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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and XHB −8.6%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or XHB?

DGRO is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 46% of XHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DGRO vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to XHB's −8.6%; 4% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $44.6bn for iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF and $1.5bn for State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

−8.6%

XHB total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.35%

XHB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DGRO costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 27.4 points; DGRO is far larger, $44.6bn against $1.5bn.

DGRO vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	XHB
Return
Measure	DGRO	XHB
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	−8.6%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	XHB
Below its high		20.5%, high on Oct 18, 2024
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	XHB
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	XHB
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$44.6bn	$1.5bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	XHB
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	35.4%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and XHB hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DGRO XHB

HOME DEPOT 2.03% 3.30%

LOWES COMPANIES INC 0.60% 3.21%

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 0.23% 3.46%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.21% 3.34%

CARRIER GLOBAL 0.16% 3.21%

D R HORTON 0.10% 3.41%

WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 0.09% 3.54%

MASCO 0.06% 3.49%

ALLEGION PLC 0.05% 3.83%

OWENS CORNING 0.05% 2.91%

CARLISLE COMPANIES 0.04% 3.33%

LENNOX INTERNATIONAL 0.04% 3.19%

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 XHB

SHARKNINJA INC 3.76%

WAYFAIR INC CLASS A 3.63%

LENNAR CORP A 3.37%

MERITAGE HOMES CORP 3.23%

CAVCO INDUSTRIES INC 3.22%

CHAMPION HOMES INC 3.10%

KB HOME 3.03%

NVR INC 3.02%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF XHB State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of Dividend Growth Tracks the S&P Homebuilders

Total return, 1 year +18.8% −8.6%

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 45.7%

Holdings 393 34

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $44.6bn $1.5bn

DGRO and XHB 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%.

XHB

XHB tracks the S&P Homebuilders. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −8.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 46% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 34 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 20.5% below its high of Oct 18, 2024 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or XHB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and XHB −8.6%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or XHB?: DGRO is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DGRO and XHB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 46% of XHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

DGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DGRO ↗

XHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XHB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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