ETF comparison
DFAS vs VYM
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
353 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and VYM would leave roughly 7.4% 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 23 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for DFAS.
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 DFAS vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
353 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OVINTIV INC. | 0.19% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 2 | PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION | 0.17% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 3 | Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 0.23% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. | 0.14% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION | 0.29% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | DT MIDSTREAM, INC. | 0.19% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | ALBEMARLE CORPORATION | 0.08% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 8 | ASSURANT, INC. | 0.17% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | TEXAS ROADHOUSE, INC. | 0.19% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 10 | BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. | 0.13% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | ALLEGION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.07% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | Hasbro, Inc. | 0.20% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in DFAS
1,699 total- JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%
- IES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.26%
- ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED 0.26%
- WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.25%
- APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.24%
- TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.23%
- CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.22%
- ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.22%
- ARAMARK 0.22%
- LITTELFUSE, INC. 0.21%
Only in VYM
251 total- Broadcom Inc 7.35%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.82%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.63%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.51%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.86%
- AbbVie Inc 1.80%
- Bank of America Corp 1.66%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.52%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Chevron Corp 1.48%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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