---
ticker: "VYM"
name: "Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/VYM"
grade: "A"
score: 81
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Multifactor"
category_rank: "2 of 99"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# VYM: Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

Grade **A**, Score 81 of 100. Rank 2 of 99 in US Multifactor.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 99 | 1 of 99 |
| Mission | 81 | 43 of 86 |
| Risk | 84 | 6 of 97 |
| Tradability | 61 | 28 of 99 |
| Holdings | 53 | 54 of 98 |
| Durability | 95 | 1 of 99 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 609 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 6.94% |
| 2 | JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 3.83% |
| 3 | XOM | ExxonMobil Holdings Corp | 2.70% |
| 4 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | 2.58% |
| 5 | ABBV | AbbVie Inc | 1.83% |
| 6 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | 1.76% |
| 7 | BAC | Bank of America Corp | 1.65% |
| 8 | CVX | Chevron Corp | 1.54% |
| 9 | MRK | Merck & Co Inc | 1.47% |
| 10 | CAT | Caterpillar Inc | 1.46% |
| 11 | UNH | UnitedHealth Group Inc | 1.42% |
| 12 | KO | Coca-Cola Co/The | 1.39% |
| 13 | PG | Procter & Gamble Co/The | 1.36% |
| 14 | HD | Home Depot Inc/The | 1.32% |
| 15 | PM | Philip Morris International Inc | 1.18% |
| 16 | RTX | RTX Corp | 1.13% |
| 17 | GS | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The | 1.12% |
| 18 | WFC | Wells Fargo & Co | 1.07% |
| 19 | ORCL | Oracle Corp | 1.03% |
| 20 | MS | Morgan Stanley | 0.96% |
| 21 | TXN | Texas Instruments Inc | 0.96% |
| 22 | LIN | Linde PLC | 0.91% |
| 23 | C | Citigroup Inc | 0.90% |
| 24 | IBM | International Business Machines Corp | 0.89% |
| 25 | AMGN | Amgen Inc | 0.86% |
| 26 | VZ | Verizon Communications Inc | 0.84% |
| 27 | PEP | PepsiCo Inc | 0.77% |
| 28 | ABT | Abbott Laboratories | 0.77% |
| 29 | DIS | Walt Disney Co/The | 0.77% |
| 30 | MCD | McDonald's Corp | 0.75% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/VYM. Please cite the page URL.