ETF comparison
DGRO vs SMLF
Dividend vs Multi-Factor.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
116 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and SMLF would leave roughly 3.5% 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
DGRO is 7 bps cheaper than SMLF. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for SMLF.
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 SMLF.
Top shared holdings
116 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In SMLF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EAST WEST BANCORP INC | 0.10% | 0.43% | 0.10% |
| 2 | WILLIAMS SONOMA INC | 0.09% | 0.61% | 0.09% |
| 3 | OGE ENERGY CORP | 0.08% | 0.12% | 0.08% |
| 4 | DT MIDSTREAM INC | 0.08% | 0.24% | 0.08% |
| 5 | OVINTIV INC | 0.07% | 0.30% | 0.07% |
| 6 | OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP | 0.07% | 0.27% | 0.07% |
| 7 | RPM INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.06% | 0.15% | 0.06% |
| 8 | INVESCO LTD | 0.06% | 0.14% | 0.06% |
| 9 | DICKS SPORTING GOODS INC | 0.06% | 0.28% | 0.06% |
| 10 | CULLEN/FROST BANKERS INC | 0.06% | 0.26% | 0.06% |
| 11 | OWENS CORNING | 0.06% | 0.13% | 0.06% |
| 12 | ZIONS BANCORP NA | 0.06% | 0.25% | 0.06% |
Only in DGRO
274 total- MICROSOFT CORP 3.24%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.16%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.07%
- ABBVIE INC 2.96%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.87%
- APPLE INC 2.86%
- BROADCOM INC 2.55%
- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 2.17%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 2.14%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 2.13%
Only in SMLF
776 total- Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. 0.83%
- Flex Ltd. 0.78%
- Jabil, Inc. 0.75%
- Astera Labs, Inc. 0.70%
- Tapestry, Inc. 0.66%
- Natera, Inc. 0.62%
- Tenet Healthcare Corp. 0.52%
- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. 0.51%
- Guardant Health, Inc. 0.49%
- Revolution Medicines, Inc. 0.47%
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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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