ETF comparison
IQLT vs VYM
Quality Factor vs Dividend.
iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IQLT and VYM would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VYM is 26 bps cheaper than IQLT. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for IQLT.
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 IQLT vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in IQLT
301 total- ASML Holding N.V. 5.42%
- Allianz SE 2.68%
- Roche Holding AG 2.20%
- ABB Ltd 1.95%
- Zurich Insurance Group AG 1.83%
- Nestle S.A. 1.81%
- Novartis AG 1.78%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.68%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.65%
- SHELL PLC 1.59%
Only in VYM
604 total- Broadcom Inc 7.35%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.82%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.63%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.51%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.86%
- AbbVie Inc 1.80%
- Bank of America Corp 1.66%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.52%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Chevron Corp 1.48%
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More comparisons with VYM
- VYM vs SCHY · Schwab International Dividend Equity ETF 0.0%
- VYM vs VIGI · Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VYM vs VYMI · Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VYM vs VTV · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF 66.0%
- VYM vs DGRO · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF 62.8%
- VYM vs DTD · WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund 61.1%
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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