ETF comparison
DGRO vs MGK
Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and MGK would leave roughly 14.5% 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
MGK 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 MGK.
Top shared holdings
16 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In MGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORP | 3.24% | 7.50% | 3.24% |
| 2 | APPLE INC | 2.86% | 12.17% | 2.86% |
| 3 | BROADCOM INC | 2.55% | 4.27% | 2.55% |
| 4 | ELI LILLY & COMPANY | 1.19% | 3.40% | 1.19% |
| 5 | VISA INC | 1.10% | 1.82% | 1.10% |
| 6 | MASTERCARD INC | 0.72% | 1.47% | 0.72% |
| 7 | TJX COMPANIES INC (THE) | 0.45% | 0.70% | 0.45% |
| 8 | ORACLE CORP | 0.45% | 0.94% | 0.45% |
| 9 | APPLIED MATERIALS INC | 0.37% | 1.13% | 0.37% |
| 10 | AMPHENOL CORP | 0.29% | 0.89% | 0.29% |
| 11 | INTUIT INC | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 12 | LAM RESEARCH CORP | 0.25% | 1.92% | 0.25% |
Only in DGRO
374 total- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.16%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.07%
- ABBVIE INC 2.96%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.87%
- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 2.17%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 2.14%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 2.13%
- COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 1.96%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 1.91%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.83%
Only in MGK
40 total- NVIDIA Corp 13.27%
- Alphabet Inc 5.92%
- Alphabet Inc 4.66%
- Amazon.com Inc 4.46%
- Meta Platforms Inc 4.08%
- Tesla Inc 3.93%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.19%
- Sandisk Corp 1.28%
- GE Vernova Inc 1.20%
- Netflix Inc 1.12%
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- DGRO vs RPV · Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF 9.7%
- DGRO vs MOAT · VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF 9.2%
More comparisons with MGK
- MGK vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 5.2%
- MGK vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 2.3%
- MGK vs VTV · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF 2.0%
- MGK vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 0.0%
- MGK vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 0.0%
- MGK vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.0%
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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