VIG vs VYM

Name: VIG vs VYM: holdings overlap, returns and correlation
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VIG and VYM overlap by 60.7% of their weight, in the 209 companies both hold, by the SEC Form N-PORT filings of both for the period ended 2026-07-31.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF against Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

Edited by VoidLab Data through 2026-10-28 Last revised 2026-10-15

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Overlap

60.7%

209 companies in both

about half the same weight

Correlation

0.94

weekly returns, 3 years

usually in step

Same cost

Both

0.04% a year each

Higher, 3 years

VYM

70.8% against 64.3%

Fell less

VYM

-12.1% against -12.7%

The short answer

Same issuer, different screens. VIG selects ten years of rising dividends and drops the highest yielders; VYM selects above-median yield. That leaves 209 companies in both, 64.7% of VIG and 63.6% of VYM, and Broadcom at the top of each.

The two funds

VIG

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

Last close, 2026-10-28: $245.96 +0.45%
Cost per year: 0.04%
Return, 1 year: 15.2%
Return, 3 years: 64.3%
Worst fall, 3 years: -12.7%
Volatility: 11.4%calmer
Positions: 333
Top 10 weight: 33.4%

VYM

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

Last close, 2026-10-28: $163.37 +0.31%
Cost per year: 0.04%
Return, 1 year: 19.1%higher
Return, 3 years: 70.8%higher
Worst fall, 3 years: -12.1%shallower
Volatility: 11.7%
Positions: 604
Top 10 weight: 26.1%

VIG and VYM, prices through 2026-10-28. How the badges are decided.

Holdings overlap

60.7%

209 companies sit in both funds. That is 64.7% of VIG's own weight and 63.6% of VYM's.

Side by side

Cost per yearlower is better

VIG0.04%

VYM0.04%

Return, 1 yearhigher is better

VIG15.2%

VYM19.1%

Return, 3 yearshigher is better

VIG64.3%

VYM70.8%

Worst fall, 3 yearsshallower is better

VIG-12.7%

VYM-12.1%

Volatilitycalmer is better

VIG11.4%

VYM11.7%

Top 10 weight

VIG33.4%

VYM26.1%

VIG against VYM, each pair of bars on a shared scale, prices through 2026-10-28.

VIG weight also held by VYM64.7%

VYM weight also held by VIG63.6%

VIG from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 31 Jul 2026, VYM from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 31 Jul 2026

Each bar is one whole fund, cut at the share it holds in common with the other. 60.7% of their weight is held in common, in the 209 companies both own.

What the numbers say

One screen for growth of the dividend, one for its size

VIG's index keeps companies that have raised their dividend for ten straight years and then removes the highest-yielding quarter of them. VYM's index takes every company whose forecast yield is above the market median, REITs excluded. The two rules agree on 209 companies, 60.7% of the pair's weight, and Broadcom, JPMorgan, Exxon, Johnson & Johnson and Cisco are the largest of them.

The names each rule excludes

VIG's rules leave out Chevron, Philip Morris and Verizon, each of them a large VYM position. VYM's yield floor leaves out Apple, Microsoft, Eli Lilly, Visa and Mastercard, which VIG holds. The unshared part is balanced in weight, 35.3% of VIG against 36.4% of VYM, but not in count: VYM has 395 companies VIG lacks, VIG 124 that VYM lacks.

What the yield screen bought

Over this stretch VYM, the fund built for the higher yield, has also returned more: 19.1% against 15.2% over one year, 70.8% against 64.3% over three, and 71.0% against 61.3% over five. Risk was close to identical, 11.7% volatility against 11.4% and worst falls of -12.1% against -12.7%.

Spread across more companies, or fewer

VYM spreads 604 positions with 26.1% in its top ten; VIG has 333 and 33.4%. Their weekly returns correlated at 0.94 over three years, so owning both changes the yield of the whole and the weight of Broadcom, which both hold near the top, more than it changes the direction of travel.

