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
92 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.
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
92 shared in total| # | Holding | In VLUE | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 4.96% | 1.52% | 1.52% |
| 2 | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 1.88% | 1.44% | 1.44% |
| 3 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 1.57% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 4 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 1.11% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 5 | CITIGROUP INC. | 1.94% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 6 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. | 2.66% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 7 | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 1.80% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 8 | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY | 1.09% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 9 | AT&T INC. | 2.53% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| 10 | PFIZER INC. | 1.49% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 11 | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | 1.08% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 12 | NEWMONT CORPORATION | 0.64% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
Only in VLUE
56 total- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11.60%
- INTEL CORPORATION 9.26%
- APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3.66%
- GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 3.15%
- WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 1.88%
- D.R. HORTON, INC. 0.87%
- ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0.78%
- UNITED RENTALS, INC. 0.69%
- CSX Corporation 0.64%
- SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC. 0.62%
Only in VYM
516 total- Broadcom Inc 8.03%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.34%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 2.72%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.30%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.72%
- AbbVie Inc 1.56%
- Chevron Corp 1.51%
- Procter & Gamble Co/The 1.44%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.40%
- Home Depot Inc/The 1.36%
Open VLUE or VYM at a brokerage
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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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