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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and KRE +21.2%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or KRE?

DGRO is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 7% of KRE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DGRO vs KRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to KRE's +21.2%; 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 $4.2bn for State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+21.2%

KRE total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.35%

KRE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DGRO costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; DGRO is 10.6 times larger.

DGRO vs KRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	KRE
Return
Measure	DGRO	KRE
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+21.2%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	KRE
Below its high		6.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	KRE
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	KRE
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$44.6bn	$4.2bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	KRE
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	11.6%

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

What they share

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

M&T BANK 0.18% 1.04%

EAST WEST BANCORP 0.10% 1.15%

PROSPERITY BANCSHARES 0.06% 1.09%

CULLEN FROST BANKERS 0.05% 1.09%

SOUTHSTATE BANK CORP 0.05% 1.12%

ZIONS BANCORPORATION 0.05% 1.08%

BANK OZK 0.04% 1.17%

HOME BANCSHARES INC 0.04% 1.13%

POPULAR 0.04% 1.08%

WESTERN ALLIANCE 0.04% 1.07%

COMMERCE BANCSHARES 0.03% 1.07%

UMB FINANCIAL 0.03% 1.06%

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 KRE

GLACIER BANCORP INC 1.20%

COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC 1.17%

EASTERN BANKSHARES INC 1.16%

TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES INC 1.16%

UNITED BANKSHARES INC 1.16%

VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP 1.15%

FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYS A 1.15%

NICOLET BANKSHARES INC 1.14%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF KRE State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Tracks the S&P Regional Banking

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +21.2%

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 6.6%

Holdings 393 167

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $44.6bn $4.2bn

DGRO and KRE 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%.

KRE

KRE tracks the S&P Regional Banking. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 7% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 167 positions, with the top ten at 11.6%. It sat 6.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or KRE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and KRE +21.2%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or KRE?: DGRO is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DGRO and KRE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 7% of KRE 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 ↗

KRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KRE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street 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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