ETF comparison
DGRO vs SPLV
Dividend vs Low Volatility Factor.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF
Holdings overlap
67 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and SPLV would leave roughly 22.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DGRO is 17 bps cheaper than SPLV. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for SPLV.
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 SPLV.
Top shared holdings
67 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In SPLV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 1.79% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 2 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 2.07% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 2.64% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
| 4 | MCDONALD'S CORP | 1.04% | 1.14% | 1.04% |
| 5 | PEPSICO INC | 1.70% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 6 | VISA INC | 1.05% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 7 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 1.89% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 8 | UNION PACIFIC CORP | 0.77% | 0.90% | 0.77% |
| 9 | DUKE ENERGY CORP | 0.73% | 1.27% | 0.73% |
| 10 | SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) | 0.72% | 1.31% | 0.72% |
| 11 | MEDTRONIC PLC | 0.72% | 0.90% | 0.72% |
| 12 | LINDE PLC | 0.64% | 1.14% | 0.64% |
Only in DGRO
327 total- BROADCOM INC 3.25%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.04%
- APPLE INC 2.93%
- MICROSOFT CORP 2.91%
- EXXON MOBIL CORP 2.90%
- ABBVIE INC 2.52%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 2.31%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.94%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.83%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 1.75%
Only in SPLV
33 total- Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 1.26%
- Exelon Corp. 1.24%
- PPL Corp. 1.23%
- Realty Income Corp. 1.22%
- VICI Properties Inc. 1.18%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 1.10%
- FirstEnergy Corp. 1.09%
- Regency Centers Corp. 1.08%
- Loews Corp. 1.06%
- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 1.03%
Open DGRO or SPLV at a brokerage
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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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.