ETF comparison
DGRO vs SDY
Both Dividend.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF
Holdings overlap
114 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and SDY would leave roughly 29.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DGRO is 27 bps cheaper than SDY. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for SDY.
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 SDY.
Top shared holdings
114 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In SDY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXXON MOBIL CORP | 2.90% | 1.85% | 1.85% |
| 2 | PEPSICO INC | 1.70% | 1.78% | 1.70% |
| 3 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 1.79% | 1.31% | 1.31% |
| 4 | ABBVIE INC | 2.52% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 5 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 2.07% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 6 | NEXTERA ENERGY INC | 1.23% | 1.33% | 1.23% |
| 7 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 2.64% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 8 | MCDONALD'S CORP | 1.04% | 1.05% | 1.04% |
| 9 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP | 1.27% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 10 | ACCENTURE PLC | 0.76% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 11 | QUALCOMM INC | 1.10% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 12 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 0.79% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
Only in DGRO
280 total- BROADCOM INC 3.25%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.04%
- APPLE INC 2.93%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 2.31%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.94%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 1.89%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.83%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 1.75%
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.73%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 1.29%
Only in SDY
42 total- Verizon Communications Inc 3.69%
- Realty Income Corp 2.42%
- Chevron Corp 2.37%
- Target Corp 2.27%
- Kenvue Inc 1.57%
- Kimberly-Clark Corp 1.54%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.39%
- Edison International 1.34%
- Eversource Energy 1.17%
- T Rowe Price Group Inc 0.91%
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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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