ETF comparison
DFAS vs DGRO
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
160 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and DGRO would leave roughly 4.6% 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 19 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for DFAS.
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 DFAS vs DGRO.
Top shared holdings
160 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In DGRO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essential Utilities, Inc. | 0.14% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 2 | OGE ENERGY CORP. | 0.16% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 3 | DT MIDSTREAM, INC. | 0.19% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 4 | OVINTIV INC. | 0.19% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 5 | OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 0.19% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION | 0.12% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 7 | INVESCO LTD | 0.24% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 8 | CULLEN/FROST BANKERS, INC. | 0.19% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | OWENS CORNING | 0.13% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION | 0.08% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 11 | AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. | 0.13% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 12 | ZIONS BANCORPORATION, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 0.18% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in DFAS
1,892 total- HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION 0.29%
- JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%
- IES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.26%
- ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED 0.26%
- WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.25%
- BORGWARNER INC. 0.25%
- APA CORPORATION 0.24%
- TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.23%
- Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 0.23%
- CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.22%
Only in DGRO
230 total- MICROSOFT CORP 3.24%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.16%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.07%
- ABBVIE INC 2.96%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.87%
- APPLE INC 2.86%
- BROADCOM INC 2.55%
- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 2.17%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 2.14%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 2.13%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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