ETF comparison
DGRO vs MGV
Dividend vs US Value.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
79 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and MGV would leave roughly 50.5% 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
MGV 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 MGV.
Top shared holdings
79 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In MGV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 3.16% | 3.64% | 3.16% |
| 2 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 3.07% | 2.61% | 2.61% |
| 3 | ABBVIE INC | 2.96% | 1.85% | 1.85% |
| 4 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | 1.76% | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 5 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 2.17% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 6 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 1.83% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 7 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 2.14% | 1.52% | 1.52% |
| 8 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 1.91% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 9 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.33% | 2.06% | 1.33% |
| 10 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 2.13% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
| 11 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 1.96% | 1.31% | 1.31% |
| 12 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 1.27% | 1.15% | 1.15% |
Only in DGRO
311 total- MICROSOFT CORP 3.24%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.87%
- APPLE INC 2.86%
- BROADCOM INC 2.55%
- ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.19%
- VISA INC 1.10%
- MASTERCARD INC 0.72%
- PHILLIPS 66 0.51%
- TJX COMPANIES INC (THE) 0.45%
- ORACLE CORP 0.45%
Only in MGV
41 total- Micron Technology Inc 5.26%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 3.15%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 2.91%
- Intel Corp 2.20%
- Chevron Corp 1.66%
- General Electric Co 1.55%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.33%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.06%
- Verizon Communications Inc 0.87%
- Walt Disney Co/The 0.87%
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- DGRO vs SPYV · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF 47.7%
- DGRO vs IVE · iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 47.6%
- DGRO vs IUSV · iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF 47.5%
- DGRO vs VOOV · Vanguard S&P 500 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 46.2%
More comparisons with MGV
- MGV vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 50.1%
- MGV vs IUSV · iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF 49.2%
- MGV vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 49.0%
- MGV vs DFUV · Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 44.4%
- MGV vs DFLV · Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF 43.9%
- MGV vs PRF · Invesco RAFI US 1000 ETF 41.8%
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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