BLGR vs VYM

BLGRCBluemonte Large Cap Growth ETF

VYMAVanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

In short

BLGR Most multifactor ETFs lean value or dividends. BLGR goes the other way: at least 80% in large US growth companies, picked by a proprietary growth, momentum and value model, at 0.23% net of a waiver through August 31, 2027.

VYM The no-frills dividend workhorse. VYM buys the higher-yielding end of the US market, roughly 600 names, for four basis points: no quality screen, no dividend-growth-streak test, just yield, at scale since 2006.

Stated mandate

BLGR The fund seeks capital growth and is designed to invest at least 80% of its assets in large, domestic growth companies.

VYM The Fund seeks to track a benchmark index measuring the investment return of common stocks from companies characterized by high dividend yields.

Why people hold it

• BLGR 0.23% a year, net of a waiver through August 31, 2027 (0.28% before the waiver), which lands below the typical fee in its multifactor category.
• The mandate is written down, not implied: at least 80% of assets in large domestic growth companies, measured against the Russell 1000 Growth Index.
• One ticker, three factors. Growth, momentum and value are blended inside a single model rather than stacked from separate single-factor funds.
• Plain-vanilla plumbing: a 1940 Act equity ETF that distributes quarterly, no K-1 at tax time.

• VYM Four basis points a year, against a peer-group median near 0.32%. Cheaper than cohort neighbors VONV (0.06%) and FNDX (0.25%).
• Running since 2006 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so ordinary orders tend to fill at tight spreads.
• Simple mandate: track the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index of US common stocks screened on yield. No manager discretion, no options overlay, plain 1940-Act fund.vanguard.com
• Pays quarterly, and among 100-plus value and multifactor rivals it stands as one of the strongest overall packages in the group.

Worth knowing

• BLGR Thinly traded for its category, so the bid-ask spread can matter more than the expense ratio on the way in and out.
• Launched in 2025, so the track record is short, and the stock selection runs on a proprietary model rather than a published rulebook you can read line by line.
• Cheaper neighbors exist: VONV at 0.06% and ILCV at 0.04%. Both screen for value, though, so they are a different bet, not the same fund for less.

• VYM The screen is yield, not payout growth or dividend quality, so a company can qualify simply because its share price fell.
• This is a value slice by design, tilted to established payers, so it behaves differently from a total US market fund.
• Roughly 600 holdings, but weight leans toward the largest payers, so the top of the roster does more of the work than the count suggests.

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