ETF comparison
DGRO vs VYM
Both Dividend.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
262 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and VYM would leave roughly 62.8% 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 4 bps cheaper than DGRO. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for DGRO.
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 DGRO vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
262 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 3.16% | 3.82% | 3.16% |
| 2 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP | 2.87% | 2.63% | 2.63% |
| 3 | BROADCOM INC | 2.55% | 7.35% | 2.55% |
| 4 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 3.07% | 2.51% | 2.51% |
| 5 | ABBVIE INC | 2.96% | 1.80% | 1.80% |
| 6 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 1.83% | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 7 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | 1.76% | 1.52% | 1.52% |
| 8 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 1.96% | 1.38% | 1.38% |
| 9 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 2.17% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 10 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 2.14% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
| 11 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.33% | 1.86% | 1.33% |
| 12 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 1.91% | 1.31% | 1.31% |
Only in DGRO
128 total- MICROSOFT CORP 3.24%
- APPLE INC 2.86%
- ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.19%
- VISA INC 1.10%
- WALMART INC 0.87%
- MASTERCARD INC 0.72%
- COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.55%
- AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY 0.47%
- TJX COMPANIES INC (THE) 0.45%
- APPLIED MATERIALS INC 0.37%
Only in VYM
342 total- Chevron Corp 1.48%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.02%
- Verizon Communications Inc 0.80%
- Walt Disney Co/The 0.69%
- AT&T Inc 0.64%
- Pfizer Inc 0.58%
- CVS Health Corp 0.54%
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 0.54%
- Capital One Financial Corp 0.53%
- Progressive Corp/The 0.50%
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More comparisons with VYM
- VYM vs DTD · WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund 61.1%
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- VYM vs DLN · WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund 60.1%
- VYM vs SCHV · Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF 59.9%
- VYM vs MGV · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value ETF 58.3%
- VYM vs SPYV · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF 54.0%
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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