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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and FXI −19.1%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or FXI?

DGRO is cheaper, by 0.65 percentage points a year. That is about $65 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DGRO vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to FXI's −19.1%; 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 $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares China Large-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

−19.1%

FXI total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.73%

FXI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DGRO costs 0.65 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 37.9 points; DGRO is 12.1 times larger.

DGRO vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	FXI
Return
Measure	DGRO	FXI
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	−19.1%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	FXI
Below its high		32.7%, high on Feb 17, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	FXI
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	FTSE China 50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	FXI
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.73%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$44.7bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	FXI
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	58.4%

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

What they share

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

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 FXI

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 9.81%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 8.63%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 8.60%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 6.69%

XIAOMI 4.86%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 4.76%

MEITUAN 4.58%

NETEASE 3.85%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Tracks an index of China Large-Cap

Total return, 1 year +18.8% −19.1%

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.73%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 0.0%

Holdings 393 51

Net assets, DGRO as of Oct 27, 2026 and FXI as of Oct 28, 2026 $44.6bn $3.7bn

DGRO and FXI 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%.

FXI

FXI tracks an index of China Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −19.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.73% 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 51 positions, with the top ten at 58.4%. It sat 32.7% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or FXI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and FXI −19.1%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or FXI?: DGRO is cheaper, by 0.65 percentage points a year. That is about $65 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DGRO and FXI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 0% of FXI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DGRO and FXI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DGRO ↗

FXI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for FXI ↗

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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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