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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and VDC +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or VDC?

DGRO 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 VDC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DGRO vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to VDC's +12.7%; 13% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $44.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF, and $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+12.7%

VDC total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.09%

VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DGRO costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.1 points; DGRO is 5.7 times larger.

DGRO vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	VDC
Return
Measure	DGRO	VDC
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+12.7%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	VDC
Below its high		3.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	VDC
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	VDC
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$41.9bn	$7.4bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	VDC
Holdings in common	13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	66.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

13%

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and VDC hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DGRO VDC

PROCTER & GAMBLE 2.42% 9.90%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 2.23% 4.83%

COCA-COLA 1.89% 9.80%

PEPSICO 1.72% 4.28%

WALMART 1.06% 13.86%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.62% 12.12%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 0.57% 2.58%

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 0.39% 2.28%

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC 0.29% 1.48%

SYSCO 0.24% 1.37%

KROGER 0.22% 1.22%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 0.19% 1.41%

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%

HOME DEPOT 2.03%

Only in VDC

Altria Group Inc 3.86%

Target Corp 2.50%

Monster Beverage Corp 2.08%

Kenvue Inc 1.26%

Kimberly-Clark Corp 1.02%

Dollar General Corp 1.02%

Estee Lauder Cos Inc 0.90%

Hershey Co 0.90%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Tracks an index of Consumer Staples

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +12.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +12.7% (FSTA)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs FSTA

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 86.4%

Holdings 393 105

Net assets, DGRO as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $44.6bn $7.4bn

DGRO and VDC 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%.

VDC

VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 66.0%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or VDC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or VDC?: DGRO 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 VDC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DGRO on its own →VDC on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →DGRO dividend history →DGRO holdings →VDC dividend history →VDC holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DGRO ↗

VDC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDC ↗

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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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