ETF comparison
DGRO vs MGV
Dividend vs US Value.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Mega Cap Value Index Fund
Holdings overlap
83 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and MGV would leave roughly 56.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
83 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In MGV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 3.04% | 3.83% | 3.04% |
| 2 | EXXON MOBIL CORP | 2.90% | 3.21% | 2.90% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 2.64% | 2.99% | 2.64% |
| 4 | ABBVIE INC | 2.52% | 2.05% | 2.05% |
| 5 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 2.07% | 1.95% | 1.95% |
| 6 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 1.89% | 1.89% | 1.89% |
| 7 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 1.83% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 8 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 1.75% | 1.53% | 1.53% |
| 9 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 1.94% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 10 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.73% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 11 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 1.79% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 12 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | 2.31% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
Only in DGRO
311 total- BROADCOM INC 3.25%
- APPLE INC 2.93%
- MICROSOFT CORP 2.91%
- ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.14%
- VISA INC 1.05%
- ORACLE CORP 0.80%
- MASTERCARD INC 0.61%
- PHILLIPS 66 0.50%
- TJX COMPANIES INC (THE) 0.42%
- LAM RESEARCH CORP 0.35%
Only in MGV
40 total- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 3.47%
- Micron Technology Inc 2.32%
- Chevron Corp 1.78%
- General Electric Co 1.71%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.19%
- AT&T Inc 0.99%
- Texas Instruments Inc 0.96%
- Verizon Communications Inc 0.95%
- Walt Disney Co/The 0.94%
- Intel Corp 0.92%
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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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