ETF comparison
DGRO vs MGC
Dividend vs US Large Cap.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
94 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and MGC would leave roughly 38.2% 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
MGC is 3 bps cheaper than DGRO. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for DGRO.
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 MGC.
Top shared holdings
94 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In MGC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORP | 3.24% | 6.24% | 3.24% |
| 2 | APPLE INC | 2.86% | 8.55% | 2.86% |
| 3 | BROADCOM INC | 2.55% | 3.95% | 2.55% |
| 4 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 3.16% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 5 | ELI LILLY & COMPANY | 1.19% | 1.75% | 1.19% |
| 6 | VISA INC | 1.10% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 7 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 3.07% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 8 | WALMART INC | 0.87% | 0.95% | 0.87% |
| 9 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.33% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 10 | ABBVIE INC | 2.96% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 11 | MASTERCARD INC | 0.72% | 0.73% | 0.72% |
| 12 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | 1.76% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
Only in DGRO
296 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.87%
- PHILLIPS 66 0.51%
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC 0.37%
- FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 0.34%
- XCEL ENERGY INC 0.32%
- HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC 0.32%
- METLIFE INC 0.31%
- ALLSTATE CORP (THE) 0.30%
- CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 0.29%
- PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC 0.28%
Only in MGC
79 total- NVIDIA Corp 9.10%
- Amazon.com Inc 4.88%
- Alphabet Inc 4.13%
- Alphabet Inc 3.25%
- Meta Platforms Inc 2.58%
- Tesla Inc 2.29%
- Micron Technology Inc 2.04%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.57%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.53%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 1.13%
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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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