ETF comparison
DIA vs VIG
US Large Cap vs Dividend.
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
20 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DIA and VIG would leave roughly 31.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VIG is 12 bps cheaper than DIA. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for DIA.
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 DIA vs VIG.
Top shared holdings
20 shared in total| # | Holding | In DIA | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORP | 4.36% | 3.97% | 3.97% |
| 2 | JPMORGAN CHASE + CO | 3.79% | 3.59% | 3.59% |
| 3 | APPLE INC | 3.34% | 4.07% | 3.34% |
| 4 | JOHNSON + JOHNSON | 2.88% | 2.49% | 2.49% |
| 5 | VISA INC CLASS A SHARES | 3.99% | 2.33% | 2.33% |
| 6 | CATERPILLAR INC | 11.26% | 1.87% | 1.87% |
| 7 | PROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE | 1.67% | 1.54% | 1.54% |
| 8 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | 4.84% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 9 | HOME DEPOT INC | 3.98% | 1.47% | 1.47% |
| 10 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.33% | 1.63% | 1.33% |
| 11 | WALMART INC | 1.24% | 2.60% | 1.24% |
| 12 | MERCK + CO. INC. | 1.42% | 1.22% | 1.22% |
Only in DIA
10 total- ALPHABET INC CL A 4.10%
- AMERICAN EXPRESS CO 3.94%
- AMAZON.COM INC 2.74%
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC 2.52%
- BOEING CO/THE 2.48%
- NVIDIA CORP 2.24%
- CHEVRON CORP 1.88%
- SALESFORCE INC 1.85%
- 3M CO 1.82%
- WALT DISNEY CO/THE 1.09%
Only in VIG
312 total- Broadcom Inc 5.18%
- Eli Lilly & Co 3.34%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 2.90%
- Costco Wholesale Corp 2.03%
- Mastercard Inc 1.84%
- AbbVie Inc 1.68%
- Bank of America Corp 1.57%
- Lam Research Corp 1.45%
- Oracle Corp 1.23%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.15%
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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.