ETF comparison

DGROvsVIG

Both Dividend.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
70.4%

249 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and VIG would leave roughly70.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DGRO only 29.3%Shared 70.4%VIG only 28.9%
In DGRO only
145 positions
Shared
249 positions
In VIG only
83 positions

Side by side

DGRO

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

iShares · Dividend

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$43.46B
TTM yield
1.90%
Top-10 conc.
26.5%
VIG

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Dividend

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$132.41B
TTM yield
1.51%
Top-10 conc.
32.5%

Sub-score comparison

92
Cost
96
77
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
76
Concentration
68
Tracking quality
DGROsub-scoreVIG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

VIG is 4 bps cheaper than DGRO. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with DGRO vs VIG.

Top shared holdings

249 shared in total
#HoldingIn DGROIn VIGOverlap
1BROADCOM INC3.25%5.18%3.25%
2JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY3.04%3.59%3.04%
3APPLE INC2.93%4.07%2.93%
4MICROSOFT CORP2.91%3.97%2.91%
5EXXON MOBIL CORP2.90%2.90%2.90%
6JOHNSON & JOHNSON2.64%2.49%2.49%
7ABBVIE INC2.52%1.68%1.68%
8CISCO SYSTEMS INC1.73%1.63%1.63%
9BANK OF AMERICA CORP1.83%1.57%1.57%
10PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE)2.07%1.54%1.54%
11UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC2.31%1.51%1.51%
12HOME DEPOT INC (THE)1.89%1.47%1.47%

Only in DGRO

145 total
  • PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC1.94%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY1.29%
  • CITIGROUP INC1.12%
  • CONOCOPHILLIPS0.99%
  • DUKE ENERGY CORP0.73%
  • SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE)0.72%
  • RTX CORP0.68%
  • EOG RESOURCES INC0.53%
  • TJX COMPANIES INC (THE)0.42%
  • AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY0.42%

Only in VIG

83 total
  • Texas Instruments Inc1.15%
  • Starbucks Corp0.54%
  • NIKE Inc0.24%
  • Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc0.14%
  • Cboe Global Markets Inc0.14%
  • Albemarle Corp0.10%
  • Veralto Corp0.10%
  • RB Global Inc0.09%
  • Watsco Inc0.07%
  • Solstice Advanced Materials Inc0.06%

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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.