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DGRO vs FDL

Both Dividend.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
10.4 %

36 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and FDL would leave roughly 10.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DGRO unmatched 89.3% Shared 10.4% FDL unmatched 89.4%

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
354 positions
Shared
36 positions
In FDL only
65 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
1.88%
Top-10 conc.
27.2%
FDL

First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

First Trust · Dividend

68 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.43%
Net assets
$7.54B
TTM yield
3.66%
Top-10 conc.
48.1%

Sub-score comparison

92
Cost
57
77
Tax efficiency
73
100
Liquidity
95
75
Concentration
46
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Tracking quality
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DGRO sub-score FDL

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

Cost difference

DGRO is 35 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $350/yr more in fees for FDL.

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 FDL.

Top shared holdings

36 shared in total
# Holding In DGRO In FDL Overlap
1 PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 2.13% 6.06% 2.13%
2 PEPSICO INC 1.66% 4.84% 1.66%
3 MEDTRONIC PLC 0.83% 2.28% 0.83%
4 ACCENTURE PLC 0.82% 1.84% 0.82%
5 SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 0.76% 2.32% 0.76%
6 DUKE ENERGY CORP 0.73% 2.21% 0.73%
7 MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC 0.56% 1.57% 0.56%
8 CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 0.29% 0.89% 0.29%
9 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC 0.28% 0.90% 0.28%
10 WEC ENERGY GROUP INC 0.26% 0.84% 0.26%
11 ARES MANAGEMENT CORP 0.25% 0.64% 0.25%
12 DTE ENERGY COMPANY 0.20% 0.66% 0.20%

Only in DGRO

354 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%
  • COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 1.96%

Only in FDL

65 total
  • CHEVRON CORP 7.43%
  • VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 7.17%
  • PFIZER INC 5.91%
  • ALTRIA GROUP INC 4.64%
  • BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 3.43%
  • UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC 3.15%
  • COMCAST CORP 3.13%
  • BLACKSTONE INC 2.31%
  • US BANCORP 2.27%
  • TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 1.70%

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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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