ETF comparison
VUG vs VYM
US Large Cap Growth vs Dividend.
Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
17 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VUG and VYM would leave roughly 7.5% 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
VUG 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 VUG vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
17 shared in total| # | Holding | In VUG | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broadcom Inc | 4.28% | 7.35% | 4.28% |
| 2 | Oracle Corp | 0.71% | 0.90% | 0.71% |
| 3 | McDonald's Corp | 0.54% | 0.78% | 0.54% |
| 4 | Texas Instruments Inc | 0.39% | 1.02% | 0.39% |
| 5 | Starbucks Corp | 0.34% | 0.49% | 0.34% |
| 6 | Targa Resources Corp | 0.18% | 0.23% | 0.18% |
| 7 | Fastenal Co | 0.17% | 0.22% | 0.17% |
| 8 | Yum! Brands Inc | 0.14% | 0.17% | 0.14% |
| 9 | Blackstone Inc | 0.14% | 0.39% | 0.14% |
| 10 | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd | 0.12% | 0.32% | 0.12% |
| 11 | MSCI Inc | 0.12% | 0.16% | 0.12% |
| 12 | Apollo Global Management Inc | 0.08% | 0.21% | 0.08% |
Only in VUG
129 total- NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
- Apple Inc 11.67%
- Microsoft Corp 7.61%
- Alphabet Inc 5.76%
- Alphabet Inc 4.53%
- Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
- Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
- Tesla Inc 3.27%
- Eli Lilly & Co 2.81%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.62%
Only in VYM
587 total- 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%
- Coca-Cola Co/The 1.38%
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- VYM vs VFLO · Victoryshares Free Cash Flow ETF 6.6%
- VYM vs SCHM · Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF 6.6%
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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.