ETF comparison
DGRO vs VB
Dividend vs US Small Cap.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
195 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and VB would leave roughly 7.2% 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
VB is 5 bps cheaper than DGRO. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 VB.
Top shared holdings
195 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GENUINE PARTS COMPANY | 0.16% | 0.20% | 0.16% |
| 2 | EVERGY INC | 0.14% | 0.23% | 0.14% |
| 3 | ATMOS ENERGY CORP | 0.14% | 0.35% | 0.14% |
| 4 | NISOURCE INC | 0.12% | 0.14% | 0.12% |
| 5 | ALLIANT ENERGY CORP | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 6 | FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC | 0.12% | 0.15% | 0.12% |
| 7 | TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 8 | EAST WEST BANCORP INC | 0.10% | 0.21% | 0.10% |
| 9 | BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 10 | ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC | 0.09% | 0.13% | 0.09% |
| 11 | WILLIAMS SONOMA INC | 0.09% | 0.33% | 0.09% |
| 12 | NRG ENERGY INC | 0.09% | 0.37% | 0.09% |
Only in DGRO
195 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 VB
1,114 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- Jabil Inc 0.49%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
- Flex Ltd 0.36%
- Tapestry Inc 0.36%
- Carpenter Technology Corp 0.35%
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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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