ETF comparison
IDV vs VYMI
Both Dividend.
iShares International Select Dividend ETF · Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
69 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IDV and VYMI would leave roughly 9.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VYMI is 43 bps cheaper than IDV. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/yr more in fees for IDV.
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 IDV vs VYMI.
Top shared holdings
69 shared in total| # | Holding | In IDV | In VYMI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 4.88% | 0.92% | 0.92% |
| 2 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 3.63% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 3 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 1.84% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 4 | RIO TINTO PLC | 2.79% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 5 | THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | 1.44% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 6 | ENEL - SPA | 3.10% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 7 | ING Groep N.V. | 1.65% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 8 | NATWEST GROUP PLC | 1.46% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 9 | Nordea Bank Abp | 1.61% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 10 | ENI S.P.A. | 2.92% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 11 | Swiss Re AG | 1.07% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 12 | CaixaBank, S.A. | 1.06% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
Only in IDV
30 total- TELEPERFORMANCE SE 0.95%
- Signify N.V. 0.89%
- ARKEMA SA 0.87%
- ITV PLC 0.81%
- Enagas S.A. 0.80%
- freenet AG 0.77%
- Porsche Automobil Holding SE 0.77%
- RUBIS SCA 0.65%
- Logista Integral, S.A. 0.63%
- PAREX RESOURCES INCORPORATED 0.62%
Only in VYMI
1,511 total- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.71%
- Roche Holding AG 1.56%
- Novartis AG 1.54%
- Nestle SA 1.42%
- Shell PLC 1.41%
- Royal Bank of Canada 1.36%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.14%
- Toyota Motor Corp 1.10%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.07%
- BHP Group Ltd 1.05%
Open IDV or VYMI 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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