ETF comparison
DGRO vs VBR
Dividend vs US Small Cap.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
151 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and VBR would leave roughly 6.3% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VBR is 3 bps cheaper than DGRO. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/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 VBR.
Top shared holdings
151 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In VBR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GENUINE PARTS COMPANY | 0.16% | 0.35% | 0.16% |
| 2 | EVERGY INC | 0.14% | 0.40% | 0.14% |
| 3 | ATMOS ENERGY CORP | 0.14% | 0.62% | 0.14% |
| 4 | NISOURCE INC | 0.12% | 0.24% | 0.12% |
| 5 | ALLIANT ENERGY CORP | 0.12% | 0.21% | 0.12% |
| 6 | FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC | 0.12% | 0.26% | 0.12% |
| 7 | MCCORMICK & CO. INC | 0.11% | 0.14% | 0.11% |
| 8 | TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY | 0.10% | 0.18% | 0.10% |
| 9 | BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC | 0.10% | 0.17% | 0.10% |
| 10 | EAST WEST BANCORP INC | 0.10% | 0.38% | 0.10% |
| 11 | ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC | 0.09% | 0.23% | 0.09% |
| 12 | WILLIAMS SONOMA INC | 0.09% | 0.59% | 0.09% |
Only in DGRO
239 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 VBR
689 total- Jabil Inc 0.87%
- Tapestry Inc 0.63%
- Moderna Inc 0.54%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.52%
- F5 Inc 0.50%
- US Foods Holding Corp 0.48%
- Expand Energy Corp 0.47%
- Omnicom Group Inc 0.44%
- Essex Property Trust Inc 0.40%
- DuPont de Nemours Inc 0.40%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with DGRO
- DGRO vs SCHM · Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF 5.5%
- DGRO vs BBMC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF 5.0%
- DGRO vs DON · WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund 4.7%
- DGRO vs DFAS · U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 4.6%
- DGRO vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 4.0%
- DGRO vs IVOO · Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index Fund ETF Shares 4.0%
More comparisons with VBR
- VBR vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 5.6%
- VBR vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 4.5%
- VBR vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 4.3%
- VBR vs VOO · Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 2.7%
- VBR vs SPYM · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF 2.7%
- VBR vs IVV · iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 2.7%
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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