ETF comparison
ACWV vs VYM
Low Volatility Factor vs Dividend.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
79 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and VYM would leave roughly 22.2% 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 16 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for ACWV.
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 ACWV vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
79 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.60% | 2.51% | 1.60% |
| 2 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.37% | 1.86% | 1.37% |
| 3 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 0.94% | 2.63% | 0.94% |
| 4 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 0.81% | 1.38% | 0.81% |
| 5 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. | 0.84% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 6 | MCDONALD'S CORPORATION | 0.81% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 7 | PEPSICO, INC. | 0.83% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 8 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.76% | 1.37% | 0.76% |
| 9 | AT&T INC. | 0.86% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 10 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 0.59% | 1.31% | 0.59% |
| 11 | GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. | 0.56% | 0.66% | 0.56% |
| 12 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 0.54% | 0.85% | 0.54% |
Only in ACWV
301 total- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 1.33%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1.30%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.20%
- CENCORA, INC. 1.16%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.05%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.04%
- MCKESSON CORPORATION 0.90%
- REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. 0.86%
- Novartis AG 0.85%
- ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.84%
Only in VYM
525 total- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.82%
- Bank of America Corp 1.66%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Home Depot Inc/The 1.34%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.13%
- Wells Fargo & Co 1.07%
- Morgan Stanley 0.96%
- Oracle Corp 0.90%
- Citigroup Inc 0.89%
- NextEra Energy Inc 0.74%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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