EUDV vs VYMI

EUDVCProShares MSCI Europe Dividend Growers ETF

VYMIAVanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

In short

EUDV Most international dividend funds spray across the globe. EUDV stays in Europe and buys only companies that have raised their dividend ten years running, about 50 names in all.

VYMI Most international dividend funds hold a hundred-odd developed-market names. VYMI casts a far wider net: roughly 1,600 high-yielders across developed and emerging markets outside the US, at seven basis points.

Stated mandate

EUDV EUDV invests in quality European companies with at least 10 consecutive years of dividend growth.

VYMI VYMI seeks to track the FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index through passive sampling, targeting international stocks forecast to have above-average dividend yields.

Why people hold it

• EUDV Strict entry rule: the MSCI Europe Dividend Masters Index takes European companies with at least 10 straight years of dividend growth, so the screen rewards a payout track record over a fat headline yield.proshares.com
• Pure Europe, no Japan or Canada padding. It applies the familiar dividend-growth discipline to one continent instead of blending it into a global average.proshares.com
• Trading since 2015, and it sticks to the job description: a concentrated basket of roughly 50 stocks that tracks its stated European dividend-growth index closely.
• Distributions land quarterly, in line with how most European companies pace their payouts.

• VYMI 0.07% a year, a fraction of the typical international dividend fund's fee and a shade under screened rivals like SCHY (0.08%) and IGRO (0.15%).
• Roughly 1,600 stocks across developed and emerging markets ex-US, so no single name, sector or country carries the income load.vanguard.com
• Samples the FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index and has stayed unusually close to it, among the tightest trackers in its peer group.
• Live since 2016, now a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and it pays out quarterly.

Worth knowing

• EUDV 0.55% a year sits above the typical international dividend fund. Broad rivals like VYMI (0.07%) and SCHY (0.08%) cast a wider net for a fraction of that.
• A small, thinly traded fund. Spreads can widen, so limit orders and trading while European markets are open matter more here than with the giants.
• One continent, roughly 50 stocks, no US exposure, and returns come in euros, pounds and francs before they reach your dollar account.

• VYMI No currency hedge. Dividends and prices arrive in foreign currencies, and exchange-rate swings show up in dollar results either way.vanguard.com
• The emerging-market sleeve adds political, liquidity and currency risk that developed-only dividend funds sidestep.vanguard.com
• Screening on forecast yield tilts toward value and cyclical names, a different ride than dividend-growth peers like VIGI and IGRO.

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