DTD vs VIG: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund

DTDANYSE Arca

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

VIGANYSE Arca

Overlap

52.1%by weight

Expense ratio

VIG −0.24pt a year

DTD0.28%VIG0.04%

Avg volume · 30D

VIG 38.3×the volume

DTD26.7KVIG1.02M

10Y return · a year

VIG +1.3pt

DTD+12.5%VIG+13.8%

DTD vs VIG Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+74.8%DTD+65.3%VIG

Expense ratio: DTD 0.28%; VIG 0.04%, better
Fund size: DTD $1.67B; VIG $128B
1Y total return: DTD +18.1%, better; VIG +16.0%
Yield (12M): DTD 1.81%, better; VIG 1.47%
Holdings: DTD 813; VIG 335
Avg volume (30D): DTD 26.7K sh; VIG 1.02M sh, better
NAV per share: DTD $96.88; VIG $247.72
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DTD, VIG, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DTD	VIG
Cost30% weight	A71	A100Higher
Mission25% weight	A88Higher	A84
Risk15% weight	A74Higher	B62
Tradability15% weight	C43	B59Higher
Holdings10% weight	A71Higher	C52
Durability5% weight	B69	A92Higher

Rank among US Dividend Index funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. DTD and VIG are both graded against the same 52 US Dividend Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Dividend Index⁠

Category · 52 funds

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VIG ranks 5th and DTD 8th of 52 funds in the US Dividend Index Category.

Rank 4ASPYDState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETFScore 79
Rank 5AVIGVanguard Dividend Appreciation ETFScore 78
Rank 6ADLNWisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend FundScore 74
Rank 8ADJDInvesco Dow Jones Industrial Average Dividend ETFScore 71
Rank 8ADTDWisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend FundScore 71
Rank 8AFDVVFidelity High Dividend ETF Score 71

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DTDAWisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund

VIGAVanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

In short

DTD A 2006 original that skips the usual filters: no high-yield hunt, no dividend-growth streak test. DTD holds roughly 800 US dividend payers, from mega caps down to small, and reshuffles once a year.

VIG VIG buys dividend growth, not fat yields: about 300 US companies with a record of raising their payouts, tracked for 0.04% a year. Running since 2006 and now north of $100 billion, it is the plain-vanilla anchor of the dividend-screen aisle.

Stated mandate

DTD The Fund uses a passive indexing approach intended to track the price and yield performance of the WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Index before fees and expenses.

VIG The fund seeks to track the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index, which represents common stocks of companies with a record of increasing dividends over time.

Why people hold it

DTD Owns the broad dividend-paying US market in one ticket, roughly 800 names across the cap range, not a narrow high-yield slice.wisdomtree.com sec.gov
Charges 0.28% a year, under the typical US dividend-screen fund, and sits in the upper tier of that large peer group.
Pays monthly and has been running since 2006, through several full market cycles, tracking its index closely.

VIG At 0.04% a year, the fee is roughly a tenth of the typical dividend-screen fund's 0.39%, and undercuts every other top-graded fund in the group, DGRO and SCHD included.
The screen rewards a record of increasing dividends rather than the biggest current payout, so the basket leans on payout discipline instead of stretched yields.
Live since 2006, over $100 billion in assets and actively traded, which shows up as easy fills rather than wide spreads.
About 300 holdings, cash paid quarterly, and one of the strongest overall implementations in its dividend-screen peer group.

Worth knowing

DTD Thinly traded next to category giants like SCHD and VIG, so spreads can run wider, which bites most on large or rushed orders.
Cheap for the category, but SCHD, VIG and DGRO each charge a fraction of 0.28%.
The index adds names only at its annual December rebalance, so the lineup can trail changes in who pays what.sec.gov sec.gov 2

VIG Growth of payouts, not maximum income, is the mandate. That puts it on a different axis than high-dividend funds such as SPYD.
US stocks only, no bonds and no overseas payers, and sector weights are whatever the index screen spits out.
Portfolio risk and concentration measures land mid-pack for the category: it is fully invested in equities and drops when the market drops.

Full DTD profile⁠

Full VIG profile⁠

DTD vs VIG Holdings

How DTD and VIG differ

Overlap by weight

52.1%

Shared holdings make up 91.5% of VIG and 52.8% of DTD.

