ETF comparison
DGRO vs VLUE
Dividend vs Value Factor.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
51 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and VLUE would leave roughly 16.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
51 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In VLUE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 1.83% | 1.88% | 1.83% |
| 2 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.73% | 4.96% | 1.73% |
| 3 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 1.75% | 1.57% | 1.57% |
| 4 | CITIGROUP INC | 1.12% | 1.94% | 1.12% |
| 5 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 1.29% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 6 | QUALCOMM INC | 1.10% | 1.80% | 1.10% |
| 7 | ACCENTURE PLC | 0.76% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 8 | EOG RESOURCES INC | 0.53% | 0.66% | 0.53% |
| 9 | PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (THE) | 0.66% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 10 | ELEVANCE HEALTH INC | 0.45% | 0.63% | 0.45% |
| 11 | CIGNA GROUP (THE) | 0.38% | 0.84% | 0.38% |
| 12 | APPLIED MATERIALS INC | 0.38% | 3.66% | 0.38% |
Only in DGRO
343 total- BROADCOM INC 3.25%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.04%
- APPLE INC 2.93%
- MICROSOFT CORP 2.91%
- EXXON MOBIL CORP 2.90%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.64%
- ABBVIE INC 2.52%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 2.31%
- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 2.07%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.94%
Only in VLUE
97 total- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11.60%
- INTEL CORPORATION 9.26%
- GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 3.15%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2.66%
- AT&T INC. 2.53%
- WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 1.88%
- COMCAST CORPORATION 1.50%
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY 1.50%
- PFIZER INC. 1.49%
- HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.30%
Open DGRO or VLUE 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/.
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