ETF comparison
DGRO vs MDY
Dividend vs US Mid Cap.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
Holdings overlap
119 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and MDY would leave roughly 4.0% 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 MDY. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for MDY.
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 MDY.
Top shared holdings
119 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In MDY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC | 0.12% | 0.29% | 0.12% |
| 2 | EAST WEST BANCORP INC | 0.10% | 0.50% | 0.10% |
| 3 | ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC | 0.09% | 0.32% | 0.09% |
| 4 | OGE ENERGY CORP | 0.08% | 0.27% | 0.08% |
| 5 | DT MIDSTREAM INC | 0.08% | 0.35% | 0.08% |
| 6 | OVINTIV INC | 0.07% | 0.48% | 0.07% |
| 7 | OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP | 0.07% | 0.24% | 0.07% |
| 8 | EQUITABLE HOLDINGS INC | 0.07% | 0.38% | 0.07% |
| 9 | RPM INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.06% | 0.36% | 0.06% |
| 10 | DICKS SPORTING GOODS INC | 0.06% | 0.26% | 0.06% |
| 11 | CULLEN/FROST BANKERS INC | 0.06% | 0.28% | 0.06% |
| 12 | OWENS CORNING | 0.06% | 0.27% | 0.06% |
Only in DGRO
271 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 MDY
282 total- Twilio Inc. Class A 1.30%
- Okta Inc. Class A 1.01%
- U.S. Dollar 0.89%
- nVent Electric plc 0.79%
- TechnipFMC plc 0.77%
- ATI Inc 0.75%
- Entegris Inc. 0.73%
- United Therapeutics Corporation 0.67%
- MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. 0.64%
- XPO Inc. 0.62%
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- DGRO vs IJJ · iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF 3.6%
- DGRO vs SMLF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF 3.5%
- DGRO vs VOT · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF 3.4%
- DGRO vs DFAT · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 3.3%
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- MDY vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 3.4%
- MDY vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 3.1%
- MDY vs IWF · iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF 2.2%
- MDY vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 1.4%
- MDY vs VOT · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF 0.2%
- MDY vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 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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