Level by level

Holdings251 in both52.1%
Sector11 Sectors79.4%
Asset classEquity100%
Countryby domicile100%

Sector

Sector weights in DTD and VIG, widest gap first
Sector	More in DTDMore in VIG	DTD	VIG
Technology	VIG +7.4 points	20.0%	27.4%
Communication	DTD +6.9 points	6.9%	0.0%
Energy	DTD +5.6 points	9.2%	3.6%
Health Care	VIG +5.4 points	13.3%	18.7%
Real Estate	DTD +4.4 points	4.4%	0.0%
Industrials	VIG +3.0 points	7.8%	10.8%
Utilities	DTD +2.6 points	5.3%	2.7%
Financials	VIG +2.6 points	18.1%	20.7%
Materials	VIG +1.7 points	1.5%	3.2%
Consumer Discretionary	DTD +1.1 points	5.0%	3.9%
Consumer Staples	VIG +0.4 points	8.7%	9.1%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DTD and VIG, widest gap first
Country	More in DTDMore in VIG	DTD	VIG
United States	Same weight	100.0%	100.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DTD23.4%
VIG34.6%

Securities held

DTD811
VIG334

Asset class

DTD: Equity
VIG: Equity

Holdings

Only in DTD560
In both251
Only in VIG83

Only in DTD

560 securities, 47.1% of DTD by weight

Nvidia Corp3.32%
Chevron Corp1.89%
Meta PlatformsInc. Cl A1.55%
Philip Morris International Inc1.41%
Google Inc1.00%
Verizon Communications Inc0.98%
Google Inc0.94%
Pfizer Inc0.90%
Wells Fargo & Co0.90%
ConocoPhillips0.78%
AT&T Inc0.75%
Altria Group Inc0.69%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co0.63%
Citigroup Inc0.58%
Micron Technology Inc0.57%
Duke Energy Corp0.53%
RTX Corp0.49%
CVS Health Corp0.45%
Comcast Corp0.44%
US Bancorp0.41%
ProLogis Inc0.41%
Southern Co/The0.39%
T-Mobile US Inc0.38%
Simon Property Group Inc0.37%
Health Care REIT Inc0.37%
American Tower Corp0.37%
EOG Resources Inc0.37%
Target Corp0.36%
Valero Energy Corp0.36%
Kinder Morgan Inc/DE0.36%
TransDigm Group Inc0.34%
Williams Cos Inc/The0.33%
Marathon Petroleum Corp0.33%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp0.33%
American Express Co0.32%
Blackstone Inc0.30%
Truist Financial Corp0.30%
TJX Cos Inc0.30%
Public Storage0.28%
Equinix Inc0.28%
Dominion Energy Inc0.27%
Deere & Co0.27%
General Electric Co0.26%
Realty Income Corp0.26%
Dell Technologies -C0.25%
Corning Inc0.25%
Ford Motor Co0.25%
Exelon Corp0.25%
Applied Materials Inc0.24%
Paccar Inc0.23%

