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

In the year to Sep 21, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +16.3% and ETHA returned −42.6%, so DGRO returned more.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or ETHA?

DGRO charges 0.08% a year and ETHA charges 0.25%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 21, 2026.

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DGRO vs ETHA: how they differ

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

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF and iShares Ethereum Trust ETF.

What they hold in common

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

Positions DGRO and ETHA both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	DGRO	ETHA
USD CASH	0.20%	0.00%

Only in each
Only in DGRO	Only in ETHA
APPLE 3.12%	ETHER 100.00%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.06%
MICROSOFT 3.03%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.90%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.89%
ABBVIE 2.87%
BROADCOM INC 2.77%
PROCTER & GAMBLE 2.31%

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 18, 2026.

DGRO and ETHA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 21, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF	ETHA iShares Ethereum Trust ETF
Where it sits	Core fund	Core fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Tracks an index of Dividend Growth	Holds ether
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	−42.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.2 pts	−59.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.25%
Holdings	396	2
Net assets	$42.9bn	$9.2bn

DGRO in plain words

DGRO tracks an index of Dividend Growth. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 396 positions, with the top ten at 27.1%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Sep 18, 2026.

ETHA in plain words

ETHA holds ether. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned −42.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. It sat 45.6% below its high of Aug 22, 2025 on Sep 18, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or ETHA?: In the year to Sep 21, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +16.3% and ETHA returned −42.6%, so DGRO returned more.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or ETHA?: DGRO charges 0.08% a year and ETHA charges 0.25%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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