ETF comparison
DGRO vs VUG
Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and VUG would leave roughly 17.0% 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
VUG is 5 bps cheaper than DGRO. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 VUG.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORP | 3.24% | 7.61% | 3.24% |
| 2 | APPLE INC | 2.86% | 11.67% | 2.86% |
| 3 | BROADCOM INC | 2.55% | 4.28% | 2.55% |
| 4 | ELI LILLY & COMPANY | 1.19% | 2.81% | 1.19% |
| 5 | VISA INC | 1.10% | 1.54% | 1.10% |
| 6 | MASTERCARD INC | 0.72% | 1.13% | 0.72% |
| 7 | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP | 0.55% | 1.15% | 0.55% |
| 8 | MCDONALD'S CORP | 1.11% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 9 | TJX COMPANIES INC (THE) | 0.45% | 0.48% | 0.45% |
| 10 | ORACLE CORP | 0.45% | 0.71% | 0.45% |
| 11 | APPLIED MATERIALS INC | 0.37% | 1.60% | 0.37% |
| 12 | AMPHENOL CORP | 0.29% | 0.61% | 0.29% |
Only in DGRO
350 total- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.16%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.07%
- ABBVIE INC 2.96%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.87%
- PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 2.17%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 2.14%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 2.13%
- COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 1.96%
- MERCK & COMPANY INC 1.91%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.83%
Only in VUG
106 total- NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
- Alphabet Inc 5.76%
- Alphabet Inc 4.53%
- Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
- Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
- Tesla Inc 3.27%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.62%
- Sandisk Corp 0.94%
- GE Vernova Inc 0.89%
- Netflix Inc 0.84%
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- DGRO vs MGK · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF 14.5%
- DGRO vs VLUE · iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF 13.6%
- DGRO vs VOE · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF 13.5%
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- VUG vs MOAT · VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF 14.2%
- VUG vs SCHV · Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF 13.1%
- VUG vs VOT · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF 11.9%
- VUG vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 11.9%
- VUG vs ACWV · iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF 8.6%
- VUG vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 7.5%
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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