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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and VDE +58.8%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or VDE?

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 VDE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 81% of VDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DGRO vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to VDE's +58.8%; 6% 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 $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Energy ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+58.8%

VDE total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.09%

VDE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DGRO costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 40.0 points; DGRO is 4.0 times larger.

DGRO vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	VDE
Return
Measure	DGRO	VDE
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+58.8%
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	VDE
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	VDE
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$41.9bn	$10.4bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	VDE
Holdings in common	6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	67.1%

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

Risk and return

Jun 20, 2014 to Oct 23, 2026 · 644 weekly returns

DGRO VDE

Return

Total return edge DGRO +321.3% +101.6%

Annualized edge DGRO +12.3% +5.8%

Price return edge DGRO +216.7% +33.0%

Risk

Volatility edge DGRO 15.3% 28.8%

Max drawdown edge DGRO −32.1% −72.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge DGRO 0.70 0.27

Sortino edge DGRO 1.00 0.38

Calmar edge DGRO 0.38 0.08

Reading

DGRO returned more: +321.3% to +101.6%. DGRO swung less: 15.3% to 28.8%. DGRO fell less at its worst: −32.1% to −72.2%.

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Risk and return: DGRO vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	VDE	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+321.3%	+101.6%	DGRO	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+12.3%	+5.8%	DGRO	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+216.7%	+33.0%	DGRO	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.3%	28.8%	DGRO	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.7%	20.6%	DGRO	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.1%	−72.2%	DGRO	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.70	0.27	DGRO	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.00	0.38	DGRO	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.38	0.08	DGRO	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 644 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and VDE hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DGRO VDE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.24% 22.88%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.98% 5.87%

EOG RESOURCES 0.52% 2.85%

PHILLIPS 66 0.47% 3.94%

DIAMONDBACK ENERGY 0.18% 1.32%

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.10% 2.15%

DT MIDSTREAM 0.08% 0.49%

OVINTIV 0.08% 0.66%

MAGNOLIA OIL GAS CORP CLASS A 0.04% 0.24%

MATADOR RESOURCES 0.04% 0.26%

CALIFORNIA RESOURCES 0.03% 0.17%

TEXAS PACIFIC LAND 0.03% 0.64%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DGRO

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%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 2.23%

Only in VDE

Chevron Corp 14.42%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 4.46%

Valero Energy Corp 4.45%

Williams Cos Inc 3.16%

SLB Ltd 2.83%

Kinder Morgan Inc 2.23%

Targa Resources Corp 2.21%

Baker Hughes Co 2.07%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF VDE Vanguard Energy ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +58.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +59.0% (FENY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs FENY

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 81.2%

Holdings 393 113

Net assets, DGRO as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026 $44.6bn $10.4bn

DGRO and VDE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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DGRO and VDE do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. DGRO follows Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index and VDE follows MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50.
Holdings in common. 6% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DGRO returned +18.8% and VDE +58.8% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 40.0 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

VDE

VDE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested, against +59.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 67.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or VDE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and VDE +58.8%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or VDE?: 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 VDE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 81% of VDE 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) ↗

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VDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDE ↗

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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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