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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +17.4% and EMB returned +2.8%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or EMB?

DGRO charges 0.08% a year and EMB charges 0.39%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

ETFIQetfiq.com · independent ETF data

DGRO vs EMB: how they differ

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

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF and iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and EMB 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 DGRO	Only in EMB
MICROSOFT 3.45%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.84%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.20%	EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL RegS 0.50%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 3.20%	UKRAINE (REPUBLIC OF) C BONDS RegS 0.42%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.07%	ECUADOR REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNMENT) RegS 0.34%
APPLE 3.04%	GHANA (REPUBLIC OF) DISCO RegS 0.31%
ABBVIE 3.02%	CHINA LIFE INSURANCE OVERSEAS CO L RegS 0.28%
BROADCOM INC 2.38%	REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY 0.27%
PROCTER & GAMBLE 2.16%	ANGOLA (REPUBLIC OF) RegS 0.26%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

DGRO and EMB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF	EMB iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Core Dividend Growth	J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	+2.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.1 pts	−14.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.39%
Holdings	387	612

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 Sep 10, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 387 positions, with the top ten at 27.8%.

EMB in plain words

EMB is a bond fund tracking the J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or EMB?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +17.4% and EMB returned +2.8%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or EMB?: DGRO charges 0.08% a year and EMB charges 0.39%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Other comparisons

Where to next

Where these figures came from

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.

DGRO against EMB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, DGRO against EMB, data as of Sep 13, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/dgro-vs-emb Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

A comparison is not a recommendation. Standards and sources