DGRO vs STXD: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

DGROANYSE Arca

Strive 1000 Dividend Growth ETF

STXDCNYSE

Overlap

38.4%by weight

Expense ratio

DGRO −0.27pt a year

DGRO0.08%STXD0.35%

Avg volume · 30D

DGRO 286.5×the volume

DGRO1.44MSTXD5.04K

3Y return · a year

DGRO +4.0pt

DGRO+20.9%STXD+16.9%

DGRO vs STXD Performance

Nov 7, 2025 – Nov 9, 2026

+22.5%DGRO+13.6%STXD

Expense ratio: DGRO 0.08%, better; STXD 0.35%
Fund size: DGRO $44.7B; STXD $68M
1Y total return: DGRO +22.5%, better; STXD +13.6%
Yield (12M): DGRO 1.84%, better; STXD 1.06%
Holdings: DGRO 394; STXD 179
Avg volume (30D): DGRO 1.44M sh, better; STXD 5.04K sh
NAV per share: DGRO $79.79; STXD $39.65
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DGRO, STXD, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DGRO	STXD
Cost30% weight	A88Higher	B57
Mission25% weight	A99Higher	B60
Risk15% weight	A76Higher	D35
Tradability15% weight	A88Higher	F15
Holdings10% weight	B63Higher	C47
Durability5% weight	A87Higher	F14

Rank among US Dividend Index funds

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Same Category. DGRO and STXD 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 STXD 43rd 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 43CDURAVanEck Durable High Dividend ETFScore 45
Rank 43CSTXDStrive 1000 Dividend Growth ETFScore 45
Rank 45CPEYInvesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETFScore 42

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DGROAiShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

STXDCStrive 1000 Dividend Growth 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.

STXD A young Strive index fund that fishes a 1,000-stock US universe for companies with consistently rising dividends, keeps roughly 220 of them, and pays quarterly. At 0.35% a year, it asks more than the category's cheapest.

Stated mandate

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

STXD The Fund seeks to track the total return of an index of U.S.-listed equities with consistently growing dividends, 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.

STXD Growth of the payout, not the size of it: the mandate targets US-listed companies with consistently growing dividends, so a rising-dividend record drives the screen rather than the fattest headline yield.
Rules-based and roomy: roughly 220 US stocks tracked against the Bloomberg US 1000 Dividend Growth Index, with cash paid out quarterly.
The 0.35% annual fee is mid-pack for a dividend screen, not boutique-premium pricing.

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.

STXD Thinly traded and small in assets, so spreads can be less friendly than in the household-name dividend ETFs.
Fee math is the hurdle: VIG (0.04%), SCHD (0.06%) and DGRO (0.08%) run a fraction of 0.35% while chasing overlapping dividend-growth ground.
Launched in 2022, so the track record is short, and our review places it in the lower part of a crowded dividend-screen field.

Full DGRO profile⁠

Full STXD profile⁠

DGRO vs STXD Holdings

How DGRO and STXD differ

Overlap by weight

38.4%

Shared holdings make up 92.2% of STXD and 38.5% of DGRO.

Level by level

Holdings150 in both38.4%
Sector11 Sectors77.1%
Asset classStocks100%
Countryby domicile99.8%

Sector

Sector weights in DGRO and STXD, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	DGRO	STXD
Consumer Staples	DGRO +9.2 points	13.1%	3.9%
Technology	STXD +8.2 points	16.7%	24.9%
Financials	STXD +6.3 points	19.6%	25.9%
Utilities	DGRO +5.2 points	7.3%	2.1%
Energy	DGRO +5.1 points	5.3%	0.2%
Health Care	DGRO +3.3 points	17.9%	14.6%
Industrials	STXD +3.2 points	10.9%	14.1%
Real Estate	STXD +3.0 points	0.0%	3.0%
Consumer Discretionary	STXD +1.7 points	6.5%	8.2%
Materials	STXD +0.5 points	2.5%	3.0%
Communication	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DGRO and STXD, widest gap first
Country	Gap	DGRO	STXD
United States	DGRO +0.1 points	99.3%	99.2%
Switzerland	DGRO +0.2 points	0.5%	0.3%
China	STXD +0.2 points	0.2%	0.4%
India	STXD +0.1 points	0.0%	0.1%
United Kingdom	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DGRO26.9%
STXD35.4%

