Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Shareclass
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM)
Type
Exchange-traded fund
Manager
Gender equality score
56
/ 100 points
Overall score
Average Equileap Gender Equality Score of fund holdings, weighted by market value
Group ranking
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Group: U.S. Equity Fund
Ranking: 371 out of 2,547 funds
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Gender balance in leadership and workforce
28/40
Equal compensation and work life balance
8/30
Policies promoting gender equality
19/20
Commitment, transparency, and accountability
1/10

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Top scoring holdings
The top 10 holdings in this portfolio with the best scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.
- 1. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc0.12% of assets$90.33M invested
- 2. Procter & Gamble Co2.25% of assets$1.65B invested
- 3. Dow Inc0.16% of assets$118.01M invested
- 4. The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc0.06% of assets$43.58M invested
- 5. Bank of America Corp1.67% of assets$1.22B invested
- 6. Citigroup Inc0.76% of assets$556.91M invested
- 7. General Mills Inc0.2% of assets$148.83M invested
- 8. JM Smucker Co0.06% of assets$47.52M invested
- 9. Cummins Inc0.27% of assets$199.04M invested
- 10. JPMorgan Chase & Co3.84% of assets$2.82B invested
Bottom scoring holdings
The bottom 10 holdings in this portfolio with the worst scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.
- 1. Trustmark Corp0.01% of assets$8.94M invested
- 2. Red Rock Resorts Inc Class A0.01% of assets$9.4M invested
- 3. Servisfirst Bancshares Inc0.02% of assets$17.83M invested
- 4. FTAI Aviation Ltd0.08% of assets$60.7M invested
- 5. Virtu Financial Inc Class A0.02% of assets$11.94M invested
- 6. First Merchants Corp0.01% of assets$9.68M invested
- 7. Dillard's Inc Class A<0.01% of assets$5.55M invested
- 8. Park National Corp0.01% of assets$10.23M invested
- 9. Houlihan Lokey Inc Class A0.05% of assets$37.99M invested
- 10. Cohen & Steers Inc0.01% of assets$10.53M invested
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Gender Equality and Returns

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The figure above charts annualized returns and Gender Equality Fund grades. The orange marker represents this fund. The purple marker (if present) represents an assigned benchmark. Blue dots represent funds in the same Morningstar category as this fund. Dark gray dots represent funds in the same grading group as this fund. Returns are for the most recent available for this fund of 1, 3, 5, or 10 year annualized returns. The higher a fund is marked on the Y axis, the better its returns for the specified time period. The higher a fund is marked on the X axis, the better its Gender Equality Funds group ranking. Read more on the How it Works page.
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