ETF comparison
ACWV vs VYM
Low Volatility Factor vs Dividend.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
76 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and VYM would leave roughly 21.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VYM is 16 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for ACWV.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with ACWV vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
76 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 2.13% | 1.86% | 1.86% |
| 2 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.41% | 2.51% | 1.41% |
| 3 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. | 0.84% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 4 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.78% | 1.37% | 0.78% |
| 5 | MCDONALD'S CORPORATION | 0.91% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 6 | Pepsico, Inc. | 0.89% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 7 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 0.75% | 1.38% | 0.75% |
| 8 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 0.72% | 0.85% | 0.72% |
| 9 | AT&T INC. | 0.86% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 10 | GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. | 0.54% | 0.66% | 0.54% |
| 11 | Chubb Limited | 0.90% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 12 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 0.50% | 1.31% | 0.50% |
Only in ACWV
309 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.22%
- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 1.16%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1.13%
- United Microelectronics Corporation 1.08%
- CENCORA, INC. 1.06%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.03%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.01%
- REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. 0.92%
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 0.89%
- Novartis AG 0.87%
Only in VYM
528 total- Broadcom Inc 7.35%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.82%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.63%
- Bank of America Corp 1.66%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Home Depot Inc/The 1.34%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.13%
- Wells Fargo & Co 1.07%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.02%
- Morgan Stanley 0.96%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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