ETF comparison
DGRO vs XLG
Dividend vs US Large Cap.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF
Holdings overlap
33 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and XLG would leave roughly 33.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
DGRO is 12 bps cheaper than XLG. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for XLG.
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 XLG.
Top shared holdings
33 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In XLG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORP | 3.24% | 8.56% | 3.24% |
| 2 | APPLE INC | 2.86% | 11.26% | 2.86% |
| 3 | BROADCOM INC | 2.55% | 4.57% | 2.55% |
| 4 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 3.16% | 2.34% | 2.34% |
| 5 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP | 2.87% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 6 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 3.07% | 1.53% | 1.53% |
| 7 | ELI LILLY & COMPANY | 1.19% | 2.25% | 1.19% |
| 8 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.33% | 1.14% | 1.14% |
| 9 | ABBVIE INC | 2.96% | 1.10% | 1.10% |
| 10 | VISA INC | 1.10% | 1.51% | 1.10% |
| 11 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 1.83% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 12 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | 1.76% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
Only in DGRO
357 total- AMGEN INC 1.30%
- NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.15%
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES 1.10%
- RTX CORP 1.01%
- CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.89%
- GILEAD SCIENCES INC 0.89%
- CITIGROUP INC 0.87%
- MEDTRONIC PLC 0.83%
- ACCENTURE PLC 0.82%
- UNION PACIFIC CORP 0.77%
Only in XLG
19 total- NVIDIA Corp. 12.06%
- Amazon.com, Inc. 6.60%
- Alphabet Inc. 5.18%
- Alphabet Inc. 4.18%
- Meta Platforms, Inc. 3.03%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2.33%
- Micron Technology, Inc. 2.30%
- Tesla, Inc. 2.17%
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.93%
- Intel Corp. 1.06%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with DGRO
- DGRO vs RSP · Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF 33.0%
- DGRO vs DUHP · DFA U.S. High Relative Profitability Portfolio – ETF Class Shares 33.0%
- DGRO vs FELC · Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Core ETF 32.6%
- DGRO vs HDV · iShares Core High Dividend ETF 30.9%
- DGRO vs SUSA · iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA ETF 30.8%
- DGRO vs DIA · State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust 30.2%
More comparisons with XLG
- XLG vs VTV · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF 26.5%
- XLG vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 26.2%
- XLG vs SPHB · Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF 16.8%
- XLG vs RSP · Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF 9.6%
- XLG vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 7.1%
- XLG vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open DGRO or XLG at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.