Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund VYM · AMEX
$161.52 -0.66% (-$1.08)
Summary
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Vanguard. Positions inside: 601. The ten largest make up 26% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.04%
- Fund size
- $95.8B
- Positions
- 601
- Dividend yield
- 2.28%
- Running since
- 2006
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.04% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 26% of the fund.
- A large fund with $95.8B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $198.8M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.5%.
- It has been running since 2006.
What to watch
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +2.4%
- 3 months
- -0.4%
- This year
- +13%
- 1 year
- +14%
- 3 years
- +61%
- 5 years
- +48%
- 10 years
- +127%
- Avg. market cap
- $502.6B
- P/E
- 21.6x
- Forward P/E
- 16.1x
- P/S
- 3.1x
- P/B
- 3.9x
- P/FCF
- 16.9x
- EV/EBITDA
- 16.1x
- Dividend yield
- 2.15%
- ROIC
- 13.7%
- ROE
- 27.8%
- Gross margin
- 54.6%
- Operating margin
- 25.9%
- Net margin
- 19.7%
- Payout ratio
- 46.2%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 2.2x
- Beta
- 0.75
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 59% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 AVBroadcom AVGO 6.9%
- 2 JPJPMorgan JPM 3.8%
- 3 XOExxon Mobil XOM 2.8%
- 4 JNJohnson & Johnson JNJ 2.7%
- 5 ABAbbVie ABBV 2.0%
- 6 CSCisco CSCO 1.8%
- 7 CVChevron CVX 1.6%
- 8 CACaterpillar CAT 1.6%
- 9 MRMerck & Co. MRK 1.5%
- 10 BABank of America BAC 1.5%
Positions in the fund: 601. The ten largest make up 26% of it.
Composition as of Oct 24, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Financials 21%
- Technology 18%
- Healthcare 14%
- Industrials 12%
- Energy 10%
- Other 26%
By country
- United States 100%
- Other countries 0.2%
By company size
- Mega cap 43%
- Large cap 52%
- Mid cap 4.7%
- Small cap 0.2%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Financials (21%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Large cap (52%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $4.00
- Over 20 years
- $201
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $4.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $201.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +8.5%
- Deepest drop
- -18%
- Yearly volatility
- 10%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.5%. Deepest drop in these years: 18% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.28%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.89
Over the last 12 months it paid $3.68 per share, which is 2.28% of today's price. The last payment was $0.89 on Sep 18, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $198.8M
- Shares a day
- 1.2M
On an average day about $198.8M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 21.6
- Average Bulios Score
- 68 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 22%
- Fairly valued 14%
- Overvalued 63%
On average the companies inside trade for 21.6 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 63% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 59% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VH VHYAX Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund Admiral Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.08% | $95.1B | +14% | Pays out | 100% |
VT VTV Vanguard Value Index Fund | United States | 0.03% | $251.7B | +20% | Pays out | 69% |
VV VVIAX Vanguard Value Index Fund Admiral Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.05% | $250.1B | +20% | Pays out | 69% |
SC SCHV Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF | United States | 0.04% | $15.6B | +17% | Pays out | 66% |
PF PFM Invesco Dividend Achievers ETF | United States | 0.52% | $800.6M | +12% | Pays out | 63% |
DG DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | United States | 0.08% | $44.4B | +16% | Pays out | 62% |
