ETF comparison
VB vs VYM
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
376 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VB and VYM would leave roughly 10.6% 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
VB is 1 bps cheaper than VYM. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VYM.
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 VB vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
376 shared in total| # | Holding | In VB | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EQT Corp | 0.20% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 2 | Tapestry Inc | 0.36% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 3 | Atmos Energy Corp | 0.35% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 4 | NRG Energy Inc | 0.37% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 5 | Williams-Sonoma Inc | 0.33% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 6 | Hubbell Inc | 0.17% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 7 | Smurfit Westrock PLC | 0.29% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 8 | Omnicom Group Inc | 0.25% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 9 | Dow Inc | 0.12% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 10 | International Paper Co | 0.12% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 11 | Expand Energy Corp | 0.27% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 12 | NiSource Inc | 0.14% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Only in VB
933 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- Jabil Inc 0.49%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
- Flex Ltd 0.36%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.36%
Only in VYM
228 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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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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