ETF comparison
DFSV vs DGRO
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
62 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFSV and DGRO would leave roughly 2.0% 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 23 bps cheaper than DFSV. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for DFSV.
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 DFSV vs DGRO.
Top shared holdings
62 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFSV | In DGRO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED | 0.16% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 2 | OVINTIV INC. | 0.70% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 3 | INVESCO LTD | 0.76% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | OWENS CORNING | 0.18% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | ZIONS BANCORPORATION, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 0.61% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | THE MOSAIC COMPANY | 0.43% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | UNUM GROUP | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 8 | FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.34% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 9 | SOUTHSTATE BANK CORPORATION | 0.61% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 10 | PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC. | 0.56% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.23% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in DFSV
932 total- HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION 0.75%
- BORGWARNER INC. 0.75%
- ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.69%
- APA CORPORATION 0.66%
- ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED 0.64%
- WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.62%
- OLD NATIONAL BANCORP 0.59%
- COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC. 0.59%
- VIASAT, INC. 0.58%
- DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. 0.57%
Only in DGRO
328 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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- DGRO vs VTWO · Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
- DGRO vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.8%
- DGRO vs BBSC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF 0.7%
- DGRO vs IWN · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF 0.7%
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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