ETF comparison
DGRO vs VOT
Dividend vs US Mid Cap.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
38 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and VOT would leave roughly 3.4% 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
VOT 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 VOT.
Top shared holdings
38 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In VOT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARES MANAGEMENT CORP | 0.25% | 0.52% | 0.25% |
| 2 | FASTENAL COMPANY | 0.24% | 1.21% | 0.24% |
| 3 | ZOETIS INC | 0.19% | 0.60% | 0.19% |
| 4 | MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC | 0.19% | 1.52% | 0.19% |
| 5 | YUM! BRANDS INC | 0.18% | 0.97% | 0.18% |
| 6 | MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC | 0.17% | 1.09% | 0.17% |
| 7 | CINTAS CORP | 0.16% | 0.64% | 0.16% |
| 8 | GARMIN LTD | 0.16% | 0.86% | 0.16% |
| 9 | ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC | 0.14% | 0.61% | 0.14% |
| 10 | ROSS STORES INC | 0.14% | 1.51% | 0.14% |
| 11 | MSCI INC | 0.12% | 0.86% | 0.12% |
| 12 | REPUBLIC SERVICES INC | 0.11% | 0.47% | 0.11% |
Only in DGRO
352 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 VOT
84 total- Vertiv Holdings Co 2.83%
- Western Digital Corp 2.42%
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 2.38%
- Datadog Inc 1.90%
- Bloom Energy Corp 1.80%
- Constellation Energy Corp 1.77%
- Robinhood Markets Inc 1.75%
- Cloudflare Inc 1.72%
- Coherent Corp 1.70%
- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 1.69%
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- DGRO vs IJK · iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF 2.1%
- DGRO vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 2.1%
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More comparisons with VOT
- VOT vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 3.2%
- VOT vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 2.6%
- VOT vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 2.4%
- VOT vs BBMC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF 1.8%
- VOT vs IVOO · Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
- VOT vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 0.2%
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/.
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.