ETF comparison
DON vs VYM
Both Dividend.
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
161 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DON and VYM would leave roughly 5.6% 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
VYM 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
161 shared in total| # | Holding | In DON | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OMNICOM GROUP INC | 0.88% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 2 | SNAP-ON INC | 0.94% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 3 | RELIANCE INC | 0.55% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 4 | VIATRIS INC | 1.28% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 5 | INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC | 0.78% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 6 | CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC | 0.72% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC | 0.62% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 8 | EAST WEST BANCORP INC | 0.57% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 9 | OVINTIV INC | 0.63% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 10 | BEST BUY CO INC | 1.27% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 11 | PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP | 0.89% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 12 | PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC | 0.43% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in DON
133 total- W.P. CAREY INC 0.84%
- KIMCO REALTY CORP 0.83%
- SUN COMMUNITIES INC 0.74%
- HOST HOTELS & RESORTS INC 0.73%
- ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INC 0.72%
- LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY 0.51%
- MKS INC 0.51%
- REGENCY CENTERS CORP 0.50%
- QNITY ELECTRONICS INC 0.48%
- UDR INC 0.48%
Only in VYM
443 total- Broadcom Inc 7.35%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.82%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.63%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.51%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.86%
- AbbVie Inc 1.80%
- Bank of America Corp 1.66%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.52%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Chevron Corp 1.48%
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- DON vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 3.7%
- DON vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 3.5%
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- VYM vs MGK · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF 5.2%
- VYM vs IWP · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF 4.7%
- VYM vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 4.5%
- VYM vs SPMD · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF 4.5%
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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