ETF comparison
DFAC vs VYM
US Total Market vs Dividend.
U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
583 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAC and VYM would leave roughly 37.6% 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 14 bps cheaper than DFAC. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for DFAC.
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 DFAC vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
583 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAC | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROADCOM INC. | 1.18% | 7.35% | 1.18% |
| 2 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.09% | 3.82% | 1.09% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.84% | 2.51% | 0.84% |
| 4 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 0.82% | 2.63% | 0.82% |
| 5 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 0.54% | 1.86% | 0.54% |
| 6 | CHEVRON CORPORATION | 0.52% | 1.48% | 0.52% |
| 7 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.47% | 1.37% | 0.47% |
| 8 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 0.46% | 1.31% | 0.46% |
| 9 | ABBVIE INC. | 0.44% | 1.80% | 0.44% |
| 10 | CATERPILLAR INC. | 0.43% | 1.50% | 0.43% |
| 11 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 0.40% | 1.38% | 0.40% |
| 12 | THE HOME DEPOT, INC. | 0.39% | 1.34% | 0.39% |
Only in DFAC
1,962 total- NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.27%
- APPLE INC. 5.12%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.41%
- AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.14%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.73%
- ALPHABET INC. 1.69%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.09%
- ALPHABET INC. 1.09%
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.05%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 0.75%
Only in VYM
21 total- Accenture PLC 0.41%
- Credicorp Ltd 0.11%
- Royalty Pharma PLC 0.10%
- Millicom International Cellular SA 0.04%
- Blue Owl Capital Inc 0.03%
- XP Inc 0.03%
- TXNM Energy Inc 0.02%
- Ryan Specialty Holdings Inc 0.02%
- Golar LNG Ltd 0.02%
- Campbell's Company/The 0.02%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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