Best ETFs
Schwab's dividend ETF returned 22.8% in a year. Its income rate still trails a one-month bill.
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
$77.58−0.20 (−0.26%)
- 0.08%
- $43.1B
- +18.6%
- 1.92%
- 1.4M sh
- $77.31
- low $67.10high $80.58
The ETF.net DGRO Grade
A
Score 84 out of 100
- 1 of 53
Score 84 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A88 out of 100Rank 6 of 53Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A99 out of 100Rank 2 of 50Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A72 out of 100Rank 10 of 53Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A79 out of 100Rank 9 of 53Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B66 out of 100Rank 18 of 53Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A87 out of 100Rank 3 of 53
Our read on DGRO
ABlackRock's dividend-growth screen casts a wider net than most: five straight years of raises rather than ten, plus a payout-ratio cap that filters out stretched payers. About 400 US dividend raisers, large through small cap, for 0.08% a year.
The fund seeks to follow an index of U.S. equities whose dividends have grown consistently.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.08% a year, a small fraction of the typical fee among US dividend-screen ETFs.
- The screen has teeth: a qualified dividend, five years of uninterrupted dividend growth, a payout ratio under 75%, and the top decile of yielders cut before the other tests run.ishares.com
- Roughly 400 names across large, mid and small caps, weighted by the dividend dollars each company pays rather than by market cap.ishares.comindices.cib.barclays
- Tracks the Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index about as tightly as this group gets, and it's an actively traded, multi-billion-dollar fund that has run since 2014.
Worth knowing
- Chopping the highest-yielding decile is deliberate: this is built around payout growth and dividend durability, not the fattest current yield on the shelf.ishares.com
- Only dividend payers qualify, so some of the market's biggest non-paying growth companies sit outside the portfolio by rule.ishares.com
- Income arrives quarterly, not monthly, and this is plain US stock exposure: no buffer, no hedge, full equity risk.
DGRO Holdings
- Stocks
- 394
- 27%
- MSFT
Geography
- United States95.22%
- Ireland3.06%
- United Kingdom0.83%
- Switzerland0.48%
- Netherlands0.23%
- Bermuda0.13%
- Puerto Rico0.04%
DGRO Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
DGRO$11,862
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | DGRO |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.6% |
| 1 month | −0.1% |
| 3 months | +1.4% |
| 1 year | +18.6% |
| 3 years | +19.0% |
| 5 years | +11.4% |
| 10 years | +13.7% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DGRO |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.6% | |
| 2025 | +15.7% | |
| 2024 | +16.6% | |
| 2023 | +10.5% | |
| 2022 | −7.9% | |
| 2021 | +26.6% | |
| 2020 | +9.5% |
DGRO in the news
DGRO Dividends
- 1.92%
- $1.49
- $0.39 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DGRO Risk
- 10.5%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.18
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −19.3%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.67
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DGRO Cost
0.08%
DGRO0.08%
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
7 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.
Other funds in US Dividend Index
- ASCHDSchwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.06%1 year return +29.7%
- AVIGVanguard Dividend Appreciation ETFExpense ratio 0.04%1 year return +14.7%
- ADIVBiShares Core Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.05%1 year return +34.6%
- ASPYDState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +12.9%
- ADLNWisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend FundExpense ratio 0.28%1 year return +18.9%