ETF comparison
DEM vs VYMI
Both Dividend.
WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund · Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
240 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DEM and VYMI would leave roughly 8.9% 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
VYMI is 56 bps cheaper than DEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $560/yr more in fees for DEM.
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 DEM vs VYMI.
Top shared holdings
240 shared in total| # | Holding | In DEM | In VYMI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEDIATEK INC | 6.71% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 2 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP | 4.04% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 3 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) | 2.45% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 4 | PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD | 1.33% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 5 | UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP | 3.14% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 6 | SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY | 1.89% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 7 | CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD | 1.16% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 8 | GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE SAB DE CV | 1.78% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 9 | FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD | 0.74% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | FIRSTRAND LTD | 0.90% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 11 | SAUDI NATIONAL BANK (THE) | 0.76% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD | 0.66% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in DEM
276 total- INNOLUX CORP 1.14%
- HOLY STONE ENTERPRISE COMPANY LTD 0.77%
- ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PCL 0.63%
- PTT PCL 0.57%
- MBRF GLOBAL FOODS COMPANY SA 0.42%
- GROWTHPOINT PROPERTIES LTD 0.40%
- NEPI ROCKCASTLE NV 0.38%
- NICHIDENBO CORP 0.37%
- L&K ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD 0.33%
- REDEFINE PROPERTIES LTD 0.25%
Only in VYMI
1,324 total- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.91%
- Roche Holding AG 1.60%
- Royal Bank of Canada 1.53%
- Novartis AG 1.52%
- Nestle SA 1.35%
- Shell PLC 1.34%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.27%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.12%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.09%
- Banco Santander SA 1.08%
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- DEM vs IDV · iShares International Select Dividend ETF 0.1%
- DEM vs VIGI · Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- DEM vs CGDV · Capital Group Dividend Value ETF 0.0%
- DEM vs DGRO · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF 0.0%
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- VYMI vs CGDV · Capital Group Dividend Value ETF 1.5%
- VYMI vs DGS · WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund 0.9%
- VYMI vs FDVV · Fidelity High Dividend ETF 0.7%
- VYMI vs IWF · iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF 0.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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