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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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GRNY vs VYM: how they differ

GRNY and VYM hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and VYM returned more over the year.

Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap ETF and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GRNY and VYM hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GRNY and VYM both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGRNYVYM
Broadcom Inc2.94%8.07%
JPMorgan Chase & Co2.33%3.36%
Caterpillar Inc2.69%1.73%
Chevron Corp2.46%1.51%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The2.27%1.08%
Amgen Inc2.15%0.72%
Union Pacific Corp2.39%0.67%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/T2.59%0.39%
PNC Financial Services Group I2.21%0.36%
Northrop Grumman Corp1.92%0.32%
Air Products and Chemicals Inc2.48%0.28%
ONEOK Inc2.49%0.24%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GRNYOnly in VYM
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.17%Exxon Mobil Corp 2.73%
Quanta Services Inc 3.20%Johnson & Johnson 2.31%
GE Vernova Inc 3.05%AbbVie Inc 1.57%
Amazon.com Inc 3.02%Cisco Systems Inc 1.52%
Strategy Inc 3.01%Bank of America Corp 1.45%
Alphabet Inc 2.96%Procter & Gamble Co/The 1.45%
Arista Networks Inc 2.88%UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.41%
Netflix Inc 2.82%Home Depot Inc/The 1.37%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026.

GRNY and VYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GRNY
Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap ETF
VYM
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerFundstratVanguard
What it isFundstrat Granny Shots US Large CapUS high dividend
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−3.7 pts+0.1 pts
Expense ratio0.75%0.04%
Already in the S&P 50097.0%92.2%
Holdings40608

GRNY in plain words

GRNY is an index equity fund tracking the Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 40 positions, with the top ten at 30.8%.

VYM in plain words

VYM is an index equity fund tracking the US high dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 608 positions, with the top ten at 25.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GRNY or VYM?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GRNY returned +13.8% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GRNY or VYM?
GRNY charges 0.75% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GRNY and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of GRNY and 92% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 13% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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