ETF comparison
DON vs VB
Dividend vs US Small Cap.
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund · Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
293 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DON and VB would leave roughly 33.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VB is 35 bps cheaper than DON. On a $100,000 position that's about $350/yr more in fees for DON.
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 DON vs VB.
Top shared holdings
293 shared in total| # | Holding | In DON | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omnicom Group Inc | 0.98% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 2 | Royal Gold, Inc. | 0.39% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 3 | Albemarle Corp | 0.51% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 4 | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 0.93% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 5 | Dupont De Nemours Inc | 0.68% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 6 | BWX Technologies Inc. | 0.29% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 7 | Carpenter Technology Corporation | 0.30% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 8 | Alcoa Corporation | 0.46% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 9 | Entegris Inc | 0.24% | 0.25% | 0.24% |
| 10 | Ovintiv Inc | 0.76% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 11 | Permian Resources Corp | 1.10% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 12 | ITT Inc | 0.34% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
Only in DON
2 total- Snap-On Incorporated 0.91%
- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 0.77%
Only in VB
1,018 total- EMCOR Group Inc 0.46%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.43%
- Atmos Energy Corp 0.43%
- Tapestry Inc 0.40%
- TechnipFMC PLC 0.39%
- Ciena Corp 0.38%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.38%
- Jabil Inc 0.37%
- Natera Inc 0.37%
- Expand Energy Corp 0.37%
Open DON or VB at a brokerage
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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.