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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and VPL +24.8%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or VPL?

VPL 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 VPL overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 0% of VPL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DGRO vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to VPL's +24.8%; 0% 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 $9.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+24.8%

VPL total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.07%

VPL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VPL costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.0 points; DGRO is 4.7 times larger.

DGRO vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	VPL
Return
Measure	DGRO	VPL
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	VPL
Below its high		7.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	VPL
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	VPL
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$41.9bn	$9.0bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	VPL
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	24.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and VPL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DGRO VPL

ALLSTATE CORP 0.23% 0.17%

STERIS 0.06% 0.10%

OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL 0.06% 0.06%

CARLISLE COMPANIES 0.04% 0.48%

AMERIPRISE FINANCE INC 0.12% 0.03%

SERVICE 0.05% 0.03%

EMERSON ELECTRIC 0.30% 0.02%

REPUBLIC SERVICES INC 0.12% 0.01%

NEWMARKET 0.02% 0.01%

HOULIHAN LOKEY CLASS A 0.03% 0.01%

PENTAIR 0.04% 0.01%

ELEVANCE HEALTH INC 0.33% 0.01%

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 VPL

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 7.11%

SK hynix Inc 5.82%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.98%

BHP Group Ltd 1.69%

SLBBH1142 1.57%

Toyota Motor Corp 1.51%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.37%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.30%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Tracks an index of Pacific Stock

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +24.8%

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 0.0%

Holdings 393 2343

Net assets, DGRO as of Oct 27, 2026 and VPL as of Sep 30, 2026 $44.6bn $9.0bn

DGRO and VPL 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%.

VPL

VPL tracks an index of Pacific Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,343 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%. It sat 7.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or VPL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and VPL +24.8%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or VPL?: VPL 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 VPL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 0% of VPL 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 ↗

VPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VPL ↗

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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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