ETF comparison
HDV vs VYM
Both Dividend.
iShares Core High Dividend ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
75 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HDV and VYM would leave roughly 28.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VYM 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 VYM.
Top shared holdings
75 shared in total| # | Holding | In HDV | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXXON MOBIL CORP | 8.42% | 2.72% | 2.72% |
| 2 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 5.68% | 2.30% | 2.30% |
| 3 | ABBVIE INC | 5.44% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 4 | CHEVRON CORP | 6.42% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 5 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 4.46% | 1.44% | 1.44% |
| 6 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 4.07% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 7 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 3.86% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 8 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 3.77% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 9 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 4.17% | 1.07% | 1.07% |
| 10 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC | 3.54% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 11 | PEPSICO INC | 3.66% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 12 | QUALCOMM INC | 2.37% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
Only in HDV
0 totalEvery HDV position is also held by VYM.
Only in VYM
533 total- Broadcom Inc 8.03%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.34%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.72%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.52%
- Bank of America Corp 1.44%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.40%
- Oracle Corp 1.13%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.07%
- Wells Fargo & Co 1.06%
- RTX Corp 0.98%
Open HDV or VYM at a brokerage
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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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