Which returned more over the last year, BSV or DGRO?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and DGRO returned +17.4%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or DGRO?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and DGRO charges 0.08%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BSV vs DGRO: how they differ

BSV and DGRO hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and DGRO returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and DGRO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BSV	Only in DGRO
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	BROADCOM INC 3.25%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.05%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	APPLE INC 2.94%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	MICROSOFT CORP 2.92%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	EXXON MOBIL CORP 2.91%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.64%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	ABBVIE INC 2.53%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 2.32%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

BSV and DGRO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Short-Term Bond	Core Dividend Growth
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	−0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.08%
Holdings	3185	394

BSV in plain words

BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

DGRO in plain words

DGRO is an index equity fund tracking the Core Dividend Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 394 positions, with the top ten at 26.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or DGRO?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and DGRO returned +17.4%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or DGRO?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and DGRO charges 0.08%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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