ETF comparison
IWF vs VYM
US Large Cap Growth vs Dividend.
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
79 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWF and VYM would leave roughly 13.1% 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
VYM is 14 bps cheaper than IWF. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for IWF.
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 IWF vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
79 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWF | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROADCOM INC. | 5.21% | 7.35% | 5.21% |
| 2 | CATERPILLAR INC. | 1.43% | 1.50% | 1.43% |
| 3 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 0.80% | 1.02% | 0.80% |
| 4 | THE HOME DEPOT, INC. | 0.77% | 1.34% | 0.77% |
| 5 | ORACLE CORPORATION | 0.74% | 0.90% | 0.74% |
| 6 | AMGEN INC. | 0.41% | 0.78% | 0.41% |
| 7 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 0.31% | 0.48% | 0.31% |
| 8 | BLACKSTONE INC. | 0.21% | 0.39% | 0.21% |
| 9 | STARBUCKS CORPORATION | 0.19% | 0.49% | 0.19% |
| 10 | TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | 0.17% | 0.23% | 0.17% |
| 11 | MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED | 0.14% | 0.16% | 0.14% |
| 12 | ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. | 0.14% | 0.22% | 0.14% |
Only in IWF
289 total- NVIDIA CORPORATION 13.83%
- APPLE INC. 6.72%
- ALPHABET INC. 6.17%
- ALPHABET INC. 4.98%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.11%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3.86%
- TESLA, INC. 3.64%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.00%
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 2.84%
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2.80%
Only in VYM
525 total- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.82%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.63%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.51%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.86%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.52%
- Chevron Corp 1.48%
- Procter & Gamble Co/The 1.37%
- Merck & Co Inc 1.31%
- Philip Morris International Inc 1.21%
- RTX Corp 1.18%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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