Where they hold the same companies

Measure	Value
Overlap by weight	60.7%
Share of VIG held in common with VYM	64.7%
Share of VYM held in common with VIG	63.6%
Companies in both	209
Positions in VIG / VYM	333 / 604

VIG holdings from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-28; VYM holdings from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-28.

Largest positions held by both

Rank	Company	In VIG	In VYM	Overlap
1	AVGO Broadcom	4.63%	7.35%	4.63%
2	JPM JPMorgan Chase	4.07%	3.82%	3.82%
3	XOM ExxonMobil	2.78%	2.63%	2.63%
4	JNJ Johnson & Johnson	2.67%	2.51%	2.51%
5	CSCO Cisco	1.98%	1.86%	1.86%
6	ABBV AbbVie	1.92%	1.8%	1.8%
7	BAC Bank of America	1.75%	1.66%	1.66%
8	UNH UnitedHealth Group	1.63%	1.52%	1.52%
9	CAT Caterpillar	1.62%	1.5%	1.5%
10	KO Coca-Cola	1.47%	1.38%	1.38%
11	PG Procter & Gamble	1.45%	1.37%	1.37%
12	HD Home Depot	1.43%	1.34%	1.34%
13	MRK Merck	1.39%	1.31%	1.31%
14	GS Goldman Sachs	1.24%	1.13%	1.13%
15	TXN Texas Instruments	1.08%	1.02%	1.02%

Held by only one of them

In VIG only	Weight	In VYM only	Weight
AAPL Apple	4.45%	CVX Chevron	1.48%
MSFT Microsoft	4.34%	PM Philip Morris International	1.21%
LLY Eli Lilly	3.93%	RTX RTX	1.18%
V Visa	2.45%	WFC Wells Fargo	1.07%
WMT Walmart	2.11%	C Citigroup	0.89%
MA Mastercard	2.0%	VZ Verizon	0.8%
COST Costco	1.83%	DIS Walt Disney	0.69%
LRCX Lam Research	1.58%	T AT&T	0.64%
KLAC KLA	1.03%	COP ConocoPhillips	0.6%
APH Amphenol	0.85%	PFE Pfizer	0.58%

Covariance and correlation

Covariance, annualised (%²)

	VIG	VYM
VIG	130	125.0
VYM	125.0	137

Percent squared per year, three years of weekly returns

Correlation, 3 years

	VIG	VYM
VIG	1.00	0.94usually in step
VYM	0.94usually in step	1.00

Weekly total returns, what the bands mean

Check it: 125.0 divided by (11.4 × 11.7) is 0.94, the correlation in the second matrix.

One year, side by side

VIG 116 VYM 119

2025-11-072026-10-30

Both rebased to 100 a year ago, weekly closes.

Cost, returns and risk

Measure	VIG	VYM
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.04%
Dividend yield	1.56%	2.37%
Total return, 1 year	15.2%	19.1%
Total return, 3 years cumulative	64.3%	70.8%
Total return, 5 years cumulative	61.3%	71.0%
Volatility, annualised on 3 years of weekly returns	11.4%	11.7%
Worst fall in 3 years, peak to trough, weekly closes	-12.7%	-12.1%
Beta against the S&P 500	0.73	0.66
Positions held	333	604
Weight in the ten largest positions	33.4%	26.1%
Weight in the single largest position	4.6%	7.4%
Assets (Vanguard: whole fund, all share classes)	$127.6B	$95.8B

Prices through 2026-10-28. The positions and the weights of the largest positions are from VIG's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31 and VYM's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31.

Year by year

Year	VIG	VYM
2026	13.3%	15.8%
2025	14.2%	15.4%
2024	17.0%	17.6%
2023	14.5%	6.6%
2022	-9.8%	-0.4%

Do they move together

Window	Correlation of weekly returns
1 year	0.92
3 years	0.94
5 years	0.93

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