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ETF comparison

DGRO vs EFAV

Dividend vs Low Volatility Factor.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and EFAV would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DGRO unmatched 99.7% Shared 0.0% EFAV unmatched 99.2%

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.

In DGRO only
390 positions
Shared
0 positions
In EFAV only
253 positions

Side by side

DGRO

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

iShares · Dividend

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$41.89B
TTM yield
1.87%
Top-10 conc.
27.2%
EFAV

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF

iShares · Low Volatility Factor

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$5.28B
TTM yield
2.97%
Top-10 conc.
14.6%

Sub-score comparison

92
Cost
80
77
Tax efficiency
82
100
Liquidity
88
75
Concentration
93
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Tracking quality
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DGRO sub-score EFAV

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

DGRO is 12 bps cheaper than EFAV. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for EFAV.

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 DGRO vs EFAV.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in DGRO

390 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%

Only in EFAV

253 total
  • SECOM CO., LTD. 1.55%
  • Iberdrola, S.A. 1.53%
  • SHELL PLC 1.51%
  • EQUINOR ASA 1.47%
  • ENI S.P.A. 1.46%
  • DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.45%
  • Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 1.41%
  • Novartis AG 1.41%
  • TOTALENERGIES SE 1.38%
  • BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1.38%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open DGRO or EFAV at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.