ETF comparison
GSLC vs VYM
Multi-Factor vs Dividend.
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
207 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GSLC and VYM would leave roughly 30.6% 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 5 bps cheaper than GSLC. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for GSLC.
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 GSLC vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
207 shared in total| # | Holding | In GSLC | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROADCOM INC | 2.32% | 7.35% | 2.32% |
| 2 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 1.26% | 3.82% | 1.26% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.85% | 2.51% | 0.85% |
| 4 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP | 0.65% | 2.63% | 0.65% |
| 5 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 0.53% | 1.86% | 0.53% |
| 6 | ABBVIE INC | 0.44% | 1.80% | 0.44% |
| 7 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.43% | 1.66% | 0.43% |
| 8 | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (THE) | 0.41% | 0.44% | 0.41% |
| 9 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 0.40% | 1.31% | 0.40% |
| 10 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 0.36% | 1.34% | 0.36% |
| 11 | CITIGROUP INC | 0.35% | 0.89% | 0.35% |
| 12 | QUALCOMM INC | 0.34% | 0.63% | 0.34% |
Only in GSLC
220 total- NVIDIA CORP 8.02%
- APPLE INC 6.96%
- MICROSOFT CORP 5.32%
- AMAZON.COM INC 3.52%
- ALPHABET INC 2.87%
- META PLATFORMS INC 1.86%
- ALPHABET INC 1.79%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.24%
- ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.22%
- TESLA INC 1.03%
Only in VYM
397 total- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.13%
- Eaton Corp PLC 0.65%
- Starbucks Corp 0.49%
- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 0.32%
- Air Products and Chemicals Inc 0.26%
- Apollo Global Management Inc 0.21%
- Keurig Dr Pepper Inc 0.16%
- MSCI Inc 0.16%
- Paychex Inc 0.15%
- Kenvue Inc 0.15%
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- GSLC vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 26.7%
- GSLC vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 7.4%
- GSLC vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 6.7%
- GSLC vs SMLF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF 3.9%
- GSLC vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 2.0%
- GSLC vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with VYM
- VYM vs FDVV · Fidelity High Dividend ETF 30.4%
- VYM vs MTUM · iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF 29.9%
- VYM vs JQUA · JPMorgan U.S. Quality Factor ETF 29.9%
- VYM vs USMV · iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF 29.5%
- VYM vs ESGV · Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF 28.3%
- VYM vs AVLV · Avantis US Large Cap Value ETF 28.1%
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/.
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