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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and DGRO +18.8%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or DGRO?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AGG vs DGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to DGRO's +18.8%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $139.4bn for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and $44.6bn for iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.2 points; AGG is 3.1 times larger.

AGG vs DGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	DGRO
Return
Measure	AGG	DGRO
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+18.8%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	DGRO
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	DGRO
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	DGRO
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$44.6bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	DGRO
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		92%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		27.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and DGRO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG DGRO

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AGG

BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY 3.02%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.39%

TREASURY NOTE 0.38%

Only in DGRO

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.24%

MICROSOFT 3.14%

APPLE 3.11%

ABBVIE 3.00%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.77%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.68%

BROADCOM INC 2.55%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 2.42%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of Dividend Growth

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +18.8%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.08%

Holdings 13469 393

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $44.6bn

AGG and DGRO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

DGRO

DGRO tracks an index of Dividend Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 393 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or DGRO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and DGRO +18.8%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or DGRO?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG and DGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DGRO ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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