ETF comparison
VBK vs VYM
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
54 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VBK and VYM would leave roughly 1.5% 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 1 bps cheaper than VBK. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VBK.
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 VBK vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
54 shared in total| # | Holding | In VBK | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EQT Corp | 0.23% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 2 | Hubbell Inc | 0.19% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 3 | Prc Newco Inc | 0.21% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 4 | Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc | 0.20% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | Ralph Lauren Corp | 0.20% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | Albemarle Corp | 0.22% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | Texas Roadhouse Inc | 0.36% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 8 | Evercore Inc | 0.18% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 9 | Jack Henry & Associates Inc | 0.28% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | Watsco Inc | 0.41% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | Domino's Pizza Inc | 0.28% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | Flowserve Corp | 0.13% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in VBK
489 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.27%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 1.06%
- Astera Labs Inc 1.05%
- Natera Inc 1.04%
- Twilio Inc 0.88%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.83%
- Carpenter Technology Corp 0.82%
- Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.79%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.78%
- nVent Electric PLC 0.77%
Only in VYM
550 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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.