ETF comparison
DFSV vs VYM
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
207 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFSV and VYM would leave roughly 4.2% 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 27 bps cheaper than DFSV. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for DFSV.
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 DFSV vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
207 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFSV | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OVINTIV INC. | 0.70% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 2 | PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION | 0.32% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 3 | Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 0.40% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. | 0.53% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION | 0.75% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | UNUM GROUP | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. | 0.37% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 8 | APA CORPORATION | 0.66% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 9 | BORGWARNER INC. | 0.75% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 10 | MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED | 0.16% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.23% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.22% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in DFSV
787 total- KNIGHT-SWIFT TRANSPORTATION HOLDINGS INC. 0.70%
- ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.69%
- ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED 0.64%
- WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.62%
- LITHIA MOTORS, INC. 0.59%
- VIASAT, INC. 0.58%
- DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. 0.57%
- AVANTOR, INC. 0.52%
- MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. 0.49%
- COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY 0.49%
Only in VYM
397 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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- DFSV vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 2.3%
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- VYM vs BBSC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF 2.6%
- VYM vs VTWO · Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares 2.5%
- VYM vs IWN · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF 2.2%
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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