ETF comparison
DGRO vs HDV
Both Dividend.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · iShares Core High Dividend ETF
Holdings overlap
50 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and HDV would leave roughly 30.9% 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
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
50 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In HDV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABBVIE INC | 2.96% | 6.16% | 2.96% |
| 2 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP | 2.87% | 7.88% | 2.87% |
| 3 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 2.17% | 4.52% | 2.17% |
| 4 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 2.14% | 4.45% | 2.14% |
| 5 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 2.13% | 4.44% | 2.13% |
| 6 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 1.96% | 4.09% | 1.96% |
| 7 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 1.91% | 3.99% | 1.91% |
| 8 | PEPSICO INC | 1.66% | 3.46% | 1.66% |
| 9 | AMGEN INC | 1.30% | 2.71% | 1.30% |
| 10 | MCDONALD'S CORP | 1.11% | 2.31% | 1.11% |
| 11 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 1.10% | 2.29% | 1.10% |
| 12 | CONOCOPHILLIPS | 0.89% | 1.86% | 0.89% |
Only in DGRO
340 total- MICROSOFT CORP 3.24%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.16%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.07%
- APPLE INC 2.86%
- BROADCOM INC 2.55%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.83%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 1.76%
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.33%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 1.27%
- ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.19%
Only in HDV
25 total- CHEVRON CORP 6.13%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 5.51%
- PFIZER INC 4.27%
- ALTRIA GROUP INC 3.06%
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 2.70%
- BLACKSTONE INC 1.74%
- STARBUCKS CORP 1.40%
- ONEOK INC 1.23%
- WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 1.14%
- KINDER MORGAN INC 1.08%
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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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