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 26.7% 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
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 | 2.81% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 2 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 2.90% | 1.53% | 1.53% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 3.06% | 1.52% | 1.52% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 3.08% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
| 5 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 2.06% | 1.27% | 1.27% |
| 6 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 2.18% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 7 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 2.33% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 8 | UBS Group AG | 1.46% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 9 | Iberdrola, S.A. | 2.18% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 10 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 1.30% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 11 | NOVO NORDISK A/S | 2.81% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 12 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 2.98% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
Only in IGRO
379 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 3.18%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.18%
- L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE SA 1.09%
- AIA Group Limited 1.08%
- SAP SE 1.07%
- COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.97%
- L'OREAL SA 0.86%
- Mitsubishi Corporation 0.76%
- RELX PLC 0.62%
- ITOCHU Corporation 0.61%
Only in VYMI
1,393 total- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.91%
- Shell PLC 1.34%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.12%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.09%
- Banco Santander SA 1.08%
- Allianz SE 1.00%
- TotalEnergies SE 0.89%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.82%
- MediaTek Inc 0.81%
- UniCredit SpA 0.75%
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- IGRO vs FVD · First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund 2.8%
- IGRO vs CGDV · Capital Group Dividend Value ETF 2.7%
- IGRO vs DEM · WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund 2.1%
- IGRO vs DGS · WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund 0.4%
More comparisons with VYMI
- VYMI vs SCHY · Schwab International Dividend Equity ETF 16.1%
- VYMI vs VIGI · Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 15.4%
- VYMI vs IDV · iShares International Select Dividend ETF 9.8%
- VYMI vs DEM · WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund 8.9%
- VYMI vs FVD · First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund 4.2%
- VYMI vs DVYE · iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF 3.4%
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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