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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and IXUS +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or IXUS?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DGRO vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to IXUS's +14.1%; 1% 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 $57.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points; IXUS is 1.3 times larger.

DGRO vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	IXUS
Return
Measure	DGRO	IXUS
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	IXUS
Below its high		4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	IXUS
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$44.6bn	$57.6bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	IXUS
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	13.5%

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

Risk and return

Jun 20, 2014 to Oct 23, 2026 · 644 weekly returns

DGRO IXUS

Return

Total return edge DGRO +321.3% +116.0%

Annualized edge DGRO +12.3% +6.4%

Price return edge DGRO +216.7% +52.1%

Risk

Volatility edge DGRO (slight) 15.3% 16.3%

Max drawdown edge DGRO (slight) −32.1% −34.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge DGRO 0.70 0.34

Sortino edge DGRO 1.00 0.47

Calmar edge DGRO 0.38 0.19

Reading

DGRO returned more: +321.3% to +116.0%. DGRO swung slightly less: 15.3% to 16.3%. DGRO fell slightly less at its worst: −32.1% to −34.6%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: DGRO vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	IXUS	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+321.3%	+116.0%	DGRO	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+12.3%	+6.4%	DGRO	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+216.7%	+52.1%	DGRO	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.3%	16.3%	DGRO (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.7%	11.8%	DGRO (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.1%	−34.6%	DGRO (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.70	0.34	DGRO	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.00	0.47	DGRO	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.38	0.19	DGRO	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 644 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and IXUS hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DGRO IXUS

DTE ENERGY 0.21% 0.23%

TRACTOR SUPPLY 0.09% 0.11%

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES 0.08% 0.82%

ALLSTATE CORP 0.23% 0.06%

CULLEN FROST BANKERS 0.05% 0.26%

MERCK & CO INC 1.74% 0.05%

CARLISLE COMPANIES 0.04% 0.16%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 0.19% 0.03%

BUNGE GLOBAL SA 0.07% 0.03%

GENPACT 0.03% 0.08%

OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL 0.06% 0.02%

TE CONNECTIVITY PLC 0.21% 0.02%

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 IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90%

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

SK HYNIX 1.35%

SHELL 0.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

NOVARTIS AG 0.69%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 0.0%

Holdings 393 4584

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $44.6bn $57.6bn

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

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DGRO and IXUS do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. DGRO follows Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index and IXUS follows MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI.
Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DGRO returned +18.8% and IXUS +14.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 4.7 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 4,584 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and IXUS +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or IXUS?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DGRO and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DGRO and IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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