Securities held

DGRO391
STXD178

Asset class

DGRO: Stocks
STXD: Stocks

Holdings

Only in DGRO241
In both150
Only in STXD28

Only in DGRO

241 securities, 61.2% of DGRO by weight

Apple3.07%
AbbVie3.06%
Exxonmobil Holdings Corp2.99%
Johnson & Johnson2.86%
Procter & Gamble2.52%
Philip Morris International2.18%
Coca-Cola1.98%
Pepsico1.83%
UnitedHealth Group1.82%
Merck & Co Inc1.80%
International Business Machines Co1.46%
Eli Lilly1.43%
Bank of America1.26%
Mcdonalds Corp1.25%
Cisco Systems Inc1.25%
Wells Fargo1.24%
Walmart1.12%
Gilead Sciences0.99%
Conocophillips0.90%
Medtronic PLC0.88%
Citigroup0.86%
Qualcomm0.84%
Southern0.81%
Duke Energy Corp0.79%
Union Pacific0.74%
Pnc Financial Services Group0.64%
Lockheed Martin0.64%
Eog Resources0.48%
American Electric Power Inc0.46%
Caterpillar Inc0.45%
American Express0.44%
Phillips 660.43%
Illinois Tool Inc0.42%
Colgate-Palmolive0.41%
Cigna0.36%
Air Products and Chemicals0.36%
Sempra0.35%
Xcel Energy Inc0.34%
Chubb0.34%
General Dynamics Corp0.34%
Elevance Health Inc0.33%
Consolidated Edison0.32%
Eaton PLC0.31%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc0.31%
Fifth Third Bancorp0.31%
Wec Energy Group0.30%
Public Service Enterprise Group0.29%
Emerson Electric0.29%
Becton Dickinson0.29%
Metlife0.28%

