ETF comparison
DON vs VIG
Both Dividend.
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
84 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DON and VIG would leave roughly 3.5% 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
VIG is 34 bps cheaper than DON. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/yr more in fees for DON.
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Top shared holdings
84 shared in total| # | Holding | In DON | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNAP-ON INC | 0.94% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 2 | RELIANCE INC | 0.55% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 3 | J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES INC | 0.47% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 4 | ITT INC | 0.33% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 5 | ROYAL GOLD INC | 0.29% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | NORDSON CORP | 0.41% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 7 | BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC | 0.26% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 8 | CARLISLE COMPANIES INC | 0.37% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | MASCO CORP | 0.56% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC | 0.48% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 11 | GLOBE LIFE INC | 0.21% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 12 | DT MIDSTREAM INC | 0.67% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in DON
210 total- FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 1.41%
- VIATRIS INC 1.28%
- BEST BUY CO INC 1.27%
- STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC 1.08%
- ANTERO MIDSTREAM CORP 0.95%
- APA CORP 0.95%
- HASBRO INC 0.92%
- PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP 0.89%
- OGE ENERGY CORP 0.88%
- OMNICOM GROUP INC 0.88%
Only in VIG
249 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/.
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