ETF comparison
DON vs SPYD
Both Dividend.
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF
Holdings overlap
19 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DON and SPYD would leave roughly 15.7% 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
SPYD is 31 bps cheaper than DON. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/yr more in fees for DON.
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Top shared holdings
19 shared in total| # | Holding | In DON | In SPYD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | 1.41% | 1.56% | 1.41% |
| 2 | VIATRIS INC | 1.28% | 1.45% | 1.28% |
| 3 | BEST BUY CO INC | 1.27% | 1.36% | 1.27% |
| 4 | STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC | 1.08% | 1.35% | 1.08% |
| 5 | APA CORP | 0.95% | 1.47% | 0.95% |
| 6 | HASBRO INC | 0.92% | 1.12% | 0.92% |
| 7 | OMNICOM GROUP INC | 0.88% | 1.11% | 0.88% |
| 8 | CLOROX COMPANY | 0.86% | 1.03% | 0.86% |
| 9 | PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP | 0.85% | 1.37% | 0.85% |
| 10 | AES CORP (THE) | 0.85% | 1.23% | 0.85% |
| 11 | KIMCO REALTY CORP | 0.83% | 1.45% | 0.83% |
| 12 | J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY (THE) | 0.83% | 1.31% | 0.83% |
Only in DON
275 total- AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.97%
- ANTERO MIDSTREAM CORP 0.95%
- SNAP-ON INC 0.94%
- PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP 0.89%
- OGE ENERGY CORP 0.88%
- W.P. CAREY INC 0.84%
- SIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INC 0.83%
- HF SINCLAIR CORP 0.81%
- INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC 0.78%
- COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC 0.74%
Only in SPYD
59 total- Iron Mountain Inc 1.61%
- CVS Health Corp 1.52%
- Edison International 1.47%
- Target Corp 1.47%
- Simon Property Group Inc 1.44%
- EOG Resources Inc 1.43%
- Healthpeak Properties Inc 1.43%
- Phillips 66 1.43%
- Principal Financial Group Inc 1.41%
- Altria Group Inc 1.41%
Related comparisons
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- DON vs PEY · Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF 10.3%
- DON vs FDL · First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund 9.1%
- DON vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 8.8%
- DON vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 7.6%
- DON vs DTD · WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund 7.6%
More comparisons with SPYD
- SPYD vs DLN · WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund 15.3%
- SPYD vs DTD · WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund 15.2%
- SPYD vs HDV · iShares Core High Dividend ETF 14.8%
- SPYD vs FVD · First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund 14.5%
- SPYD vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 12.5%
- SPYD vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 11.8%
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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