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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and IJH +13.2%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or IJH?

IJH is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DGRO vs IJH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to IJH's +13.2%; 4% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $44.6bn for iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF and $122.8bn for iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+13.2%

IJH total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.05%

IJH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJH costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; IJH is 2.8 times larger.

DGRO vs IJH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	IJH
Return
Measure	DGRO	IJH
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+13.2%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	IJH
Below its high		6.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	IJH
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	S&P MidCap 400
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	IJH
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$44.6bn	$122.8bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	IJH
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	7.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and IJH hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DGRO IJH

EAST WEST BANCORP 0.10% 0.53%

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC 0.09% 0.35%

DT MIDSTREAM 0.08% 0.38%

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC 0.08% 0.28%

OGE ENERGY 0.08% 0.29%

OVINTIV 0.08% 0.57%

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CLASS 0.07% 0.29%

DICKS SPORTING 0.07% 0.27%

EQUITABLE HOLDINGS 0.07% 0.41%

AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.06% 0.30%

OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL 0.06% 0.25%

PROSPERITY BANCSHARES 0.06% 0.24%

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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 IJH

OKTA CLASS A 1.10%

TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.82%

UNITED THERAPEUTICS 0.74%

ENTEGRIS INC 0.67%

ATI 0.66%

US FOODS HOLDING 0.65%

XPO 0.64%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 0.62%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Tracks the S&P MidCap 400

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +13.2%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +12.8% (MDY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.4 pts vs MDY

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 0.0%

Holdings 393 409

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $44.6bn $122.8bn

DGRO and IJH 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%.

IJH

IJH tracks the S&P MidCap 400. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.8% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 409 positions, with the top ten at 7.2%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or IJH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and IJH +13.2%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or IJH?: IJH is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DGRO and IJH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 0% of IJH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DGRO and IJH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DGRO ↗

IJH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJH ↗

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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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