ETF comparison
HDV vs VIG
Both Dividend.
iShares Core High Dividend ETF · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
38 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HDV and VIG would leave roughly 18.1% 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 4 bps cheaper than HDV. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for HDV.
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 HDV vs VIG.
Top shared holdings
38 shared in total| # | Holding | In HDV | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP | 7.88% | 2.78% | 2.78% |
| 2 | ABBVIE INC | 6.16% | 1.92% | 1.92% |
| 3 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 4.09% | 1.47% | 1.47% |
| 4 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 4.52% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 5 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 4.45% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 6 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 3.99% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 7 | AMGEN INC | 2.71% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 8 | MCDONALD'S CORP | 2.31% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 9 | PEPSICO INC | 3.46% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 10 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 2.29% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 11 | STARBUCKS CORP | 1.40% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 12 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | 1.36% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
Only in HDV
37 total- CHEVRON CORP 6.13%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 5.51%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 4.44%
- PFIZER INC 4.27%
- ALTRIA GROUP INC 3.06%
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 2.70%
- CONOCOPHILLIPS 1.86%
- BLACKSTONE INC 1.74%
- SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 1.59%
- DUKE ENERGY CORP 1.53%
Only in VIG
295 total- Broadcom Inc 4.63%
- Apple Inc 4.45%
- Microsoft Corp 4.34%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
- Eli Lilly & Co 3.93%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.67%
- Visa Inc 2.45%
- Walmart Inc 2.11%
- Mastercard Inc 2.00%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.98%
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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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