ETF comparison
ACWV vs DGRO
Low Volatility Factor vs Dividend.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
83 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and DGRO would leave roughly 25.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
83 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In DGRO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson & Johnson | 1.76% | 2.64% | 1.76% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems Inc | 1.56% | 1.73% | 1.56% |
| 3 | McDonald's Corp | 1.07% | 1.04% | 1.04% |
| 4 | PepsiCo Inc | 1.01% | 1.70% | 1.01% |
| 5 | Procter & Gamble Co/The | 0.88% | 2.07% | 0.88% |
| 6 | Microsoft Corp | 0.84% | 2.91% | 0.84% |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Co/The | 0.75% | 1.79% | 0.75% |
| 8 | Duke Energy Corp | 1.25% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 9 | Southern Co/The | 1.11% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 10 | Exxon Mobil Corp | 0.72% | 2.90% | 0.72% |
| 11 | Gilead Sciences Inc | 0.70% | 0.78% | 0.70% |
| 12 | Walmart Inc | 0.65% | 0.95% | 0.65% |
Only in ACWV
298 total- Deutsche Telekom AG 1.10%
- T-Mobile US Inc 1.02%
- Novartis AG 1.00%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.00%
- KDDI Corp 0.98%
- AT&T Inc 0.94%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.92%
- Verizon Communications Inc 0.85%
- Orange SA 0.83%
- SoftBank Corp 0.82%
Only in DGRO
311 total- BROADCOM INC 3.25%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.04%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.94%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 1.89%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.83%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 1.29%
- MORGAN STANLEY 1.28%
- NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.23%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) 1.18%
- CITIGROUP INC 1.12%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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