DGRO vs DTD: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

DGROANYSE Arca

WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund

DTDANYSE Arca

Overlap

60.5%by weight

Expense ratio

DGRO −0.20pt a year

DGRO0.08%DTD0.28%

Avg volume · 30D

DGRO 51.9×the volume

DGRO1.39MDTD26.7K

10Y return · a year

DGRO +1.6pt

DGRO+14.1%DTD+12.5%

DGRO vs DTD Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+71.0%DGRO+74.8%DTD

Expense ratio: DGRO 0.08%, better; DTD 0.28%
Fund size: DGRO $45.3B; DTD $1.67B
1Y total return: DGRO +21.5%, better; DTD +18.1%
Yield (12M): DGRO 1.84%, better; DTD 1.81%
Holdings: DGRO 394; DTD 813
Avg volume (30D): DGRO 1.39M sh, better; DTD 26.7K sh
NAV per share: DGRO $81.00; DTD $96.88
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DGRO, DTD, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DGRO	DTD
Cost30% weight	A88Higher	A71
Mission25% weight	A98Higher	A88
Risk15% weight	A77Higher	A74
Tradability15% weight	A90Higher	C43
Holdings10% weight	B62	A71Higher
Durability5% weight	A87Higher	B69

Rank among US Dividend Index funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. DGRO and DTD are both graded against the same 52 US Dividend Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Dividend Index⁠

Category · 52 funds

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DGRO ranks 1st and DTD 8th of 52 funds in the US Dividend Index Category.

Rank 1ADGROiShares Core Dividend Growth ETFScore 86
Rank 2ASCHDSchwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETFScore 81
Rank 8ADJDInvesco Dow Jones Industrial Average Dividend ETFScore 71
Rank 8ADTDWisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend FundScore 71
Rank 8AFDVVFidelity High Dividend ETF Score 71

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DGROAiShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

DTDAWisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund

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.

DTD A 2006 original that skips the usual filters: no high-yield hunt, no dividend-growth streak test. DTD holds roughly 800 US dividend payers, from mega caps down to small, and reshuffles once a year.

Stated mandate

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

DTD The Fund uses a passive indexing approach intended to track the price and yield performance of the WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend 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.com 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.

DTD Owns the broad dividend-paying US market in one ticket, roughly 800 names across the cap range, not a narrow high-yield slice.wisdomtree.com sec.gov
Charges 0.28% a year, under the typical US dividend-screen fund, and sits in the upper tier of that large peer group.
Pays monthly and has been running since 2006, through several full market cycles, tracking its index closely.

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.

DTD Thinly traded next to category giants like SCHD and VIG, so spreads can run wider, which bites most on large or rushed orders.
Cheap for the category, but SCHD, VIG and DGRO each charge a fraction of 0.28%.
The index adds names only at its annual December rebalance, so the lineup can trail changes in who pays what.sec.gov sec.gov 2

Full DGRO profile⁠

Full DTD profile⁠

DGRO vs DTD Holdings

How DGRO and DTD differ

Overlap by weight

60.5%

Shared holdings make up 90.2% of DGRO and 62.3% of DTD.

Level by level

Holdings331 in both60.5%
Sector11 Sectors83.3%
Countryby domicile99.2%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in DGRO and DTD, widest gap first
Sector	More in DGROMore in DTD	DGRO	DTD
Communication	DTD +6.8 points	0.1%	6.9%
Real Estate	DTD +4.4 points	0.0%	4.4%
Health Care	DGRO +4.3 points	17.6%	13.3%
Consumer Staples	DGRO +3.9 points	12.6%	8.7%
Industrials	DGRO +3.4 points	11.2%	7.8%
Energy	DTD +3.4 points	5.8%	9.2%
Technology	DTD +2.2 points	17.8%	20.0%
Utilities	DGRO +1.8 points	7.1%	5.3%
Financials	DGRO +1.3 points	19.4%	18.1%
Consumer Discretionary	DGRO +1.1 points	6.1%	5.0%
Materials	DGRO +0.9 points	2.4%	1.5%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DGRO and DTD, widest gap first
Country	More in DGROMore in DTD	DGRO	DTD
United States	DTD +0.8 points	99.2%	100.0%
Other countries (4)	DGRO +0.8 points	0.8%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DGRO27.1%
DTD23.4%

