ETF comparison
PRF vs VYM
US Value vs Dividend.
Invesco RAFI US 1000 ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
474 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PRF and VYM would leave roughly 51.7% 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
VYM is 30 bps cheaper than PRF. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for PRF.
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 PRF vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
474 shared in total| # | Holding | In PRF | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. | 1.86% | 2.63% | 1.86% |
| 2 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.71% | 3.82% | 1.71% |
| 3 | UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 1.33% | 1.52% | 1.33% |
| 4 | Chevron Corp. | 1.30% | 1.48% | 1.30% |
| 5 | Bank of America Corp. | 1.27% | 1.66% | 1.27% |
| 6 | Johnson & Johnson | 1.13% | 2.51% | 1.13% |
| 7 | Citigroup Inc. | 0.90% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 8 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 0.85% | 1.86% | 0.85% |
| 9 | Wells Fargo & Co. | 0.84% | 1.07% | 0.84% |
| 10 | Merck & Co., Inc. | 0.78% | 1.31% | 0.78% |
| 11 | Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.76% | 0.80% | 0.76% |
| 12 | Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 0.68% | 1.37% | 0.68% |
Only in PRF
526 total- Apple Inc. 4.34%
- Alphabet Inc. 3.66%
- Microsoft Corp. 2.63%
- Amazon.com, Inc. 2.34%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 1.82%
- Intel Corp. 1.78%
- Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.38%
- Micron Technology, Inc. 0.88%
- Walmart Inc. 0.75%
- NVIDIA Corp. 0.60%
Only in VYM
130 total- NXP Semiconductors NV 0.24%
- Garmin Ltd 0.20%
- Credicorp Ltd 0.11%
- UMB Financial Corp 0.04%
- Autoliv Inc 0.04%
- Millicom International Cellular SA 0.04%
- Viper Energy Inc 0.03%
- Fox Corp 0.03%
- Blue Owl Capital Inc 0.03%
- XP Inc 0.03%
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- PRF vs MGV · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value ETF 41.8%
- PRF vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 40.6%
- PRF vs JAVA · JPMorgan Active Value ETF 40.4%
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- VYM vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 51.1%
- VYM vs DFLV · Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF 49.2%
- VYM vs FNDX · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF 47.3%
- VYM vs DFAC · U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 37.6%
- VYM vs RSP · Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF 37.2%
- VYM vs DFAU · Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF 36.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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