Only in VIG

83 securities, 8.5% of VIG by weight

Linde PLC0.97%
Eaton Corp PLC0.74%
Chubb Ltd0.51%
Accenture PLC0.50%
Medtronic PLC0.49%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The0.44%
Elevance Health Inc0.36%
Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc0.36%
Waste Management Inc0.34%
Motorola Solutions Inc0.33%
Mondelez International Inc0.33%
Air Products and Chemicals Inc0.28%
TE Connectivity PLC0.27%
Aon PLC0.26%
Arthur J Gallagher & Co0.26%
Honeywell Aerospace Inc0.22%
Microchip Technology Inc0.19%
Roper Technologies Inc0.15%
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc0.13%
Steris PLC0.09%
Brown & Brown Inc0.08%
HEICO Corp0.08%
IDEX Corp0.07%
Reinsurance Group of America Inc0.07%
CDW Corp/DE0.07%
RB Global Inc0.07%
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd0.06%
Allegion plc0.06%
BWX Technologies Inc0.06%
Watsco Inc0.05%
Owens Corning0.04%
Solstice Advanced Materials Inc0.04%
Pentair PLC0.04%
Enpro Inc0.03%
Amdocs Ltd0.03%
TXNM Energy Inc0.03%
Materion Corp0.03%
Mobility Global Inc0.02%
Brown-Forman Corp0.02%
UFP Industries Inc0.02%
United Community Banks Inc/GA0.02%
Graham Holdings Co0.02%
Standex International Corp0.01%
Power Integrations Inc0.01%
California Water Service Group0.01%
ABM Industries Inc0.01%
Assured Guaranty Ltd0.01%
National HealthCare Corp0.01%
Hawkins Inc0.01%
Innospec Inc0.01%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 251 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in DTD and VIG, widest gap first
Holding	More in DTDMore in VIG	DTD	VIG
Eli Lilly & CoLLY	VIG +2.81 points	1.31%	4.12%
Broadcom IncAVGO	VIG +2.72 points	1.60%	4.32%
Apple IncAAPL	VIG +2.51 points	2.40%	4.91%
Mastercard IncMA	VIG +1.62 points	0.36%	1.98%
Visa IncV	VIG +1.59 points	0.95%	2.54%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	VIG +1.51 points	0.29%	1.80%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	VIG +1.49 points	0.34%	1.83%
Caterpillar IncCAT	VIG +1.32 points	0.34%	1.66%
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM	VIG +1.27 points	2.64%	3.91%
Walmart IncWMT	VIG +1.15 points	0.91%	2.06%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	VIG +0.97 points	1.87%	2.84%
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	VIG +0.92 points	0.97%	1.89%
KLA CorpKLAC	VIG +0.90 points	0.23%	1.13%
Exxonmobil Holdings CorpXOM	VIG +0.78 points	2.20%	2.98%
Microsoft CorpMSFT	VIG +0.73 points	4.19%	4.92%
Bank of America CorpBAC	VIG +0.71 points	0.86%	1.57%
Amphenol CorpAPH	VIG +0.69 points	0.23%	0.92%
Oracle CorpORCL	VIG +0.66 points	0.40%	1.06%
Analog Devices IncADI	VIG +0.54 points	0.32%	0.86%
Danaher CorpDHR	VIG +0.52 points	0.10%	0.62%
Qualcomm IncQCOM	VIG +0.47 points	0.40%	0.87%
S&P Global IncSPGI	VIG +0.41 points	0.12%	0.53%
UnitedHealth Group IncUNH	VIG +0.39 points	1.07%	1.47%
Abbott LaboratoriesABT	VIG +0.37 points	0.39%	0.76%
McKesson CorpMCK	VIG +0.36 points	0.08%	0.44%
Home Depot IncHD	VIG +0.31 points	0.95%	1.26%
Stryker CorpSYK	VIG +0.31 points	0.12%	0.43%
BlackRock IncBLK	VIG +0.30 points	0.38%	0.68%
AbbVie IncABBV	VIG +0.30 points	1.76%	2.06%
Procter & Gamble Co/ThePG	VIG +0.28 points	1.22%	1.50%
Intuit IncINTU	VIG +0.27 points	0.07%	0.34%
Union Pacific CorpUNP	VIG +0.25 points	0.47%	0.72%
Sherwin-Williams Co/TheSHW	VIG +0.25 points	0.08%	0.33%
IntercontinentalExchange IncICE	VIG +0.24 points	0.14%	0.38%
McDonalds CorpMCD	VIG +0.24 points	0.49%	0.73%
Comfort Systems USA IncFIX	VIG +0.23 points	0.03%	0.26%
CSX CorpCSX	VIG +0.23 points	0.15%	0.38%
Goldman Sachs Group IncGS	VIG +0.23 points	0.86%	1.09%
Emerson Electric CoEMR	VIG +0.21 points	0.17%	0.38%
Ecolab IncECL	VIG +0.21 points	0.10%	0.31%
Lowe's Cos IncLOW	VIG +0.21 points	0.25%	0.46%
Cintas CorpCTAS	VIG +0.20 points	0.10%	0.30%
CME Group IncCME	VIG +0.20 points	0.22%	0.42%
Cencora IncCOR	VIG +0.19 points	0.06%	0.25%
Merck & Co Inc/NJMRK	VIG +0.19 points	1.40%	1.59%
Nextera EnergyNEE	VIG +0.19 points	0.51%	0.70%
Moody's CorpMCO	VIG +0.19 points	0.11%	0.30%
Texas Instruments IncTXN	VIG +0.18 points	0.96%	1.14%
Coca-Cola Co/TheKO	VIG +0.18 points	1.30%	1.48%
Agilent Technologies IncA	VIG +0.18 points	0.04%	0.22%
WW Grainger IncGWW	VIG +0.17 points	0.07%	0.24%
International Business Machines CorpIBM	VIG +0.15 points	0.77%	0.92%
Nucor CorpNUE	VIG +0.15 points	0.09%	0.24%
Amgen IncAMGN	DTD +0.15 points	1.16%	1.01%
Northrop Grumman CorpNOC	VIG +0.14 points	0.15%	0.29%
Cummins IncCMI	VIG +0.14 points	0.18%	0.32%
Morgan StanleyMS	DTD +0.13 points	1.13%	1.00%
Cardinal Health IncCAH	VIG +0.13 points	0.10%	0.23%
Ameriprise Financial IncAMP	VIG +0.12 points	0.07%	0.19%
Fastenal CoFAST	VIG +0.11 points	0.14%	0.25%
Honeywell International IncHON	VIG +0.11 points	0.19%	0.30%
DR Horton IncDHI	VIG +0.10 points	0.05%	0.15%
Automatic Data Processing IncADP	VIG +0.11 points	0.35%	0.46%
MSCI IncMSCI	VIG +0.10 points	0.07%	0.17%
Rockwell Automation Inc/DEROK	VIG +0.11 points	0.11%	0.21%
Martin Marietta Materials IncMLM	VIG +0.10 points	0.03%	0.13%
Nasdaq IncNDAQ	VIG +0.10 points	0.08%	0.18%
Starbucks CorpSBUX	VIG +0.11 points	0.37%	0.48%
Vulcan Materials CoVMC	VIG +0.10 points	0.04%	0.14%
West Pharmaceutical Services IncWST	VIG +0.10 points	0.02%	0.12%
Travelers Cos Inc/TheTRV	VIG +0.09 points	0.24%	0.33%
L3Harris Technologies IncLHX	VIG +0.09 points	0.11%	0.20%
ResMed IncRMD	VIG +0.09 points	0.05%	0.14%
Veralto CorpVLTO	VIG +0.08 points	0.02%	0.10%
American Electric Power Co IncAEP	DTD +0.08 points	0.37%	0.29%
General Dynamics CorpGD	VIG +0.08 points	0.29%	0.37%
Republic Services IncRSG	VIG +0.08 points	0.10%	0.18%
Becton Dickinson and CoBDX	VIG +0.08 points	0.14%	0.22%
Colgate-Palmolive CoCL	VIG +0.08 points	0.22%	0.30%
Xylem Inc/NYXYL	VIG +0.08 points	0.03%	0.11%
Gilead Sciences IncGILD	DTD +0.08 points	0.90%	0.82%
Casey's General Stores IncCASY	VIG +0.07 points	0.03%	0.10%
Hubbell IncHUBB	VIG +0.08 points	0.03%	0.11%
Steel Dynamics IncSTLD	VIG +0.07 points	0.06%	0.13%
Raymond James Financial IncRJF	VIG +0.08 points	0.04%	0.12%
Williams-Sonoma IncWSM	VIG +0.07 points	0.05%	0.12%
Nike IncNKE	VIG +0.07 points	0.12%	0.19%
Dover CorpDOV	VIG +0.07 points	0.04%	0.11%
Zoetis IncZTS	VIG +0.07 points	0.06%	0.13%
Texas Pacific Land CorpTPL	VIG +0.06 points	0.02%	0.08%
Expeditors International of WaEXPD	VIG +0.07 points	0.04%	0.11%
Aflac IncAFL	VIG +0.06 points	0.16%	0.22%
Illinois Tool Works IncITW	VIG +0.07 points	0.23%	0.30%
Quest Diagnostics Inc/DEDGX	VIG +0.06 points	0.05%	0.11%
Cboe Global Markets IncCBOE	VIG +0.06 points	0.07%	0.13%
Royal Gold IncRGLD	VIG +0.06 points	0.03%	0.09%
State Street CorpSTT	VIG +0.05 points	0.16%	0.21%
Church & Dwight Co IncCHD	VIG +0.05 points	0.05%	0.10%
Nordson CorpNDSN	VIG +0.06 points	0.02%	0.08%
ITT CorpITT	VIG +0.05 points	0.03%	0.08%