Securities held

DGRO391
DTD811

Asset class

DGRO: Equity
DTD: Equity

Holdings

Only in DGRO60
In both331
Only in DTD480

Only in DGRO

60 securities, 9.5% of DGRO by weight

Accenture PLC Class A1.20%
Medtronic PLC0.82%
Linde PLC0.69%
Mondelez International Class A0.59%
Marsh0.44%
Air Products and Chemicals0.37%
Eaton PLC0.33%
Chubb0.33%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp0.33%
Waste Management Inc0.32%
Elevance Health Inc0.32%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc0.30%
Nxp Semiconductors NV0.24%
Microchip Technology Inc0.22%
Crh Public Limited PLC0.22%
Johnson Controls International PLC0.22%
Te Connectivity PLC0.20%
Trane Technologies PLC0.18%
Motorola Solutions Inc0.18%
Arthur J Gallagher0.16%
Aon PLC Class A0.15%
Carrier Global0.14%
Garmin0.14%
Humana0.10%
Roper Technologies0.09%
Vylor0.09%
Royalty Pharma PLC Class A0.08%
Willis Towers Watson0.07%
Cdw0.07%
Bunge Global SA0.07%
Brown Forman Class B0.06%
Steris0.06%
Reinsurance Group of America0.06%
Everest Group0.06%
Invesco Ltd0.05%
Allegion PLC0.05%
Owens Corning0.05%
Idex0.05%
Pentair0.04%
Brown & Brown Inc0.04%
Bank Ozk0.04%
Txnm Energy Inc0.04%
Somnigroup International0.03%
Genpact0.03%
Axis Capital Holdings0.03%
Essent Group0.03%
Nvent Electric PLC0.02%
United Community Banks Inc0.02%
Herc Holdings0.02%
Bwx Technologies Inc0.02%

