ETF comparison
DGRO vs QQQ
Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.
Holdings overlap
34 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and QQQ would leave roughly 20.2% 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
DGRO is 10 bps cheaper than QQQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for QQQ.
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 QQQ.
Top shared holdings
34 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In QQQ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORP | 3.24% | 4.35% | 3.24% |
| 2 | APPLE INC | 2.86% | 6.67% | 2.86% |
| 3 | BROADCOM INC | 2.55% | 2.81% | 2.55% |
| 4 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.33% | 2.01% | 1.33% |
| 5 | WALMART INC | 0.87% | 2.39% | 0.87% |
| 6 | AMGEN INC | 1.30% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 7 | PEPSICO INC | 1.66% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 8 | GILEAD SCIENCES INC | 0.89% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 9 | LINDE PLC | 0.61% | 1.04% | 0.61% |
| 10 | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP | 0.55% | 1.80% | 0.55% |
| 11 | QUALCOMM INC | 0.54% | 0.84% | 0.54% |
| 12 | ANALOG DEVICES INC | 0.42% | 0.84% | 0.42% |
Only in DGRO
356 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 QQQ
68 total- NVIDIA Corp. 7.60%
- Micron Technology, Inc. 5.64%
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.10%
- Amazon.com, Inc. 4.02%
- Tesla, Inc. 3.30%
- Alphabet Inc. 3.27%
- Intel Corp. 3.04%
- Alphabet Inc. 3.02%
- Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.62%
- Sandisk Corp. 1.46%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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