ETF comparison
IGRO vs VYMI
Both Dividend.
iShares International Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
171 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IGRO and VYMI would leave roughly 26.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VYMI is 8 bps cheaper than IGRO. On a $100,000 position that's about $80/yr more in fees for IGRO.
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 IGRO vs VYMI.
Top shared holdings
171 shared in total| # | Holding | In IGRO | In VYMI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 2.66% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 2 | Novartis AG | 2.83% | 1.54% | 1.54% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 2.84% | 1.42% | 1.42% |
| 4 | BANQUE ROYALE DU CANADA | 2.76% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 5 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 2.42% | 1.10% | 1.10% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 1.93% | 1.07% | 1.07% |
| 7 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 2.24% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 8 | Iberdrola, S.A. | 2.17% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 9 | UBS Group AG | 1.32% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 10 | NOVO NORDISK A/S | 2.38% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 11 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 1.22% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 12 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 2.98% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
Only in IGRO
397 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 3.05%
- AIA Group Limited 1.12%
- SAP SE 1.07%
- L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE SA 1.07%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.05%
- Mitsubishi Corporation 0.98%
- COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.91%
- L'OREAL SA 0.85%
- MITSUI & CO., LTD. 0.66%
- RELX PLC 0.64%
Only in VYMI
1,409 total- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.71%
- Shell PLC 1.41%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.14%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.05%
- Banco Santander SA 0.97%
- Allianz SE 0.94%
- TotalEnergies SE 0.92%
- BP PLC 0.68%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.68%
- Unilever PLC 0.67%
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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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