Only in DTD

480 securities, 37.5% of DTD by weight

Nvidia Corp3.32%
Chevron Corp1.89%
Meta PlatformsInc. Cl A1.55%
Google Inc1.00%
Verizon Communications Inc0.98%
Texas Instruments Inc0.96%
Google Inc0.94%
Pfizer Inc0.90%
AT&T Inc0.75%
Altria Group Inc0.69%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co0.63%
Micron Technology Inc0.57%
CVS Health Corp0.45%
Comcast Corp0.44%
US Bancorp0.41%
ProLogis Inc0.41%
T-Mobile US Inc0.38%
Starbucks Corp0.37%
Simon Property Group Inc0.37%
Health Care REIT Inc0.37%
American Tower Corp0.37%
Target Corp0.36%
Valero Energy Corp0.36%
Kinder Morgan Inc/DE0.36%
TransDigm Group Inc0.34%
Williams Cos Inc/The0.33%
Marathon Petroleum Corp0.33%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp0.33%
Blackstone Inc0.30%
Truist Financial Corp0.30%
Public Storage0.28%
Equinix Inc0.28%
Dominion Energy Inc0.27%
General Electric Co0.26%
Realty Income Corp0.26%
Dell Technologies -C0.25%
Corning Inc0.25%
Ford Motor Co0.25%
Exelon Corp0.25%
Newmont Mining Corp0.21%
Walt Disney Co/The0.21%
Capital One Financial Corp0.21%
Prudential Financial Inc0.21%
Charles Schwab Corp/The0.21%
Marsh & Mclennan Cos0.21%
Digital Realty Trust Inc0.20%
Equity Residential0.20%
Devon Energy Corp0.19%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co0.19%
Kimberly-Clark Corp0.18%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 331 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in DGRO and DTD, widest gap first
Holding	More in DGROMore in DTD	DGRO	DTD
AbbVieABBV	DGRO +1.29 points	3.05%	1.76%
Procter & GamblePG	DGRO +1.20 points	2.42%	1.22%
MicrosoftMSFT	DTD +1.15 points	3.04%	4.19%
Exxonmobil Holdings CorpXOM	DGRO +1.13 points	3.33%	2.20%
Home DepotHD	DGRO +1.12 points	2.07%	0.95%
PepsicoPEP	DGRO +0.94 points	1.75%	0.81%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	DGRO +0.91 points	2.78%	1.87%
Philip Morris InternationalPM	DGRO +0.86 points	2.27%	1.41%
Broadcom IncAVGO	DGRO +0.80 points	2.40%	1.60%
UnitedHealth GroupUNH	DGRO +0.77 points	1.85%	1.07%
International Business Machines CoIBM	DGRO +0.75 points	1.52%	0.77%
Mcdonalds CorpMCD	DGRO +0.66 points	1.15%	0.49%
AppleAAPL	DGRO +0.64 points	3.04%	2.40%
Nextera EnergyNEE	DGRO +0.62 points	1.13%	0.51%
Coca-ColaKO	DGRO +0.62 points	1.92%	1.30%
Abbott LaboratoriesABT	DGRO +0.54 points	0.93%	0.39%
QualcommQCOM	DGRO +0.43 points	0.83%	0.40%
SouthernSO	DGRO +0.42 points	0.81%	0.39%
Merck & Co IncMRK	DGRO +0.41 points	1.81%	1.40%
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	DGRO +0.41 points	1.38%	0.97%
Bank of AmericaBAC	DGRO +0.40 points	1.26%	0.86%
Lowes Companies IncLOW	DGRO +0.37 points	0.62%	0.25%
RtxRTX	DGRO +0.36 points	0.85%	0.49%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	DGRO +0.34 points	0.63%	0.29%
BlackRockBLK	DGRO +0.33 points	0.71%	0.38%
Wells FargoWFC	DGRO +0.32 points	1.22%	0.90%
Mastercard Class AMA	DGRO +0.31 points	0.67%	0.36%
Union PacificUNP	DGRO +0.30 points	0.77%	0.47%
Pnc Financial Services GroupPNC	DGRO +0.30 points	0.64%	0.34%
CitigroupC	DGRO +0.29 points	0.87%	0.58%
Automatic Data Processing IncADP	DGRO +0.27 points	0.62%	0.35%
Duke Energy CorpDUK	DGRO +0.25 points	0.78%	0.53%
ConocophillipsCOP	DGRO +0.22 points	1.00%	0.78%
Analog DevicesADI	DGRO +0.22 points	0.54%	0.32%
Cme Group Class ACME	DGRO +0.22 points	0.44%	0.22%
IntuitINTU	DGRO +0.22 points	0.29%	0.07%
OracleORCL	DGRO +0.21 points	0.61%	0.40%
SempraSRE	DGRO +0.20 points	0.38%	0.18%
Lockheed MartinLMT	DGRO +0.20 points	0.71%	0.51%
TjxTJX	DGRO +0.19 points	0.49%	0.30%
Xcel Energy IncXEL	DGRO +0.19 points	0.34%	0.15%
Northrop Grumman CorpNOC	DGRO +0.18 points	0.33%	0.15%
Illinois Tool IncITW	DGRO +0.18 points	0.41%	0.23%
WalmartWMT	DGRO +0.17 points	1.08%	0.91%
Colgate-PalmoliveCL	DGRO +0.18 points	0.40%	0.22%
Eli LillyLLY	DGRO +0.17 points	1.48%	1.31%
CignaCI	DGRO +0.16 points	0.36%	0.20%
Eog ResourcesEOG	DGRO +0.16 points	0.53%	0.37%
Caterpillar IncCAT	DGRO +0.16 points	0.50%	0.34%
Public Service Enterprise GroupPEG	DGRO +0.15 points	0.29%	0.14%
Wec Energy GroupWEC	DGRO +0.15 points	0.29%	0.14%
StrykerSYK	DGRO +0.15 points	0.27%	0.12%
Consolidated EdisonED	DGRO +0.15 points	0.31%	0.16%
DanaherDHR	DGRO +0.15 points	0.25%	0.10%
Visa Class AV	DGRO +0.14 points	1.09%	0.95%
Ares Management Class AARES	DGRO +0.14 points	0.22%	0.08%
S&P GlobalSPGI	DGRO +0.14 points	0.26%	0.12%
Zoetis Inc Class AZTS	DGRO +0.14 points	0.20%	0.06%
Becton DickinsonBDX	DGRO +0.13 points	0.27%	0.14%
Intercontinental Exchange IncICE	DGRO +0.13 points	0.27%	0.14%
Morgan StanleyMS	DTD +0.13 points	1.00%	1.13%
Fifth Third BancorpFITB	DGRO +0.13 points	0.31%	0.18%
FastenalFAST	DGRO +0.12 points	0.26%	0.14%
Emerson ElectricEMR	DGRO +0.12 points	0.29%	0.17%
Lam ResearchLRCX	DTD +0.12 points	0.22%	0.34%
Goldman Sachs GroupGS	DGRO +0.12 points	0.98%	0.86%
KrogerKR	DGRO +0.12 points	0.22%	0.10%
L3HARRIS TechnologiesLHX	DGRO +0.11 points	0.22%	0.11%
Paccar IncPCAR	DTD +0.11 points	0.12%	0.23%
Entergy CorpETR	DGRO +0.11 points	0.27%	0.16%
SyscoSYY	DGRO +0.11 points	0.24%	0.13%
Dte EnergyDTE	DGRO +0.11 points	0.21%	0.10%
American ExpressAXP	DGRO +0.11 points	0.43%	0.32%
Amgen IncAMGN	DGRO +0.10 points	1.26%	1.16%
Gilead SciencesGILD	DGRO +0.10 points	1.00%	0.90%
American Electric Power IncAEP	DGRO +0.10 points	0.47%	0.37%
Otis WorldwideOTIS	DGRO +0.10 points	0.16%	0.06%
AflacAFL	DGRO +0.09 points	0.25%	0.16%
Cms EnergyCMS	DGRO +0.09 points	0.16%	0.07%
Yum BrandsYUM	DGRO +0.09 points	0.18%	0.09%
American Water WorksAWK	DGRO +0.09 points	0.16%	0.07%
CsxCSX	DGRO +0.09 points	0.24%	0.15%
Cognizant Technology Solutions ClaCTSH	DGRO +0.08 points	0.13%	0.05%
Tyson Foods Inc Class ATSN	DGRO +0.08 points	0.14%	0.06%
Ppg IndustriesPPG	DGRO +0.07 points	0.15%	0.08%
Sherwin WilliamsSHW	DGRO +0.08 points	0.16%	0.08%
Applied Material IncAMAT	DGRO +0.07 points	0.31%	0.24%
EcolabECL	DGRO +0.07 points	0.17%	0.10%
Centerpoint EnergyCNP	DGRO +0.07 points	0.14%	0.07%
CintasCTAS	DGRO +0.07 points	0.17%	0.10%
DeereDE	DGRO +0.07 points	0.34%	0.27%
MsciMSCI	DGRO +0.07 points	0.14%	0.07%
M&T BankMTB	DGRO +0.07 points	0.17%	0.11%
Cincinnati FinancialCINF	DGRO +0.06 points	0.13%	0.07%
Darden Restaurants IncDRI	DGRO +0.06 points	0.16%	0.10%
MetlifeMET	DGRO +0.06 points	0.28%	0.22%
Fidelity National Financial IncFNF	DGRO +0.06 points	0.10%	0.04%
Broadridge Financial Solutions IncBR	DGRO +0.06 points	0.10%	0.04%
Constellation Brands Class ASTZ	DGRO +0.06 points	0.14%	0.08%
General Dynamics CorpGD	DGRO +0.06 points	0.35%	0.29%

