ETF comparison
VLUE vs VYM
Value Factor vs Dividend.
iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
94 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VLUE and VYM would leave roughly 23.8% 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 VLUE. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/yr more in fees for VLUE.
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 VLUE vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
94 shared in total| # | Holding | In VLUE | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 4.65% | 1.86% | 1.86% |
| 2 | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 2.21% | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 3 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 1.25% | 1.07% | 1.07% |
| 4 | CITIGROUP INC. | 1.62% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 5 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. | 2.97% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 6 | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY | 1.53% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 7 | AT&T INC. | 2.55% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 8 | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 1.42% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 9 | PFIZER INC. | 1.60% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 10 | CVS HEALTH CORPORATION | 1.54% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 11 | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | 1.24% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 12 | CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.87% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
Only in VLUE
57 total- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 18.98%
- GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 3.99%
- SALESFORCE, INC. 0.99%
- D.R. HORTON, INC. 0.89%
- UNITED RENTALS, INC. 0.82%
- CSX Corporation 0.77%
- PULTEGROUP, INC. 0.67%
- EXPEDIA GROUP, INC. 0.67%
- ADOBE INC. 0.65%
- PG&E CORPORATION 0.55%
Only in VYM
510 total- Broadcom Inc 7.35%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.82%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.63%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.51%
- AbbVie Inc 1.80%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.52%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Chevron Corp 1.48%
- Coca-Cola Co/The 1.38%
- Procter & Gamble Co/The 1.37%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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