ETF comparison
HDV vs VUG
Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.
iShares Core High Dividend ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HDV and VUG would leave roughly 1.0% 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
VUG is 5 bps cheaper than HDV. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 VUG.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In HDV | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCDONALD'S CORP | 2.31% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 2 | STARBUCKS CORP | 1.40% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 3 | BLACKSTONE INC | 1.74% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in HDV
72 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 7.88%
- ABBVIE INC 6.16%
- CHEVRON CORP 6.13%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 5.51%
- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 4.52%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 4.45%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 4.44%
- PFIZER INC 4.27%
- COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 4.09%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 3.99%
Only in VUG
143 total- NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
- Apple Inc 11.67%
- Microsoft Corp 7.61%
- Alphabet Inc 5.76%
- Alphabet Inc 4.53%
- Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
- Broadcom Inc 4.28%
- Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
- Tesla Inc 3.27%
- Eli Lilly & Co 2.81%
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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/.
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.