Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Shareclass
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM)
Type
Exchange-traded fund
Manager
Equity & Justice
Exclusions
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EQUITY & JUSTICE RATINGS
Gender Equality
Diversity Disclosures
Racial Justice
LGBTQ+ Equity
GENDER EQUALITY
Fund Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
FUND COVERAGE
# of holdings518
% of assets99%
Gender equality ratings are calculated using data from the Equileap Gender Equality Scorecard from Equileap.
Sub-scores & KPIs
Gender Equality: Gender Balance in Leadership and Workforce
28 / 40
Gender Equality: Equal Compensation and Work Life Balance
8 / 30
Gender Equality: Policies Promoting Gender Equality
19 / 20
Gender Equality: Commitment, Transparency, and Accountability
1 / 10
Fund Holdings: Gender Equality
Highest scoring holdings
Top 10 holdings by Gender Equality score
- 1. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc0.08%$67.04M
- 2. Procter & Gamble Co1.8%$1.43B
- 3. Dow Inc0.09%$67.52M
- 4. Bank of America Corp1.7%$1.35B
- 5. The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc0.05%$38.4M
- 6. Mondelez International Inc Class A0.39%$308.37M
- 7. Citigroup Inc0.87%$693.03M
- 8. Philip Morris International Inc1.27%$1.01B
- 9. General Mills Inc0.13%$104.62M
- 10. JM Smucker Co0.06%$44.32M
Lowest scoring holdings
Bottom 10 holdings by Gender Equality score
- 1. Red Rock Resorts Inc Class A0.01%$11.56M
- 2. Servisfirst Bancshares Inc0.02%$17.5M
- 3. FTAI Aviation Ltd0.08%$60.74M
- 4. Virtu Financial Inc Class A0.02%$13.08M
- 5. Viper Energy Inc Ordinary Shares - Class A0.03%$26.01M
- 6. Towne Bank0.01%$9.9M
- 7. First Merchants Corp0.01%$9.27M
- 8. Patrick Industries Inc0.02%$13.9M
- 9. Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida0.01%$10.1M
- 10. Dillard's Inc Class A<0.01%$6.1M
Fund manager statement
We invite fund managers to take our survey and provide more information on how they integrate principles of justice and equity in their investment strategy.
Manager surveyEXCLUSION RATINGS
Prisons & Borders
Military Weapons
PRISONS & BORDERS
Fund Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Totals
Holdings
Assets
Weight
Prisons
18
$4.38B
5.52%
Prisons high risk
2
$183.44M
0.23%
Private prisons
0
$0
0%
Borders
16
$4.01B
5.05%
Borders high risk
9
$2.32B
2.92%
Total
29
$7.96B
10%
Holdings — 29 flagged holdings
1.
Walmart Inc
$1.63B
2.06%
2.
McDonald's Corp
$868.27M
1.09%
3.
RTX Corp
$822.02M
1.03%
4.
AT&T Inc
$795.96M
1%
5.
Accenture PLC Class A
$630.45M
0.79%
6.
Lockheed Martin Corp
$368.63M
0.46%
7.
3M Co
$324.68M
0.41%
8.
General Dynamics Corp
$317.75M
0.4%
9.
Northrop Grumman Corp
$309.97M
0.39%
10.
Elevance Health Inc
$279.17M
0.35%

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