PSAI vs VYM: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Pacer S&P 500 3AI Top 100 ETF

PSAIDCboe

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

VYMANYSE Arca

Overlap

19.8%by weight

Expense ratio

VYM −0.45pt a year

PSAI0.49%VYM0.04%

Avg volume · 30D

VYM 862.4×the volume

PSAI1.32KVYM1.14M

PSAI vs VYM Performance

Jul 31, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026

+6.6%PSAI+1.7%VYM

Expense ratio: PSAI 0.49%; VYM 0.04%, better
Fund size: PSAI $2M; VYM $95.8B
1Y total return: PSAI No data; VYM +19.3%
Yield (12M): PSAI No data; VYM 2.24%
Holdings: PSAI 102; VYM 601
Avg volume (30D): PSAI 1.32K sh; VYM 1.14M sh, better
NAV per share: PSAI $29.36; VYM $163.75
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for PSAI, VYM, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	PSAI	VYM
Cost30% weight	D26	A99Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	A79
Risk15% weight	B68	A84Higher
Tradability15% weight	D28	B61Higher
Holdings10% weight	B60Higher	C53
Durability5% weight	F9	A95Higher

Rank among US Multifactor funds

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Same Category. PSAI and VYM are both graded against the same 99 US Multifactor funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Multifactor⁠

Category · 99 funds

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VYM ranks 2nd and PSAI 88th of 99 funds in the US Multifactor Category.

Rank 1AVONVVanguard Russell 1000 Value ETFScore 85
Rank 2AILCViShares Morningstar Value ETFScore 81
Rank 2AVYMVanguard High Dividend Yield ETFScore 81
Rank 4AIMCViShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETFScore 80
Rank 87DHERDPacer Cash Cows Fund of Funds ETFScore 38
Rank 88DPSAIPacer S&P 500 3AI Top 100 ETFScore 37
Rank 89DTHLVTHOR Equal Weight Low Volatility ETFScore 34

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

PSAIDPacer S&P 500 3AI Top 100 ETF

VYMAVanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

In short

PSAI No data

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

PSAI No data

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

PSAI No data

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

PSAI No data

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.

Full PSAI profile⁠

Full VYM profile⁠

PSAI vs VYM Holdings

As of Oct 23, 2026

How PSAI and VYM differ

Overlap by weight

19.8%

Shared holdings make up 73.3% of PSAI and 23.6% of VYM.

Level by level

Holdings73 in both19.8%
Sector11 Sectors68.7%
Countryby domicile98.8%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in PSAI and VYM, widest gap first
Sector	More in PSAIMore in VYM	PSAI	VYM
Financials	PSAI +10.2 points	31.1%	20.9%
Materials	PSAI +9.5 points	12.7%	3.2%
Industrials	VYM +7.7 points	3.9%	11.6%
Technology	VYM +7.5 points	10.0%	17.5%
Energy	PSAI +6.8 points	17.0%	10.2%
Health Care	VYM +5.2 points	8.9%	14.1%
Utilities	VYM +5.0 points	0.0%	5.0%
Consumer Staples	PSAI +4.0 points	12.2%	8.2%
Communication	VYM +3.3 points	0.0%	3.3%
Consumer Discretionary	VYM +2.6 points	3.4%	6.0%
Real Estate	PSAI +0.8 points	0.8%	0.0%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in PSAI and VYM, widest gap first
Country	More in PSAIMore in VYM	PSAI	VYM
United States	VYM +1.2 points	98.8%	100.0%
Switzerland	PSAI +1.2 points	1.2%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

PSAI14.7%
VYM26.2%

Securities held

PSAI100
VYM594

Asset class

PSAI: Equity
VYM: Equity

Holdings

Only in PSAI27
In both73
Only in VYM521

Only in PSAI

27 securities, 26.6% of PSAI by weight

Steel Dynamics Inc1.29%
Globe Life Inc1.25%
Arch Capital Group Ltd1.25%
Gartner Inc1.22%
Monster Beverage Corp1.21%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc1.16%
Expeditors International of Washington Inc1.15%
General Motors Co1.10%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc1.09%
Casey's General Stores Inc1.02%
Fiserv Inc1.00%
Cboe Global Markets Inc0.98%
Davita Inc0.96%
Centene Corp0.94%
Universal Health Services Inc0.94%
McKesson Corp0.92%
Ecolab Inc0.90%
Charles Schwab Corp/The0.88%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc0.87%
Corpay Inc0.85%
Moody's Corp0.83%
Intercontinental Exchange Inc0.83%
Adobe Inc0.82%
Howmet Aerospace Inc0.81%
American Tower Corp0.81%
Roper Technologies Inc0.77%
Boeing Co/The0.72%

