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DGS vs VIG

Both Dividend.

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGS and VIG would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DGS unmatched 98.4% Shared 0.0% VIG unmatched 99.6%

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.

In DGS only
1,010 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VIG only
333 positions

Side by side

DGS

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund

WisdomTree · Dividend

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.58%
Net assets
$1.70B
TTM yield
3.89%
Top-10 conc.
15.3%
VIG

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Dividend

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$127.60B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
1.50%
Top-10 conc.
33.4%

Sub-score comparison

42
Cost
96
73
Tax efficiency
78
67
Liquidity
100
92
Concentration
67
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Tracking quality
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DGS sub-score VIG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VIG is 54 bps cheaper than DGS. On a $100,000 position that's about $540/yr more in fees for DGS.

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 DGS vs VIG.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in DGS

1,010 total
  • INNOLUX CORP 3.24%
  • GROWTHPOINT PROPERTIES LTD 1.22%
  • POWERTECH TECHNOLOGY INC 1.16%
  • BANCO DEL BAJIO SA 0.97%
  • OLD MUTUAL LTD 0.92%
  • WPG HOLDINGS LTD 0.76%
  • TRANSMISSORA ALIANCA DE ENERGIA ELETRICA SA 0.73%
  • GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL CENTRO SAB DE CV 0.72%
  • REDEFINE PROPERTIES LTD 0.70%
  • ALIOR BANK SA 0.69%

Only in VIG

333 total
  • Broadcom Inc 4.63%
  • Apple Inc 4.45%
  • Microsoft Corp 4.34%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
  • Eli Lilly & Co 3.93%
  • ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.78%
  • Johnson & Johnson 2.67%
  • Visa Inc 2.45%
  • Walmart Inc 2.11%
  • Mastercard Inc 2.00%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.