Which returned more over the last year, DGRW or LQD?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRW returned +12.4% and LQD returned −2.7%, so DGRW returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, DGRW or LQD?

DGRW charges 0.28% a year and LQD charges 0.14%, so LQD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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DGRW vs LQD: how they differ

DGRW and LQD hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and DGRW returned more over the year.

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DGRW and LQD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DGRW	Only in LQD
NVIDIA CORP 7.95%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.88%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.75%	ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES LLC 0.12%
APPLE INC 3.87%	DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INTERNATIONAL FIN 0.11%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.97%	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING L 144A 0.10%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 2.92%	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO MTN 0.09%
COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 2.88%	BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC 0.08%
HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 2.81%	MORGAN STANLEY (FXD-FRN) MTN 0.08%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.34%	CITIGROUP INC (FX-FRN) 0.07%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

DGRW and LQD on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DGRW WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund	LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	WisdomTree	iShares
What it is	U.S. Quality Dividend Growth	US investment grade bonds
Total return, 1 year	+12.4%	−2.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−5.1 pts	−20.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.14%
Holdings	197	3149

DGRW in plain words

DGRW is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Quality Dividend Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 197 positions, with the top ten at 36.2%.

LQD in plain words

LQD is a bond fund tracking the US investment grade bonds. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.14% a year. It sat 6.4% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRW or LQD?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRW returned +12.4% and LQD returned −2.7%, so DGRW returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DGRW or LQD?: DGRW charges 0.28% a year and LQD charges 0.14%, so LQD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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