DGRO vs DIV

DGROAiShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

DIVCGlobal X SuperDividend U.S. ETF

In short

DGRO BlackRock'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.

DIV Most big dividend funds chase payout growth. DIV goes the other way: a roughly 50-stock U.S. portfolio built on a SuperDividend index with a low-volatility filter, and it cuts a check every month.

Stated mandate

DGRO The fund seeks to follow an index of U.S. equities whose dividends have grown consistently.

DIV The fund seeks to track the price and yield performance of the Indxx SuperDividend® U.S. Low Volatility Index before fees and expenses.

Why people hold it

• DGRO 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.comcib.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.

• DIV The mandate is specific, not vague income marketing: track the Indxx SuperDividend U.S. Low Volatility Index, so the dividend screen runs through a volatility filter.
• Pays monthly rather than quarterly, which lines up with how bills actually arrive.
• About 50 holdings, all U.S. listed. Small enough that you can read the whole basket instead of trusting a 400-name sleeve.
• Live since 2013, so it carries a decade-plus of real results across multiple rate regimes, not a backtest.

Worth knowing

• DGRO 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.

• DIV At 0.45% a year it costs more than the typical dividend-screen fund, and many times what index staples like SCHD (0.06%) and VIG (0.04%) charge.
• Low volatility is a selection screen, not a shield. This is an equity fund and it moves with the stock market.
• Against the broader dividend-screen field it sits in the lower half, where cheaper, broader rivals do the core income job for less.

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