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DGRO vs FVD

Both Dividend.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
28.8 %

133 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and FVD would leave roughly 28.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DGRO only 71.0% Shared 28.8% FVD only 71.0%
In DGRO only
261 positions
Shared
133 positions
In FVD only
104 positions

Side by side

DGRO

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

iShares · Dividend

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$41.23B
TTM yield
1.93%
Top-10 conc.
26.5%
FVD

First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

First Trust · Dividend

69 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.62%
Net assets
$8.04B
TTM yield
2.29%
Top-10 conc.
4.5%

Sub-score comparison

92
Cost
38
77
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
96
76
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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DGRO sub-score FVD

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

Cost difference

DGRO is 54 bps cheaper than FVD. On a $100,000 position that's about $540/yr more in fees for FVD.

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 FVD.

Top shared holdings

133 shared in total
# Holding In DGRO In FVD Overlap
1 ABBVIE INC 2.52% 0.44% 0.44%
2 EXXON MOBIL CORP 2.90% 0.44% 0.44%
3 MERCK & COMPANY INC 1.75% 0.44% 0.44%
4 JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.64% 0.43% 0.43%
5 LINDE PLC 0.64% 0.43% 0.43%
6 SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 0.72% 0.43% 0.43%
7 NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.23% 0.43% 0.43%
8 PEPSICO INC 1.70% 0.43% 0.43%
9 DUKE ENERGY CORP 0.73% 0.43% 0.43%
10 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.83% 0.43% 0.43%
11 AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC 0.45% 0.43% 0.43%
12 UNION PACIFIC CORP 0.77% 0.43% 0.43%

Only in DGRO

261 total
  • BROADCOM INC 3.25%
  • APPLE INC 2.93%
  • MICROSOFT CORP 2.91%
  • UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 2.31%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 1.29%
  • ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.14%
  • CITIGROUP INC 1.12%
  • QUALCOMM INC 1.10%
  • VISA INC 1.05%
  • CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.99%

Only in FVD

104 total
  • Rio Tinto PLC 0.46%
  • Sanofi SA 0.45%
  • America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. 0.45%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 0.45%
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 0.45%
  • GSK plc 0.44%
  • The Campbells Co. 0.44%
  • The Kraft Heinz Co. 0.44%
  • MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc. 0.44%
  • Pfizer Inc. 0.44%

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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.