Only in VYM

521 securities, 76.3% of VYM by weight

Broadcom Inc6.94%
JPMorgan Chase & Co3.76%
Johnson & Johnson2.71%
AbbVie Inc1.97%
Cisco Systems Inc1.81%
Caterpillar Inc1.56%
Merck & Co Inc1.53%
Bank of America Corp1.50%
Procter & Gamble Co/The1.44%
UnitedHealth Group Inc1.41%
Home Depot Inc/The1.21%
Texas Instruments Inc1.08%
RTX Corp1.06%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The1.03%
Oracle Corp1.00%
Morgan Stanley0.90%
Amgen Inc0.89%
International Business Machines Corp0.88%
QUALCOMM Inc0.82%
Analog Devices Inc0.82%
Verizon Communications Inc0.82%
Gilead Sciences Inc0.79%
Walt Disney Co/The0.78%
PepsiCo Inc0.73%
Abbott Laboratories0.73%
Eaton Corp PLC0.71%
McDonald's Corp0.70%
AT&T Inc0.69%
Pfizer Inc0.69%
Dell Technologies Inc0.69%
Blackrock Inc0.69%
Union Pacific Corp0.69%
NextEra Energy Inc0.67%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co0.54%
Capital One Financial Corp0.49%
Accenture PLC0.48%
Medtronic PLC0.47%
Starbucks Corp0.46%
Automatic Data Processing Inc0.44%
Lockheed Martin Corp0.44%
Lowe's Cos Inc0.44%
Southern Co/The0.41%
Johnson Controls International plc0.38%
US Bancorp0.38%
Duke Energy Corp0.38%
Emerson Electric Co0.37%
General Dynamics Corp0.36%
3M Co0.36%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co0.36%
Blackstone Inc0.35%

