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VYMVanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my moneyGet income19y track recordRanked #14 of 1,650 in this goal

Tracks the performance of the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index.

By Vanguard · Launched 2006

Annual Cost

0.04%

#91 of 5,853 · low cost

Fund Size

$96.2B

#32 of 5,853 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+22.3%

Track Record

19 years

#373 of 5,853 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,201+22.0%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

North america

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Dividend

Index tracked

FTSE High Dividend Yield Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 25.6% of fund✓ well diversified

Broadcom Inc
8.0%
JPMorgan Chase & Co
3.3%
Exxon Mobil Corp
2.7%
Johnson & Johnson
2.3%
Caterpillar Inc
1.7%
AbbVie Inc
1.6%
Cisco Systems Inc
1.5%
Chevron Corp
1.5%
Bank of America Corp
1.4%
Procter & Gamble Co/The
1.4%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.0%
Cash
0.5%
Other
0.5%

By sector

Financial Services
20.9%
Technology
17.8%
Healthcare
13.2%
Industrials
12.6%
Energy
8.6%
Consumer Defensive
8.1%
Consumer Cyclical
6.8%
Utilities
5.7%
Other
6.3%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
10.3%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-35.2%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.02Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.49Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the performance of the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index.
Strategy
Employs an indexing investment approach to replicate the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index by investing primarily in common stocks of companies that pay higher-than-average dividends. Invests at least 80% of net assets in the Target Index stocks, holding each in proportion to its index weighting.
Inception date
November 10, 2006
Fund family
Vanguard

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Data updated on 2026-08-02