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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +17.4% and LQD returned −2.7%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or LQD?

DGRO charges 0.08% a year and LQD charges 0.14%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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DGRO vs LQD: how they differ

DGRO and LQD hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and DGRO returned more over the year.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and LQD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DGRO	Only in LQD
MICROSOFT 3.45%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.88%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.20%	ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES LLC 0.12%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 3.20%	DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INTERNATIONAL FIN 0.11%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.07%	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING L 144A 0.10%
APPLE 3.04%	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO MTN 0.09%
ABBVIE 3.02%	BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC 0.08%
BROADCOM INC 2.38%	MORGAN STANLEY (FXD-FRN) MTN 0.08%
PROCTER & GAMBLE 2.16%	CITIGROUP INC (FX-FRN) 0.07%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

DGRO and LQD on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF	LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Core Dividend Growth	US investment grade bonds
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	−2.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.1 pts	−20.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.14%
Holdings	387	3149

DGRO in plain words

DGRO is an index equity fund tracking the Core Dividend Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 387 positions, with the top ten at 27.8%.

LQD in plain words

LQD is a bond fund tracking the US investment grade bonds. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.14% a year. It sat 6.4% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or LQD?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +17.4% and LQD returned −2.7%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or LQD?: DGRO charges 0.08% a year and LQD charges 0.14%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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