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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +15.8% and JAVA +20.3%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or JAVA?

DGRO is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 90% of JAVA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DGRO vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees

DGRO and JAVA hold 37% of their weight in the same names, and JAVA returned +20.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $43.1bn for iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF and $7.2bn for JPMorgan Active Value ETF.

DGRO costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; DGRO is 6.0 times larger.

DGRO vs JAVA: Differences, Returns & Fees
	DGRO	JAVA
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.44%
Net assets	$43.1bn	$7.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+15.8%	+20.3%
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	37%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.4%	30.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+15.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+20.3%

JAVA total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.44%

JAVA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and JAVA hold 37% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

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37% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DGRO JAVA

MICROSOFT 3.27% 6.31%

APPLE 3.11% 3.93%

ABBVIE 2.99% 1.82%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.43% 2.19%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.79% 1.28%

WELLS FARGO 1.28% 2.17%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 1.81% 1.18%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 2.29% 1.12%

MORGAN STANLEY 1.09% 1.24%

NEXTERA ENERGY 1.09% 1.18%

CITIGROUP 0.96% 1.39%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.92% 1.82%

Only in DGRO

BROADCOM INC 2.79%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.75%

PEPSICO 1.68%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.63%

AMGEN INC 1.18%

VISA CLASS A 1.07%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 1.01%

GILEAD SCIENCES 0.93%

Only in JAVA

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 7.76%

CHARLES SCHWAB CORP/THE 1.64%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.55%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.32%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.29%

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL 1.25%

CHEVRON CORP COMMON 1.22%

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1.18%

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On the same fields

DGRO

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

JAVA

JPMorgan Active Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares JPMorgan

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +15.8% +20.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +26.4% (IWD)

Gap to its benchmark not available −6.2 pts vs IWD

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.44%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 90.4%

Holdings 393 151

Net assets $43.1bn $7.2bn

DGRO and JAVA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About DGRO

DGRO tracks an index of Dividend Growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 393 positions, with the top ten at 27.4%.

About JAVA

JAVA is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.44% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 151 positions, with the top ten at 30.6%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.3% with distributions reinvested, against +26.4% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or JAVA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +15.8% and JAVA +20.3%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or JAVA?: DGRO is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DGRO and JAVA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 90% of JAVA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DGRO ↗JAVA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JAVA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan website ↗

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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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