ETF comparison
USMV vs VYM
Low Volatility Factor vs Dividend.
iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
73 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USMV and VYM would leave roughly 29.5% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VYM is 11 bps cheaper than USMV. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/yr more in fees for USMV.
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 USMV vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
73 shared in total| # | Holding | In USMV | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.54% | 2.51% | 1.54% |
| 2 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.46% | 1.86% | 1.46% |
| 3 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 1.39% | 2.63% | 1.39% |
| 4 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 1.35% | 1.31% | 1.31% |
| 5 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 1.28% | 1.38% | 1.28% |
| 6 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 1.04% | 1.37% | 1.04% |
| 7 | BROADCOM INC. | 1.02% | 7.35% | 1.02% |
| 8 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 1.03% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 9 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. | 1.40% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 10 | MCDONALD'S CORPORATION | 1.10% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 11 | Pepsico, Inc. | 0.86% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 12 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 0.75% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
Only in USMV
92 total- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1.62%
- AMPHENOL CORPORATION 1.58%
- WELLTOWER INC. 1.57%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.47%
- VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED 1.46%
- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 1.39%
- NVIDIA CORPORATION 1.32%
- MCKESSON CORPORATION 1.32%
- MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 1.26%
- WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. 1.25%
Only in VYM
531 total- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.82%
- Bank of America Corp 1.66%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.13%
- Wells Fargo & Co 1.07%
- Morgan Stanley 0.96%
- Citigroup Inc 0.89%
- Union Pacific Corp 0.70%
- Walt Disney Co/The 0.69%
- BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.68%
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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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