ETF comparison
SPLV vs VYM
Low Volatility Factor vs Dividend.
Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
65 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPLV and VYM would leave roughly 21.3% 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 21 bps cheaper than SPLV. On a $100,000 position that's about $210/yr more in fees for SPLV.
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 SPLV vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
65 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPLV | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson & Johnson | 1.12% | 2.51% | 1.12% |
| 2 | Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 1.11% | 1.38% | 1.11% |
| 3 | Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 1.05% | 1.37% | 1.05% |
| 4 | Chevron Corp. | 0.93% | 1.48% | 0.93% |
| 5 | Linde PLC | 1.10% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 6 | Bank of America Corp. | 0.89% | 1.66% | 0.89% |
| 7 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.88% | 3.82% | 0.88% |
| 8 | McDonald's Corp. | 1.07% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 9 | PepsiCo, Inc. | 0.95% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 10 | NextEra Energy, Inc. | 0.89% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 11 | Union Pacific Corp. | 0.94% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 12 | Chubb Ltd. | 1.04% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
Only in SPLV
36 total- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 1.36%
- Regency Centers Corp. 1.25%
- Realty Income Corp. 1.20%
- Loews Corp. 1.19%
- Federal Realty Investment Trust 1.16%
- Republic Services, Inc. 1.11%
- VICI Properties Inc. 1.10%
- Kimco Realty Corp. 1.07%
- Essex Property Trust, Inc. 1.02%
- Vivmark Residential 1.02%
Only in VYM
539 total- Broadcom Inc 7.35%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.63%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.86%
- AbbVie Inc 1.80%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.52%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Home Depot Inc/The 1.34%
- Merck & Co Inc 1.31%
- Philip Morris International Inc 1.21%
- RTX Corp 1.18%
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- VYM vs IWS · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF 21.3%
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- VYM vs RPV · Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF 18.3%
- VYM vs SPYG · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF 17.1%
- VYM vs IVW · iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 17.1%
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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