 4.65% | 36.1% |
| 7 | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | 3.44% | 39.6% |
| 8 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC | 3.16% | 42.7% |
| 9 | COMCAST CORP | 3.14% | 45.9% |
| 10 | SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) | 2.32% | 48.2% |
| 11 | BLACKSTONE INC | 2.31% | 50.5% |
| 12 | MEDTRONIC PLC | 2.28% | 52.8% |
| 13 | US BANCORP | 2.28% | 55.1% |
| 14 | DUKE ENERGY CORP | 2.22% | 57.3% |
| 15 | ACCENTURE PLC | 1.85% | 59.1% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-06-30Share of FDL's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 94.28% |
| Ireland° | 4.83% |
| Jersey° | 0.89% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-07 – 2026-06Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of FDL's own filings, 84 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.05 percentage points over 84 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: FDL.json · all funds.
Who borrows FDL's shares
2024-09-30The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2024-09-30, $24 was out to 1 borrower, 0.00% of net assets.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. | $24 | 100.0% |
The filing reports no cash collateral position against this loan. Collateral taken in a form the fund does not hold as a position does not appear in N-PORT, so this is silence rather than absence. What the collateral figure can and cannot show. Every quarter FDL has filed, with each borrower: FDL.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-03-31 → 2026-06-3087 positions became 101: 35 added (31.4% of the fund at the later date), 21 dropped (31.8% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 34.6%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of FDL compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMCAST CORP | 2.82% | 3.14% | CHEVRON CORP | 9.13% | 7.44% |
| US BANCORP | 2.05% | 2.28% | PFIZER INC | 6.49% | 5.92% |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC | 4.46% | 4.65% | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC | 7.36% | 7.19% |
| AMCOR PLC | 0.71% | 0.89% | HP INC | 0.73% | 0.61% |
| BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | 3.26% | 3.44% | ONEOK INC | 1.78% | 1.69% |
| GENERAL MILLS INC | 0.71% | 0.88% | MURPHY OIL CORP | 0.14% | 0.10% |
New: PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC (6.07%), SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) (2.32%), BLACKSTONE INC (2.31%), MEDTRONIC PLC (2.28%), DUKE ENERGY CORP (2.22%), ACCENTURE PLC (1.85%). Gone: Exxon Mobil Corp. (11.07%), Merck & Co., Inc (5.51%), ConocoPhillips (2.98%), CVS Health Corp (1.96%), PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (1.77%), EOG Resources Inc. (1.55%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-06-3099.95% equity, 0.05% short-term investment as filed; 100.0% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of FDL (31.1). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KXI iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF | 107 | 30.6 | 49.55% | 2026-06-30 |
| SCHE Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 2,180 | 30.8 | 30.51% | 2026-05-31 |
| SMIG Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF | 41 | 31 | 42.28% | 2026-06-30 |
| RSPU Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF | 32 | 31 | 33.62% | 2026-07-31 |
| JEMA JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 526 | 31.1 | 38.34% | 2026-07-31 |
| GEM Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta(R) Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 745 | 31.3 | 38.28% | 2026-05-31 |
| MGNR American Beacon GLG Natural Resources ETF | 40 | 31.4 | 42.2% | 2026-07-31 |
| XHB State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Homebuilders ETF | 38 | 31.5 | 35.57% | 2026-06-30 |
| EQTY Kovitz Core Equity ETF | 40 | 31.5 | 42.26% | 2026-07-31 |
| FREL Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF | 124 | 31.6 | 47.53% | 2026-07-31 |
Essays that examine FDL
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