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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and XRT +2.4%.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or XRT?

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 XRT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 22% of XRT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DGRO vs XRT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DGRO returned +18.8% to XRT's +2.4%; 3% 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 $362m for State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF.

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At a glance

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

+2.4%

XRT total return, 1 year

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

0.35%

XRT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DGRO costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.4 points; DGRO is far larger, $44.6bn against $362m.

DGRO vs XRT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DGRO	XRT
Return
Measure	DGRO	XRT
Total return, 1 year	+18.8%	+2.4%
Drawdown
Measure	DGRO	XRT
Below its high		9.9%, high on Nov 16, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	DGRO	XRT
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index	S&P Retail Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	DGRO	XRT
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$44.6bn	$362m
Holdings
Measure	DGRO	XRT
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.2%	16.6%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and XRT hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DGRO XRT

WALMART 1.06% 1.54%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.62% 1.50%

TJX 0.49% 1.52%

KROGER 0.22% 1.59%

EBAY 0.14% 1.55%

ROSS STORES INC 0.12% 1.39%

TRACTOR SUPPLY 0.09% 1.29%

DICKS SPORTING 0.07% 1.45%

CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC 0.02% 1.51%

PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP VOTING INC 0.02% 1.33%

LITHIA MOTORS INC CLASS A 0.01% 1.08%

MURPHY USA 0.01% 1.40%

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 XRT

KOHLS CORP 1.85%

MAPLEBEAR INC 1.76%

BATH + BODY WORKS INC 1.69%

ETSY INC 1.68%

VICTORIA S SECRET + CO 1.66%

BJ S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS 1.62%

GAMESTOP CORP CLASS A 1.60%

OLLIE S BARGAIN OUTLET HOLDI 1.60%

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Side by side

DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF XRT State Street SPDR S&P Retail 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 Retail

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +2.4%

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 91.8% 22.5%

Holdings 393 74

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $44.6bn $362m

DGRO and XRT 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%.

XRT

XRT tracks the S&P Retail. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 22% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 74 positions, with the top ten at 16.6%. It sat 9.9% below its high of Nov 16, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or XRT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% and XRT +2.4%.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or XRT?: 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 XRT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of DGRO and 22% of XRT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

DGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DGRO ↗

XRT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XRT 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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