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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and VTC −1.9%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or VTC?

VTC is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DGRO vs VTC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to VTC's −1.9%; 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 $1.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

−1.9%

VTC total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.03%

VTC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTC costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.7 points; DGRO is far larger, $41.9bn against $1.6bn.

DGRO vs VTC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	VTC
Return
Measure	DGRO	VTC
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	−1.9%
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	VTC
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	VTC
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$41.9bn	$1.6bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	VTC
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	92%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%

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 VTC 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 VTC

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 VTC

MKTLIQ 0.35%

Wells Fargo & Co 0.14%

Citigroup Inc 0.13%

Wells Fargo & Co 0.12%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.10%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.10%

T-Mobile USA Inc 0.10%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF VTC Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +18.8% −1.9%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.8% (SPBO)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs SPBO

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.03%

Holdings 393 5206

Net assets, DGRO as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTC as of Sep 30, 2026 $44.6bn $1.6bn

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

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

What each follows. DGRO follows Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index and VTC follows Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index.
Holdings in common. 0% 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 VTC −1.9% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 20.7 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%.

VTC

VTC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.9% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or VTC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and VTC −1.9%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or VTC?: VTC is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

DGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DGRO ↗

VTC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTC ↗

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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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