ETF comparison
DGRO vs IJJ
Dividend vs US Mid Cap.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF
Holdings overlap
103 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and IJJ would leave roughly 3.6% 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
DGRO is 10 bps cheaper than IJJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for IJJ.
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 IJJ.
Top shared holdings
103 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In IJJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC | 0.12% | 0.68% | 0.12% |
| 2 | EAST WEST BANCORP INC | 0.10% | 0.50% | 0.10% |
| 3 | ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC | 0.09% | 0.62% | 0.09% |
| 4 | OGE ENERGY CORP | 0.08% | 0.58% | 0.08% |
| 5 | DT MIDSTREAM INC | 0.08% | 0.24% | 0.08% |
| 6 | OVINTIV INC | 0.07% | 0.83% | 0.07% |
| 7 | OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP | 0.07% | 0.25% | 0.07% |
| 8 | RPM INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.06% | 0.48% | 0.06% |
| 9 | DICKS SPORTING GOODS INC | 0.06% | 0.51% | 0.06% |
| 10 | CULLEN/FROST BANKERS INC | 0.06% | 0.28% | 0.06% |
| 11 | OWENS CORNING | 0.06% | 0.73% | 0.06% |
| 12 | REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC | 0.06% | 0.80% | 0.06% |
Only in DGRO
287 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 IJJ
196 total- US Foods Holding Corp. 1.29%
- Performance Food Group Co. 1.01%
- WESCO International, Inc. 0.97%
- Entegris, Inc. 0.95%
- Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 0.94%
- Regal Rexnord Corp. 0.91%
- Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 0.87%
- Aramark 0.86%
- Watsco, Inc. 0.84%
- Permian Resources Corp. 0.83%
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- DGRO vs SPHD · Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF 2.2%
- DGRO vs IJK · iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF 2.1%
More comparisons with IJJ
- IJJ vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 3.3%
- IJJ vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 3.3%
- IJJ vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 3.3%
- IJJ vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 3.2%
- IJJ vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 2.6%
- IJJ vs IWF · iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF 0.6%
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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