ETF comparison
DGRO vs MGV
Dividend vs US Value.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
81 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGRO and MGV would leave roughly 55.5% 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
MGV 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 MGV.
Top shared holdings
81 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGRO | In MGV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 3.16% | 4.41% | 3.16% |
| 2 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 3.07% | 2.96% | 2.96% |
| 3 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP | 2.87% | 3.08% | 2.87% |
| 4 | ABBVIE INC | 2.96% | 2.09% | 2.09% |
| 5 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 1.83% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 6 | MERCK & COMPANY INC | 1.91% | 1.69% | 1.69% |
| 7 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | 1.76% | 1.63% | 1.63% |
| 8 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 2.17% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 9 | HOME DEPOT INC (THE) | 2.14% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 10 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 1.96% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 11 | PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC | 2.13% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
| 12 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.33% | 1.81% | 1.33% |
Only in DGRO
309 total- MICROSOFT CORP 3.24%
- APPLE INC 2.86%
- BROADCOM INC 2.55%
- ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.19%
- VISA INC 1.10%
- MASTERCARD INC 0.72%
- PHILLIPS 66 0.51%
- TJX COMPANIES INC (THE) 0.45%
- ORACLE CORP 0.45%
- SEMPRA 0.37%
Only in MGV
40 total- Micron Technology Inc 5.00%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 3.29%
- Chevron Corp 1.80%
- General Electric Co 1.62%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.10%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.02%
- Salesforce Inc 0.93%
- Intel Corp 0.87%
- Verizon Communications Inc 0.87%
- Walt Disney Co/The 0.86%
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- DGRO vs SCHV · Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF 52.9%
- DGRO vs VONV · Vanguard Russell 1000 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 51.8%
- DGRO vs IWX · iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF 51.3%
- DGRO vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 50.7%
- DGRO vs VOOV · Vanguard S&P 500 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 50.0%
More comparisons with MGV
- MGV vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 54.2%
- MGV vs VOOV · Vanguard S&P 500 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 51.2%
- MGV vs VONV · Vanguard Russell 1000 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 48.9%
- MGV vs DFUV · Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 48.7%
- MGV vs SPYV · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF 48.5%
- MGV vs IVE · iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 48.5%
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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