Weight gaps

All 73 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in PSAI and VYM, widest gap first
Holding	More in PSAIMore in VYM	PSAI	VYM
ExxonMobil Holdings CorpXOM	VYM +1.79 points	1.06%	2.85%
Everest Group LtdEG	PSAI +1.75 points	1.81%	0.06%
APA CorpAPA	PSAI +1.52 points	1.58%	0.06%
FactSet Research Systems IncFDS	PSAI +1.27 points	1.31%	0.04%
Assurant IncAIZ	PSAI +1.23 points	1.29%	0.06%
Valero Energy CorpVLO	PSAI +1.23 points	1.70%	0.47%
Nucor CorpNUE	PSAI +1.19 points	1.41%	0.22%
LyondellBasell Industries NVLYB	PSAI +1.18 points	1.24%	0.06%
HP IncHPQ	PSAI +1.17 points	1.29%	0.12%
Avery Dennison CorpAVY	PSAI +1.13 points	1.19%	0.06%
Franklin Templeton IncBEN	PSAI +1.09 points	1.13%	0.04%
Marathon Petroleum CorpMPC	PSAI +1.03 points	1.52%	0.49%
International Flavors & Fragrances IncIFF	PSAI +1.02 points	1.11%	0.09%
Brown-Forman CorpBF.B	PSAI +1.01 points	1.03%	0.02%
Phillips 66PSX	PSAI +1.01 points	1.44%	0.43%
Hormel Foods CorpHRL	PSAI +0.98 points	1.00%	0.02%
Cognizant Technology Solutions CorpCTSH	PSAI +0.97 points	1.08%	0.11%
Archer-Daniels-Midland CoADM	PSAI +0.96 points	1.12%	0.16%
W R Berkley CorpWRB	PSAI +0.96 points	1.02%	0.06%
Kroger Co/TheKR	PSAI +0.89 points	1.03%	0.14%
EOG Resources IncEOG	PSAI +0.88 points	1.19%	0.31%
NetApp IncNTAP	PSAI +0.86 points	1.04%	0.18%
Expand Energy CorpEXE	PSAI +0.86 points	0.94%	0.08%
Synchrony FinancialSYF	PSAI +0.85 points	0.95%	0.10%
State Street CorpSTT	PSAI +0.85 points	1.05%	0.20%
Nasdaq IncNDAQ	PSAI +0.84 points	1.01%	0.17%
J M Smucker Co/TheSJM	PSAI +0.83 points	0.88%	0.05%
Cigna Group/TheCI	PSAI +0.81 points	1.11%	0.30%
Newmont CorpNEM	PSAI +0.80 points	1.32%	0.52%
Raymond James Financial IncRJF	PSAI +0.79 points	0.90%	0.11%
Fastenal CoFAST	PSAI +0.79 points	1.03%	0.24%
Citizens Financial Group IncCFG	PSAI +0.79 points	0.90%	0.11%
Becton Dickinson & CoBDX	PSAI +0.76 points	0.97%	0.21%
MSCI IncMSCI	PSAI +0.75 points	0.91%	0.16%
Occidental Petroleum CorpOXY	PSAI +0.75 points	0.92%	0.17%
Regions Financial CorpRF	PSAI +0.74 points	0.84%	0.10%
PPG Industries IncPPG	PSAI +0.74 points	0.84%	0.10%
Halliburton CoHAL	PSAI +0.73 points	0.84%	0.11%
Targa Resources CorpTRGP	PSAI +0.72 points	0.96%	0.24%
CF Industries Holdings IncCF	PSAI +0.71 points	0.79%	0.07%
VeriSign IncVRSN	PSAI +0.71 points	0.81%	0.10%
Diamondback Energy IncFANG	PSAI +0.71 points	0.87%	0.16%
Northern Trust CorpNTRS	PSAI +0.71 points	0.84%	0.13%
ONEOK IncOKE	PSAI +0.70 points	0.93%	0.23%
Kraft Heinz Co/TheKHC	PSAI +0.68 points	0.76%	0.08%
Chubb LtdCB	PSAI +0.68 points	1.17%	0.49%
Travelers Cos Inc/TheTRV	PSAI +0.66 points	0.98%	0.32%
T Rowe Price Group IncTROW	PSAI +0.66 points	0.75%	0.09%
Devon Energy CorpDVN	PSAI +0.65 points	0.87%	0.22%
Humana IncHUM	PSAI +0.66 points	0.85%	0.19%
Chevron CorpCVX	VYM +0.65 points	0.96%	1.61%
SLB LtdSLB	PSAI +0.64 points	0.95%	0.31%
Principal Financial Group IncPFG	PSAI +0.64 points	0.74%	0.10%
Allstate Corp/TheALL	PSAI +0.64 points	0.88%	0.24%
Huntington Bancshares Inc/OHHBAN	PSAI +0.61 points	0.74%	0.13%
Cardinal Health IncCAH	PSAI +0.61 points	0.83%	0.22%
Bunge Global SABG	PSAI +0.61 points	0.67%	0.06%
Air Products and Chemicals IncAPD	PSAI +0.59 points	0.85%	0.26%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/TheBNY	PSAI +0.58 points	1.00%	0.42%
Colgate-Palmolive CoCL	PSAI +0.57 points	0.86%	0.29%
Coca-Cola Co/TheKO	VYM +0.56 points	0.86%	1.42%
Progressive Corp/ThePGR	PSAI +0.55 points	1.06%	0.51%
Mosaic Co/TheMOS	PSAI +0.52 points	0.55%	0.03%
Mondelez International IncMDLZ	PSAI +0.51 points	0.83%	0.32%
CME Group IncCME	PSAI +0.44 points	0.84%	0.40%
Altria Group IncMO	PSAI +0.43 points	0.91%	0.48%
ConocoPhillipsCOP	PSAI +0.41 points	1.06%	0.65%
PNC Financial Services Group Inc/ThePNC	PSAI +0.38 points	0.76%	0.38%
Philip Morris International IncPM	VYM +0.31 points	0.95%	1.26%
CVS Health CorpCVS	PSAI +0.31 points	0.78%	0.47%
Wells Fargo & CoWFC	VYM +0.30 points	0.73%	1.03%
Linde PLCLIN	PSAI +0.13 points	1.06%	0.93%
Citigroup IncC	VYM +0.12 points	0.80%	0.92%

All 102 PSAI holdings⁠All 589 VYM 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.

PSAI vs VYM Cost

Overpaying PSAI vs VYM

$8,943

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

PSAI 0.49%
$9,792
VYM 0.04%
$849

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

PSAI 0.49%
VYM 0.04%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	PSAI	VYM	Overpaying
10	$883	$73	$810
20	$3,394	$288	$3,106
30	$9,792	$849	$8,943

Expense ratio

0.49%PSAI
0.04%VYM, cheaper

VYM0.04%PSAI0.49%

0.04%1.01%

Middle half of US Multifactor funds
Median 0.29%

VYM cheapest of 99 funds

PSAI 73rd cheapest of 99 funds

PSAI vs VYM Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): PSAI No data; VYM 2.24%
Payout (12M): PSAI No data; VYM $3.68
Last payment: PSAI $0.02; VYM $0.89
Ex-dividend: PSAI Sep 3, 2026; VYM Sep 18, 2026
Paid on: PSAI Sep 8, 2026; VYM Sep 22, 2026
Frequency: PSAI Quarterly; VYM Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

PSAIQuarterly · 2 paymentsAll PSAI payments⁠

VYMQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VYM payments⁠

PSAI vs VYM Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: PSAI No dataVYM 11.1%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: PSAI No dataVYM 1.38
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: PSAI No dataVYM −15.9%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: PSAI 0.88VYM 0.75; Market = 1

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PSAI vs VYM

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it