Which returned more over the last year, DIVB or ILCV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and ILCV +21.2%.

Which is cheaper, DIVB or ILCV?

ILCV is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DIVB and ILCV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 96% of ILCV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DIVB vs ILCV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVB returned +36.6% to ILCV's +21.2%; 42% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $2.2bn for iShares Core Dividend ETF and $1.4bn for iShares Morningstar Value ETF.

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At a glance

+36.6%

DIVB total return, 1 year

+21.2%

ILCV total return, 1 year

0.05%

DIVB expense ratio

0.04%

ILCV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ILCV costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.4 points; DIVB is 1.6 times larger.

DIVB vs ILCV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	ILCV
Return
Measure	DIVB	ILCV
Total return, 1 year	+36.6%	+21.2%
Benchmark
Measure	DIVB	ILCV
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index	Morningstar US Large-Mid Cap Broad Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	DIVB	ILCV
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$2.2bn	$1.4bn
Holdings
Measure	DIVB	ILCV
Holdings in common	42%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.6%	35.0%

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

Risk and return

Nov 17, 2017 to Oct 23, 2026 · 466 weekly returns

DIVB ILCV

Return

Total return edge DIVB +252.9% +169.3%

Annualized edge DIVB +15.1% +11.7%

Price return edge DIVB +183.8% +116.5%

Risk

Volatility edge ILCV (slight) 18.1% 16.8%

Max drawdown edge ILCV (slight) −35.0% −32.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge DIVB 0.72 0.58

Sortino edge DIVB 1.02 0.81

Calmar edge DIVB 0.43 0.36

Reading

DIVB returned more: +252.9% to +169.3%. ILCV swung slightly less: 16.8% to 18.1%. ILCV fell slightly less at its worst: −32.3% to −35.0%.

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Risk and return: DIVB vs ILCV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	ILCV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+252.9%	+169.3%	DIVB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.1%	+11.7%	DIVB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+183.8%	+116.5%	DIVB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.1%	16.8%	ILCV (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.7%	12.1%	ILCV (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−35.0%	−32.3%	ILCV (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.72	0.58	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.02	0.81	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.43	0.36	DIVB	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 466 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

42%

By the books each fund has filed, DIVB and ILCV hold 42% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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42% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVB ILCV

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.40% 2.55%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.69% 2.11%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.04% 1.85%

ABBVIE 1.92% 1.44%

CHEVRON 1.88% 1.22%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 1.70% 1.06%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 1.50% 1.05%

COCA-COLA 1.06% 1.02%

MERCK & CO INC 1.29% 1.00%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.16% 0.94%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 1.23% 0.90%

HOME DEPOT 0.75% 0.91%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DIVB

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS 1.31%

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC 1.28%

GEN DIGITAL 0.61%

JACK HENRY AND ASSOCIATES INC 0.49%

GENPACT 0.43%

AVNET 0.41%

UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORP 0.22%

UNUM 0.11%

Only in ILCV

MICROSOFT 8.50%

APPLE 7.23%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.21%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.86%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.49%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.31%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.86%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.35%

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Side by side

DIVB iShares Core Dividend ETF ILCV iShares Morningstar Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +36.6% +21.2%

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 89.6% 96.0%

Holdings 382 373

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $2.2bn $1.4bn

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

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DIVB and ILCV are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. DIVB follows Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index and ILCV follows Morningstar US Large-Mid Cap Broad Value Index.
Holdings in common. 42% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DIVB returned +36.6% and ILCV +21.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 15.4 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

DIVB

DIVB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +36.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 382 positions, with the top ten at 32.6%.

ILCV

ILCV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 373 positions, with the top ten at 35.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIVB or ILCV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and ILCV +21.2%.
Which is cheaper, DIVB or ILCV?: ILCV is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DIVB and ILCV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 96% of ILCV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DIVB and ILCV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DIVB and ILCV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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