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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +17.4% and MOAT returned +11.3%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or MOAT?

DGRO charges 0.08% a year and MOAT charges 0.46%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 95% of DGRO and 92% of MOAT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 10% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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

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DGRO vs MOAT: how they differ

DGRO and MOAT hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and DGRO returned more over the year.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF and VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and MOAT hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DGRO and MOAT both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	DGRO	MOAT
MICROSOFT	3.45%	2.79%
BROADCOM INC	2.38%	2.23%
PEPSICO	1.64%	1.14%
MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A	0.57%	2.43%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC	0.34%	1.41%
AMPHENOL CORP CLASS A	0.29%	1.31%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP	0.27%	1.12%
DANAHER	0.24%	2.44%
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC	0.20%	1.34%
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC	0.19%	1.36%
ZOETIS INC CLASS A	0.18%	1.77%
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV	0.16%	1.24%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DGRO	Only in MOAT
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.20%	Veeva Systems Inc 3.41%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 3.20%	Airbnb Inc 2.88%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.07%	Charles Schwab Corp/The 2.75%
APPLE 3.04%	Lpl Financial Holdings Inc 2.73%
ABBVIE 3.02%	Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.58%
PROCTER & GAMBLE 2.16%	Nvidia Corp 2.58%
MERCK & CO INC 2.14%	Estee Lauder Cos Inc/The 2.52%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 2.13%	Palo Alto Networks Inc 2.40%

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 MOAT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF	MOAT VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	VanEck
What it is	Core Dividend Growth	Morningstar Wide Moat
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	+11.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.1 pts	−6.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.46%
Already in the S&P 500	94.7%	91.6%
Holdings	387	55

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%.

MOAT in plain words

MOAT is an index equity fund tracking the Morningstar Wide Moat. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +11.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.46% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 55 positions, with the top ten at 27.1%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or MOAT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +17.4% and MOAT returned +11.3%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or MOAT?: DGRO charges 0.08% a year and MOAT charges 0.46%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DGRO and MOAT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 95% of DGRO and 92% of MOAT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 10% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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