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First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund

Shareclass
First Trust Value Line® Dividend ETF (FVD)
Type
Exchange-traded fund
Fossil fuel exposure of 21.42% places the fund in the F tier, between 9% and 100% exposure.

Methodology
F
Investments in major fossil fuel companies
American Electric Power Co Inc
Macroclimate 50Top 50 coal-fired power
$38.33 MILLION
ALLETE Inc
Carbon Underground 200Top 200 carbon reserves
$36.62 MILLION
Evergy Inc
Macroclimate 50Top 50 coal-fired power
$36.34 MILLION
Shell PLC ADR (Representing - Ordinary Shares)
Carbon Underground 200Top 200 carbon reserves
$36.22 MILLION
Exxon Mobil Corp
Carbon Underground 200Top 200 carbon reserves
$36.21 MILLION
Chevron Corp
Carbon Underground 200Top 200 carbon reserves
$36.19 MILLION
Fossil fuel holdings
Energy sector
Top 200 owners of carbon reserves
Top 200 owners of carbon reserves
Carbon Underground 200
7
holdings
$252.45M
invested
2.95%
of portfolio
Coal industry
Coal industry
Coal miners, coal services, owners of coal reserves
17
holdings
$614.02M
invested
7.16%
of portfolio
Oil/gas industry
Oil/gas industry
Oil/gas producers and refiners, oil field services and equipment companies, pipeline operators
26
holdings
$938.63M
invested
11%
of portfolio
Utility sector
Top 50 coal-fired utilities
Top 50 coal-fired utilities
Macroclimate 50
4
holdings
$146.6M
invested
1.71%
of portfolio
Fossil-fired utilities
Fossil-fired utilities
Utilities burning fossil fuels or distributing gas
41
holdings
$1.47B
invested
17%
of portfolio
  When calculating a portfolio's screen exposure, we only consider long investments, ignoring any shorts or liabilities.
All fossil fuel companies
51 holdings
51 holdings
  • 1. American Electric Power Co Inc
    Coal industryOil/gas industryMacroclimate 50Fossil-fired utility
    $38.33M
    0.45%
  • 2. Xcel Energy Inc
    Oil/gas industryFossil-fired utility
    $37.01M
    0.43%
  • 3. TXNM Energy Inc
    Coal industryFossil-fired utility
    $36.63M
    0.43%
  • 4. TC Energy Corp
    Oil/gas industry
    $36.62M
    0.43%
  • 5. ALLETE Inc
    Carbon Underground 200Coal industryOil/gas industryFossil-fired utility
    $36.62M
    0.43%
See all



Financial performance
Performance data provided byMorningstarFind more financial data on FVD at Morningstar.com
Current fund
FVD
First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund
Family
First Trust
Category
Large Value
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 10/31/25
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower
 10-yr returns 
-5.77% less in annualized returns
More invested in fossil fuels 
14% more invested
Lower fossil finance risk score 
10 points lower
Lower fossil insurance risk score 
5 points lower
Less invested in Clean200 
21.12% less invested
Current fund
FVD
First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund
Family
First Trust
Category
Large Value
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 10/31/25
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower
 10-yr returns 
-5.77% less in annualized returns
More invested in fossil fuels 
14% more invested
Lower fossil finance risk score 
10 points lower
Lower fossil insurance risk score 
5 points lower
Less invested in Clean200 
21.12% less invested
Current fund
FVD
First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund
Family
First Trust
Category
Large Value
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 10/31/25
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower
 10-yr returns 
-5.77% less in annualized returns
More invested in fossil fuels 
14% more invested
Lower fossil finance risk score 
10 points lower
Lower fossil insurance risk score 
5 points lower
Less invested in Clean200 
21.12% less invested
Month-end trailing returns  
Annualized returns
Climate analysis
1-yr
3-yr
5-yr
10-yr
Fossil fuel %
This fund
FVD - First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund
3.45%
7.67%
9.88%
8.83%
21% 
Benchmark
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
21%
23%
18%
15%
7.31% 
Fund compared to benchmark
 
-17.97%
-14.97%
-7.73%
-5.77%
14%  higher
Find more financial data on FVD at Morningstar.com
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