All 391 DGRO holdings⁠All 839 DTD holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

DGRO vs DTD Cost

Overpaying DTD vs DGRO

$4,066

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

DGRO 0.08%
$1,689
DTD 0.28%
$5,755

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DGRO 0.08%
DTD 0.28%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DGRO	DTD	Overpaying
10	$147	$509	$362
20	$575	$1,976	$1,401
30	$1,689	$5,755	$4,066

Expense ratio

0.08%DGRO, cheaper
0.28%DTD

DGRO0.08%DTD0.28%

0.04%0.70%

Middle half of US Dividend Index funds
Median 0.35%

DGRO 8th cheapest of 52 funds

DTD 15th cheapest of 52 funds

DGRO vs DTD Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): DGRO 1.84%, better; DTD 1.81%
Payout (12M): DGRO $1.49; DTD $1.75
Last payment: DGRO $0.39; DTD $0.12
Ex-dividend: DGRO Sep 15, 2026; DTD Oct 27, 2026
Paid on: DGRO Sep 18, 2026; DTD Oct 29, 2026
Frequency: DGRO Quarterly; DTD Monthly

Distribution history

Per share, 2023 to 2026, same scale for both

DGROQuarterly · 15 paymentsAll DGRO payments⁠

DTDMonthly · 46 paymentsAll DTD payments⁠

DGRO vs DTD Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

DGRO
DTD

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DGRO 10.8%DTD 10.4%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DGRO 1.47, betterDTD 1.45
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DGRO −19.3%DTD −16.2%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DGRO 0.67DTD 0.69; Market = 1

DGRO and DTD in the news

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DGRO vs DTD

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it