All 839 DTD holdings⁠All 338 VIG holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

DTD vs VIG Cost

Overpaying DTD vs VIG

$4,906

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

DTD 0.28%
$5,755
VIG 0.04%
$849

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DTD 0.28%
VIG 0.04%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DTD	VIG	Overpaying
10	$509	$73	$436
20	$1,976	$288	$1,688
30	$5,755	$849	$4,906

Expense ratio

0.28%DTD
0.04%VIG, cheaper

VIG0.04%DTD0.28%

0.04%0.70%

Middle half of US Dividend Index funds
Median 0.35%

VIG cheapest of 52 funds

DTD 15th cheapest of 52 funds

DTD vs VIG Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): DTD 1.81%, better; VIG 1.47%
Payout (12M): DTD $1.75; VIG $3.65
Last payment: DTD $0.12; VIG $0.93
Ex-dividend: DTD Oct 27, 2026; VIG Sep 28, 2026
Paid on: DTD Oct 29, 2026; VIG Sep 30, 2026
Frequency: DTD Monthly; VIG Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2023 to 2026, same scale for both

DTDMonthly · 46 paymentsAll DTD payments⁠

VIGQuarterly · 15 paymentsAll VIG payments⁠

DTD vs VIG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DTD 10.4%, betterVIG 10.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DTD 1.45, betterVIG 1.33
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DTD −16.2%, betterVIG −20.4%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DTD 0.69VIG 0.82; Market = 1

DTD and VIG in the news

All news⁠

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Head-to-Head
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Sep 30, 2026VIG
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DTD vs VIG

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it