ETF comparison
DGRO vs HDV
Both Dividend.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · iShares Core High Dividend ETF
Holdings overlap
49 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and HDV would leave roughly 30.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.080% vs 0.080%).
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 HDV.
Top shared holdings
49 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In HDV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXXON MOBIL CORP | 2.90% | 8.42% | 2.90% |
| 2 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 2.64% | 5.68% | 2.64% |
| 3 | ABBVIE INC | 2.52% | 5.44% | 2.52% |
| 4 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 2.07% | 4.46% | 2.07% |
| 5 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 1.94% | 4.17% | 1.94% |
| 6 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 1.89% | 4.07% | 1.89% |
| 7 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 1.79% | 3.86% | 1.79% |
| 8 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 1.75% | 3.77% | 1.75% |
| 9 | PEPSICO INC | 1.70% | 3.66% | 1.70% |
| 10 | QUALCOMM INC | 1.10% | 2.37% | 1.10% |
| 11 | CONOCOPHILLIPS | 0.99% | 2.13% | 0.99% |
| 12 | ACCENTURE PLC | 0.76% | 1.64% | 0.76% |
Only in DGRO
345 total- BROADCOM INC 3.25%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.04%
- APPLE INC 2.93%
- MICROSOFT CORP 2.91%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 2.31%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.83%
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.73%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 1.29%
- MORGAN STANLEY 1.28%
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1.27%
Only in HDV
26 total- CHEVRON CORP 6.42%
- PROGRESSIVE CORP (THE) 3.79%
- ALTRIA GROUP INC 3.70%
- TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 3.54%
- BLACKSTONE INC 2.42%
- US BANCORP 1.68%
- STARBUCKS CORP 1.42%
- WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 1.21%
- KINDER MORGAN INC 1.09%
- SLB LTD 1.01%
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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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