ETF comparison

VIGIvsVYMI

Both Dividend.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
14.9%

62 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VIGI and VYMI would leave roughly14.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VIGI only 84.0%Shared 14.9%VYMI only 83.8%
In VIGI only
284 positions
Shared
62 positions
In VYMI only
1,518 positions

Side by side

VIGI

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Dividend

87composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$9.53B
TTM yield
2.07%
Top-10 conc.
33.5%
VYMI

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Dividend

91composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$22.74B
TTM yield
3.44%
Top-10 conc.
13.4%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
93
76
Tax efficiency
74
99
Liquidity
100
66
Concentration
95
Tracking quality
VIGIsub-scoreVYMI

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.070% vs 0.070%).

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with VIGI vs VYMI.

Top shared holdings

62 shared in total
#HoldingIn VIGIIn VYMIOverlap
1Roche Holding AG3.34%1.56%1.56%
2Novartis AG3.55%1.54%1.54%
3Nestle SA3.86%1.42%1.42%
4Royal Bank of Canada4.27%1.36%1.36%
5Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc3.84%1.07%1.07%
6Toronto-Dominion Bank/The3.25%0.98%0.98%
7Iberdrola SA2.62%0.83%0.83%
8Novo Nordisk A/S2.44%0.74%0.74%
9Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc2.45%0.70%0.70%
10Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce1.87%0.57%0.57%
11Tokio Marine Holdings Inc1.58%0.45%0.45%
12National Bank of Canada1.06%0.32%0.32%

Only in VIGI

284 total
  • Schneider Electric SE3.10%
  • SAP SE3.08%
  • Hitachi Ltd2.62%
  • Mitsubishi Corp2.32%
  • Sony Group Corp2.20%
  • AIA Group Ltd2.06%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd1.85%
  • Brookfield Corp1.78%
  • BAE Systems PLC1.50%
  • RELX PLC1.18%

Only in VYMI

1,518 total
  • HSBC Holdings PLC1.71%
  • Shell PLC1.41%
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia1.14%
  • Toyota Motor Corp1.10%
  • BHP Group Ltd1.05%
  • Banco Santander SA0.97%
  • Allianz SE0.94%
  • TotalEnergies SE0.92%
  • UBS Group AG0.76%
  • BP PLC0.68%

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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.