ETF comparison
DGRO vs IJK
Dividend vs US Mid Cap.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
71 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and IJK would leave roughly 2.1% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
DGRO is 8 bps cheaper than IJK. On a $100,000 position that's about $80/yr more in fees for IJK.
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 IJK.
Top shared holdings
71 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In IJK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EAST WEST BANCORP INC | 0.10% | 0.48% | 0.10% |
| 2 | DT MIDSTREAM INC | 0.08% | 0.57% | 0.08% |
| 3 | OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP | 0.07% | 0.25% | 0.07% |
| 4 | EQUITABLE HOLDINGS INC | 0.07% | 0.30% | 0.07% |
| 5 | RPM INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.06% | 0.31% | 0.06% |
| 6 | DICKS SPORTING GOODS INC | 0.06% | 0.32% | 0.06% |
| 7 | CULLEN/FROST BANKERS INC | 0.06% | 0.26% | 0.06% |
| 8 | AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.06% | 0.21% | 0.06% |
| 9 | H & R BLOCK INC | 0.05% | 0.13% | 0.05% |
| 10 | STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP | 0.05% | 0.31% | 0.05% |
| 11 | TEXAS ROADHOUSE INC | 0.05% | 0.67% | 0.05% |
| 12 | SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL | 0.05% | 0.29% | 0.05% |
Only in DGRO
319 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 IJK
172 total- Twilio, Inc. 1.66%
- Carpenter Technology Corp. 1.62%
- ATI, Inc. 1.42%
- TechnipFMC plc 1.40%
- Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. 1.36%
- MasTec, Inc. 1.36%
- MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. 1.32%
- Everpure, Inc. 1.32%
- XPO, Inc. 1.28%
- United Therapeutics Corp. 1.22%
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- DGRO vs AVUV · Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF 0.9%
- DGRO vs VTWO · Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
- DGRO vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.8%
More comparisons with IJK
- IJK vs IWF · iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF 2.1%
- IJK vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 1.9%
- IJK vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 1.7%
- IJK vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 1.6%
- IJK vs VOT · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF 0.2%
- IJK vs SPY · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 0.1%
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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