ETF comparison
ACWV vs DGRO
Low Volatility Factor vs Dividend.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
80 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and DGRO would leave roughly 23.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DGRO is 12 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for ACWV.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with ACWV vs DGRO.
Top shared holdings
80 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In DGRO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.41% | 3.07% | 1.41% |
| 2 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 2.13% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 1.13% | 3.24% | 1.13% |
| 4 | MCDONALD'S CORPORATION | 0.91% | 1.11% | 0.91% |
| 5 | Pepsico, Inc. | 0.89% | 1.66% | 0.89% |
| 6 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.78% | 2.17% | 0.78% |
| 7 | THE SOUTHERN COMPANY | 1.08% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 8 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 0.75% | 1.96% | 0.75% |
| 9 | DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION | 1.22% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 10 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 0.72% | 1.08% | 0.72% |
| 11 | WALMART INC. | 0.61% | 0.87% | 0.61% |
| 12 | Mondelez International, Inc. | 0.59% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
Only in ACWV
305 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.22%
- United Microelectronics Corporation 1.08%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.03%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.01%
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 0.89%
- Novartis AG 0.87%
- AT&T INC. 0.86%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0.84%
- ORANGE SA 0.83%
- SoftBank Corp. 0.82%
Only in DGRO
310 total- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.16%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.87%
- BROADCOM INC 2.55%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 2.14%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.83%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 1.27%
- NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.15%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) 1.11%
- MORGAN STANLEY 1.03%
- CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.89%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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