ETF comparison
DGRO vs VLUE
Dividend vs Value Factor.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
49 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and VLUE would leave roughly 13.6% 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 VLUE. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for VLUE.
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 VLUE.
Top shared holdings
49 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In VLUE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 1.83% | 2.21% | 1.83% |
| 2 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.33% | 4.65% | 1.33% |
| 3 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 1.27% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| 4 | CITIGROUP INC | 0.87% | 1.62% | 0.87% |
| 5 | ACCENTURE PLC | 0.82% | 0.95% | 0.82% |
| 6 | QUALCOMM INC | 0.54% | 1.42% | 0.54% |
| 7 | PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (THE) | 0.65% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 8 | EOG RESOURCES INC | 0.49% | 0.81% | 0.49% |
| 9 | CIGNA GROUP (THE) | 0.33% | 0.93% | 0.33% |
| 10 | METLIFE INC | 0.31% | 0.40% | 0.31% |
| 11 | ELEVANCE HEALTH INC | 0.28% | 0.66% | 0.28% |
| 12 | BECTON DICKINSON & COMPANY | 0.27% | 0.35% | 0.27% |
Only in DGRO
341 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 VLUE
102 total- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 18.98%
- GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 3.99%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2.97%
- AT&T INC. 2.55%
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY 2.14%
- COMCAST CORPORATION 1.78%
- PFIZER INC. 1.60%
- HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.57%
- CVS HEALTH CORPORATION 1.54%
- THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1.53%
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- VLUE vs SPYM · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF 13.2%
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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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