ETF comparison
DFUS vs VYM
US Total Market vs Dividend.
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
583 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFUS and VYM would leave roughly 35.4% 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 5 bps cheaper than DFUS. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for DFUS.
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 DFUS vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
583 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFUS | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.63% | 7.35% | 2.63% |
| 2 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.37% | 3.82% | 1.37% |
| 3 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 0.93% | 2.63% | 0.93% |
| 4 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.90% | 2.51% | 0.90% |
| 5 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 0.67% | 1.86% | 0.67% |
| 6 | ABBVIE INC. | 0.64% | 1.80% | 0.64% |
| 7 | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 0.61% | 1.66% | 0.61% |
| 8 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED | 0.55% | 1.52% | 0.55% |
| 9 | CATERPILLAR INC. | 0.54% | 1.50% | 0.54% |
| 10 | CHEVRON CORPORATION | 0.53% | 1.48% | 0.53% |
| 11 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 0.50% | 1.38% | 0.50% |
| 12 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.49% | 1.37% | 0.49% |
Only in DFUS
1,651 total- NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75%
- APPLE INC. 6.45%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99%
- AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83%
- ALPHABET INC. 3.00%
- ALPHABET INC. 2.48%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35%
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%
Only in VYM
21 total- 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%
- Star Bulk Carriers Corp 0.01%
- Super Group SGHC Ltd 0.01%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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