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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DGRO vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to VXF's +10.6%; 5% 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 $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.2 points; DGRO is 1.4 times larger.

DGRO vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	VXF
Return
Measure	DGRO	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	VXF
Below its high		6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	VXF
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	VXF
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$41.9bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	VXF
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	11.3%

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 VXF hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DGRO VXF

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.10% 0.67%

EAST WEST BANCORP 0.10% 0.20%

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC 0.09% 0.13%

DT MIDSTREAM 0.08% 0.15%

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC 0.08% 0.12%

OGE ENERGY 0.08% 0.11%

OVINTIV 0.08% 0.19%

ROYALTY PHARMA PLC CLASS A 0.08% 0.31%

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CLASS 0.07% 0.10%

DICKS SPORTING 0.07% 0.11%

EQUITABLE HOLDINGS 0.07% 0.16%

AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.06% 0.11%

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 VXF

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.50%

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Snowflake Inc 1.42%

Cloudflare Inc 1.35%

Natera Inc 0.72%

Strategy Inc 0.67%

Astera Labs Inc 0.67%

Twilio Inc 0.54%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +10.6%

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 0.0%

Holdings 393 3361

Net assets, DGRO as of Oct 27, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $44.6bn $30.2bn

DGRO and VXF 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%.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DGRO and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 0% of VXF 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 ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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