ETF comparison
DSI vs VIG
US Total Market vs Dividend.
iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
126 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DSI and VIG would leave roughly 36.4% 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 21 bps cheaper than DSI. On a $100,000 position that's about $210/yr more in fees for DSI.
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 DSI vs VIG.
Top shared holdings
126 shared in total| # | Holding | In DSI | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 9.49% | 4.34% | 4.34% |
| 2 | VISA INC. | 1.78% | 2.45% | 1.78% |
| 3 | MASTERCARD INCORPORATED | 1.36% | 2.00% | 1.36% |
| 4 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.33% | 1.98% | 1.33% |
| 5 | ABBVIE INC. | 1.29% | 1.92% | 1.29% |
| 6 | CATERPILLAR INC. | 1.10% | 1.62% | 1.10% |
| 7 | LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION | 1.06% | 1.58% | 1.06% |
| 8 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 0.98% | 1.47% | 0.98% |
| 9 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.97% | 1.45% | 0.97% |
| 10 | THE HOME DEPOT, INC. | 0.96% | 1.43% | 0.96% |
| 11 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 0.93% | 1.39% | 0.93% |
| 12 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 0.73% | 1.08% | 0.73% |
Only in DSI
276 total- NVIDIA CORPORATION 13.42%
- ALPHABET INC. 6.00%
- ALPHABET INC. 4.77%
- TESLA, INC. 2.54%
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2.25%
- APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.17%
- INTEL CORPORATION 1.15%
- PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 0.78%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0.57%
- WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 0.55%
Only in VIG
207 total- Broadcom Inc 4.63%
- Apple Inc 4.45%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
- Eli Lilly & Co 3.93%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.78%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.67%
- Walmart Inc 2.11%
- Costco Wholesale Corp 1.83%
- Bank of America Corp 1.75%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.63%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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