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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and XLK +27.1%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or XLK?

Neither: DGRO and XLK both charge 0.08% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 100% of XLK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DGRO vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to XLK's +27.1%; 17% 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 $125.0bn for State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+27.1%

XLK total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.08%

XLK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.08% a year; their one-year returns differ by 8.3 points; XLK is 2.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DGRO vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	XLK
Return
Measure	DGRO	XLK
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+27.1%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	XLK
Below its high		5.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	XLK
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	Technology Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	XLK
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$44.6bn	$125.0bn
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	XLK
Holdings in common	17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	64.6%

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

Risk and return

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

DGRO XLK

Return

Total return edge XLK +321.3% +1,011.1%

Annualized edge XLK +12.3% +21.5%

Price return edge XLK +216.7% +862.1%

Risk

Volatility edge DGRO 15.3% 21.4%

Max drawdown edge Tie −32.1% −32.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XLK 0.70 0.92

Sortino edge XLK 1.00 1.39

Calmar edge XLK 0.38 0.66

Reading

XLK returned more: +1,011.1% to +321.3%. DGRO swung less: 15.3% to 21.4%. DGRO and XLK fell about the same at their worst: −32.1% and −32.6%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: DGRO vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	XLK	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+321.3%	+1,011.1%	XLK	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+12.3%	+21.5%	XLK	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+216.7%	+862.1%	XLK	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.3%	21.4%	DGRO	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.7%	14.2%	DGRO	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.1%	−32.6%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.70	0.92	XLK	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.00	1.39	XLK	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.38	0.66	XLK	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

17%

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and XLK hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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17% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DGRO XLK

MICROSOFT 3.14% 11.38%

APPLE 3.11% 14.62%

BROADCOM INC 2.55% 4.70%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.49% 2.56%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 1.49% 1.38%

QUALCOMM 0.94% 1.15%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 1.10% 0.84%

ORACLE 0.62% 1.32%

ANALOG DEVICES 0.55% 1.21%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.32% 1.84%

INTUIT 0.28% 0.53%

AMPHENOL CORP CLASS A 0.26% 1.13%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DGRO

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.24%

ABBVIE 3.00%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.77%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.68%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 2.42%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 2.23%

HOME DEPOT 2.03%

COCA-COLA 1.89%

Only in XLK

NVIDIA CORP 15.22%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.78%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.02%

INTEL CORP 2.72%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 2.67%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.91%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 1.65%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC A 1.59%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF XLK State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

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

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +27.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +13.5 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 99.9%

Holdings 393 76

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $44.6bn $125.0bn

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

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

What each follows. DGRO follows Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index and XLK follows Technology Select Sector Index.
Holdings in common. 17% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DGRO returned +18.8% and XLK +27.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 8.3 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%.

XLK

XLK tracks an index of Technology. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 76 positions, with the top ten at 64.6%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or XLK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and XLK +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or XLK?: Neither: DGRO and XLK both charge 0.08% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DGRO and XLK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 100% of XLK 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 ↗

XLK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLK 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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