ETF comparison
DGRO vs IWS
Dividend vs US Mid Cap.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
222 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and IWS would leave roughly 16.2% 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 15 bps cheaper than IWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for IWS.
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 IWS.
Top shared holdings
222 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In IWS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHILLIPS 66 | 0.51% | 0.62% | 0.51% |
| 2 | FIFTH THIRD BANCORP | 0.34% | 0.50% | 0.34% |
| 3 | XCEL ENERGY INC | 0.32% | 0.49% | 0.32% |
| 4 | ALLSTATE CORP (THE) | 0.30% | 0.60% | 0.30% |
| 5 | CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC | 0.29% | 0.40% | 0.29% |
| 6 | PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC | 0.28% | 0.40% | 0.28% |
| 7 | BECTON DICKINSON & COMPANY | 0.27% | 0.42% | 0.27% |
| 8 | KEURIG DR PEPPER INC | 0.27% | 0.42% | 0.27% |
| 9 | WEC ENERGY GROUP INC | 0.26% | 0.37% | 0.26% |
| 10 | ENTERGY CORP | 0.25% | 0.51% | 0.25% |
| 11 | STATE STREET CORP | 0.22% | 0.44% | 0.22% |
| 12 | M&T BANK CORP | 0.21% | 0.34% | 0.21% |
Only in DGRO
168 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 IWS
498 total- WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC 0.63%
- DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC 0.62%
- KINDER MORGAN INC 0.61%
- HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 0.59%
- FLEX LTD 0.58%
- REALTY INCOME CORP 0.57%
- DELTA AIR LINES INC 0.56%
- COHERENT CORP 0.54%
- BAKER HUGHES COMPANY 0.54%
- ONEOK INC 0.54%
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- DGRO vs DVY · iShares Select Dividend ETF 13.4%
- DGRO vs FDL · First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund 10.4%
- DGRO vs RPV · Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF 9.7%
More comparisons with IWS
- IWS vs VOT · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF 16.2%
- IWS vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 15.3%
- IWS vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 15.3%
- IWS vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 15.0%
- IWS vs IJK · iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF 14.8%
- IWS vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 12.2%
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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