ETF comparison
DFAT vs VYM
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
257 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAT and VYM would leave roughly 5.7% 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 25 bps cheaper than DFAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/yr more in fees for DFAT.
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 DFAT vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
257 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAT | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIATRIS INC. | 0.35% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 2 | CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.47% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 3 | EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. | 0.14% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 4 | OVINTIV INC. | 0.79% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 5 | GENUINE PARTS COMPANY | 0.33% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | IDEX CORPORATION | 0.10% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 7 | PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION | 0.80% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 8 | Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 0.41% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED | 0.35% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | Everest Group Ltd | 0.17% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 11 | STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. | 0.38% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 12 | HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION | 0.73% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in DFAT
946 total- BALL CORPORATION 0.69%
- PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY 0.65%
- TOLL BROTHERS, INC. 0.63%
- ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.54%
- WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.53%
- GLOBE LIFE INC. 0.51%
- ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED 0.50%
- ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION 0.50%
- RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD. 0.50%
- KNIGHT-SWIFT TRANSPORTATION HOLDINGS INC. 0.49%
Only in VYM
347 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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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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