ETF comparison
SMLF vs VYM
Multi-Factor vs Dividend.
iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
214 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SMLF and VYM would leave roughly 5.3% 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 11 bps cheaper than SMLF. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/yr more in fees for SMLF.
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 SMLF vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
214 shared in total| # | Holding | In SMLF | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapestry, Inc. | 0.66% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 2 | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 0.61% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 3 | Expand Energy Corp. | 0.31% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 4 | Reliance, Inc. | 0.56% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 5 | DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 0.33% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 6 | East West Bancorp, Inc. | 0.43% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 7 | Ovintiv, Inc. | 0.30% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 8 | Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | Fedex Freight Holding Co., Inc. | 0.21% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | HF Sinclair Corp. | 0.08% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 11 | Ralph Lauren Corp. | 0.33% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 12 | DT Midstream, Inc. | 0.24% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in SMLF
678 total- EMCOR Group, Inc. 0.95%
- Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. 0.83%
- nVent Electric plc 0.80%
- Flex Ltd. 0.78%
- Jabil, Inc. 0.75%
- Astera Labs, Inc. 0.70%
- Natera, Inc. 0.62%
- Mueller Industries, Inc. 0.59%
- Tenet Healthcare Corp. 0.52%
- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. 0.51%
Only in VYM
390 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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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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