ETF comparison
IWY vs VYM
US Large Cap Growth vs Dividend.
iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
28 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWY and VYM would leave roughly 12.5% 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 16 bps cheaper than IWY. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for IWY.
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 IWY vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
28 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWY | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROADCOM INC | 5.64% | 7.35% | 5.64% |
| 2 | CATERPILLAR INC | 1.67% | 1.50% | 1.50% |
| 3 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC | 0.93% | 1.02% | 0.93% |
| 4 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 0.90% | 1.34% | 0.90% |
| 5 | ORACLE CORP | 0.86% | 0.90% | 0.86% |
| 6 | AMGEN INC | 0.48% | 0.78% | 0.48% |
| 7 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | 0.36% | 0.48% | 0.36% |
| 8 | BLACKSTONE INC | 0.24% | 0.39% | 0.24% |
| 9 | STARBUCKS CORP | 0.22% | 0.49% | 0.22% |
| 10 | CUMMINS INC | 0.15% | 0.36% | 0.15% |
| 11 | CITIGROUP INC | 0.13% | 0.89% | 0.13% |
| 12 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 0.12% | 1.38% | 0.12% |
Only in IWY
73 total- NVIDIA CORP 14.16%
- APPLE INC 7.14%
- ALPHABET INC 6.37%
- ALPHABET INC 5.14%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.87%
- TESLA INC 4.59%
- MICROSOFT CORP 4.56%
- META PLATFORMS INC 3.68%
- ELI LILLY & COMPANY 3.35%
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.25%
Only in VYM
576 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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