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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and EWT +69.9%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or EWT?

DGRO is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DGRO and EWT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 0% of EWT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DGRO vs EWT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to EWT's +69.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $44.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF, and $12.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DGRO costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 51.1 points; DGRO is 3.8 times larger.

DGRO vs EWT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	EWT
Return
Measure	DGRO	EWT
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+69.9%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	EWT
Below its high		7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	EWT
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	EWT
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$44.6bn	$11.8bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	EWT
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	47.7%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and EWT 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 DGRO EWT

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Only in EWT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 22.12%

MEDIATEK 6.03%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 3.31%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 3.25%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 2.86%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 2.54%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.04%

ELITE MATERIAL 1.88%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Tracks the MSCI Taiwan

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +69.9%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +16.3% (EEM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +53.6 pts vs EEM

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.59%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 0.0%

Holdings 393 79

Net assets, DGRO as of Oct 27, 2026 and EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 $44.6bn $12.0bn

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

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About each fund

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%.

EWT

EWT tracks the MSCI Taiwan. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +69.9% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 47.7%. It sat 7.7% below its high of Oct 5, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or EWT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and EWT +69.9%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or EWT?: DGRO is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DGRO and EWT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 0% of EWT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DGRO ↗

EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWT ↗

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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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