ETF comparison
DFLV vs VYM
US Value vs Dividend.
Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
179 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFLV and VYM would leave roughly 49.2% 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 17 bps cheaper than DFLV. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for DFLV.
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 DFLV vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
179 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFLV | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 4.80% | 3.82% | 3.82% |
| 2 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 3.57% | 2.63% | 2.63% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 2.38% | 2.51% | 2.38% |
| 4 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED | 1.54% | 1.52% | 1.52% |
| 5 | CHEVRON CORPORATION | 1.87% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
| 6 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 1.31% | 1.31% | 1.31% |
| 7 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 1.26% | 1.37% | 1.26% |
| 8 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.15% | 1.86% | 1.15% |
| 9 | RTX CORPORATION | 1.13% | 1.18% | 1.13% |
| 10 | THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. | 1.08% | 1.13% | 1.08% |
| 11 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 1.06% | 1.07% | 1.06% |
| 12 | MORGAN STANLEY | 1.13% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
Only in DFLV
155 total- AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.00%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.30%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.81%
- GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 0.90%
- CSX Corporation 0.82%
- INTEL CORPORATION 0.81%
- THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED 0.81%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 0.79%
- DEERE & COMPANY 0.75%
- FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. 0.71%
Only in VYM
425 total- Broadcom Inc 7.35%
- AbbVie Inc 1.80%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Coca-Cola Co/The 1.38%
- Home Depot Inc/The 1.34%
- Philip Morris International Inc 1.21%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.02%
- Oracle Corp 0.90%
- McDonald's Corp 0.78%
- Amgen Inc 0.78%
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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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