ETF comparison
VTHR vs VYM
US Total Market vs Dividend.
Vanguard Russell 3000 Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
595 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VTHR and VYM would leave roughly 33.3% 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 2 bps cheaper than VTHR. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VTHR.
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 VTHR vs VYM.
Top shared holdings
595 shared in total| # | Holding | In VTHR | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broadcom Inc | 2.33% | 7.35% | 2.33% |
| 2 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1.29% | 3.82% | 1.29% |
| 3 | ExxonMobil Holdings Corp | 0.90% | 2.63% | 0.90% |
| 4 | Johnson & Johnson | 0.87% | 2.51% | 0.87% |
| 5 | AbbVie Inc | 0.61% | 1.80% | 0.61% |
| 6 | Cisco Systems Inc | 0.59% | 1.86% | 0.59% |
| 7 | Bank of America Corp | 0.55% | 1.66% | 0.55% |
| 8 | Chevron Corp | 0.52% | 1.48% | 0.52% |
| 9 | Merck & Co Inc | 0.49% | 1.31% | 0.49% |
| 10 | Caterpillar Inc | 0.49% | 1.50% | 0.49% |
| 11 | UnitedHealth Group Inc | 0.47% | 1.52% | 0.47% |
| 12 | Coca-Cola Co/The | 0.47% | 1.38% | 0.47% |
Only in VTHR
2,377 total- NVIDIA Corp 6.96%
- Apple Inc 6.19%
- Microsoft Corp 5.09%
- Amazon.com Inc 3.40%
- Alphabet Inc 2.67%
- Alphabet Inc 2.16%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.70%
- Micron Technology Inc 1.46%
- Tesla Inc 1.45%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.27%
Only in VYM
9 total- TE Connectivity PLC 0.24%
- NXP Semiconductors NV 0.24%
- Credicorp Ltd 0.11%
- Webster Financial Corp 0.05%
- Autoliv Inc 0.04%
- Star Bulk Carriers Corp 0.01%
- Intercorp Financial Services Inc 0.01%
- Nomad Foods Ltd 0.01%
- Leggett & Platt Inc 0.01%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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