Only in STXD

28 securities, 7.7% of STXD by weight

Texas Instruments Inc1.85%
Starbucks Corp0.88%
Prologis Inc0.86%
Equinix Inc0.75%
American Tower Corp0.64%
NIKE Inc0.33%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20310.29%
Paychex Inc0.27%
Cboe Global Markets Inc0.26%
Tapestry Inc0.19%
HEICO Corp0.14%
SBA Communications Corp0.13%
Kimco Realty Corp0.13%
Ralph Lauren Corp0.11%
Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc0.10%
Lamar Advertising Co0.10%
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc0.08%
American Homes 4 Rent0.08%
CubeSmart0.08%
Brixmor Property Group Inc0.07%
EastGroup Properties Inc0.07%
Watsco Inc0.07%
Rexford Industrial Realty Inc0.06%
Moog Inc0.06%
First Industrial Realty Trust Inc0.05%
Clearway Energy Inc0.03%
Hess Midstream LP0.03%
Dolby Laboratories Inc0.02%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 150 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in DGRO and STXD, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	DGRO	STXD
Visa Class AV	STXD +4.13 points	1.13%	5.26%
Mastercard Class AMA	STXD +3.17 points	0.69%	3.86%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	STXD +2.76 points	0.66%	3.42%
MicrosoftMSFT	STXD +2.38 points	3.14%	5.52%
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM	STXD +2.27 points	2.68%	4.95%
Broadcom IncAVGO	STXD +2.03 points	2.19%	4.22%
Thermo Fisher ScientificTMO	STXD +1.72 points	0.17%	1.89%
Lam ResearchLRCX	STXD +1.64 points	0.19%	1.83%
Applied Material IncAMAT	STXD +1.60 points	0.27%	1.87%
KlaKLAC	STXD +1.12 points	0.20%	1.32%
Amphenol Corp Class AAPH	STXD +1.10 points	0.24%	1.34%
RtxRTX	STXD +1.05 points	0.82%	1.87%
Linde PLCLIN	STXD +1.04 points	0.70%	1.74%
OracleORCL	STXD +0.91 points	0.55%	1.46%
Goldman Sachs GroupGS	STXD +0.90 points	0.96%	1.86%
DeereDE	STXD +0.89 points	0.34%	1.23%
DanaherDHR	STXD +0.83 points	0.25%	1.08%
Analog DevicesADI	STXD +0.82 points	0.47%	1.29%
Mckesson CorpMCK	STXD +0.81 points	0.10%	0.91%
S&P GlobalSPGI	STXD +0.73 points	0.27%	1.00%
Parker-HannifinPH	STXD +0.64 points	0.20%	0.84%
TjxTJX	STXD +0.61 points	0.48%	1.09%
Quanta Services IncPWR	STXD +0.59 points	0.01%	0.60%
Howmet AerospaceHWM	STXD +0.56 points	0.04%	0.60%
StrykerSYK	STXD +0.56 points	0.30%	0.86%
Morgan StanleyMS	STXD +0.56 points	1.00%	1.56%
Amgen IncAMGN	STXD +0.56 points	1.26%	1.82%
BlackRockBLK	STXD +0.47 points	0.74%	1.21%
Trane Technologies PLCTT	STXD +0.47 points	0.18%	0.65%
Intercontinental Exchange IncICE	STXD +0.44 points	0.27%	0.71%
CsxCSX	STXD +0.43 points	0.23%	0.66%
Motorola Solutions IncMSI	STXD +0.43 points	0.19%	0.62%
Moodys CorpMCO	STXD +0.42 points	0.14%	0.56%
Sherwin WilliamsSHW	STXD +0.41 points	0.17%	0.58%
Ross Stores IncROST	STXD +0.41 points	0.12%	0.53%
Hca HealthcareHCA	STXD +0.41 points	0.12%	0.53%
Johnson Controls International PLCJCI	STXD +0.40 points	0.20%	0.60%
Abbott LaboratoriesABT	STXD +0.40 points	0.97%	1.37%
Bank of New York Mellon CorpBNY	STXD +0.39 points	0.34%	0.73%
IntuitINTU	STXD +0.39 points	0.29%	0.68%
Aon PLC Class AAON	STXD +0.37 points	0.16%	0.53%
Ww Grainger IncGWW	STXD +0.35 points	0.11%	0.46%
Waste Management IncWM	STXD +0.36 points	0.33%	0.69%
Arthur J GallagherAJG	STXD +0.35 points	0.17%	0.52%
Cme Group Class ACME	STXD +0.35 points	0.45%	0.80%
Monolithic Power Systems IncMPWR	STXD +0.35 points	0.08%	0.43%
Home DepotHD	STXD +0.32 points	2.19%	2.51%
Ametek IncAME	STXD +0.31 points	0.07%	0.38%
Paccar IncPCAR	STXD +0.25 points	0.13%	0.38%
MarshMRSH	STXD +0.25 points	0.46%	0.71%
Roper TechnologiesROP	STXD +0.26 points	0.09%	0.35%
Cummins IncCMI	STXD +0.26 points	0.21%	0.47%
Nasdaq IncNDAQ	STXD +0.25 points	0.13%	0.38%
VistraVST	STXD +0.24 points	0.06%	0.30%
Northrop Grumman CorpNOC	STXD +0.25 points	0.31%	0.56%
Comfort Systems UsaFIX	STXD +0.24 points	0.02%	0.26%
Te Connectivity PLCTEL	STXD +0.24 points	0.20%	0.44%
Lowes Companies IncLOW	STXD +0.24 points	0.68%	0.92%
Republic Services IncRSG	STXD +0.24 points	0.12%	0.36%
Automatic Data Processing IncADP	STXD +0.23 points	0.65%	0.88%
EbayEBAY	STXD +0.23 points	0.14%	0.37%
Vulcan MaterialsVMC	STXD +0.21 points	0.06%	0.27%
Ameriprise Finance IncAMP	STXD +0.20 points	0.12%	0.32%
Old Dominion Freight LineODFL	STXD +0.19 points	0.04%	0.23%
GarminGRMN	STXD +0.19 points	0.15%	0.34%
Emcor GroupEME	STXD +0.18 points	0.01%	0.19%
Martin Marietta MaterialsMLM	STXD +0.18 points	0.04%	0.22%
MsciMSCI	STXD +0.18 points	0.14%	0.32%
FastenalFAST	STXD +0.17 points	0.27%	0.44%
Caseys General Stores IncCASY	STXD +0.16 points	0.02%	0.18%
ResmedRMD	STXD +0.16 points	0.09%	0.25%
Carrier GlobalCARR	STXD +0.16 points	0.14%	0.30%
State StreetSTT	STXD +0.15 points	0.17%	0.32%
Yum BrandsYUM	STXD +0.13 points	0.19%	0.32%
Nextera EnergyNEE	STXD +0.14 points	1.19%	1.33%
Raymond JamesRJF	STXD +0.14 points	0.07%	0.21%
Verisk AnalyticsVRSK	STXD +0.14 points	0.06%	0.20%
Royal GoldRGLD	STXD +0.13 points	0.04%	0.17%
Wr BerkleyWRB	STXD +0.12 points	0.03%	0.15%
Expeditors International of WashinEXPD	STXD +0.13 points	0.04%	0.17%
WoodwardWWD	STXD +0.12 points	0.02%	0.14%
Williams Sonoma IncWSM	STXD +0.12 points	0.09%	0.21%
SterisSTE	STXD +0.12 points	0.06%	0.18%
Brown & Brown IncBRO	STXD +0.12 points	0.04%	0.16%
Texas Pacific LandTPL	STXD +0.12 points	0.02%	0.14%
Royalty Pharma PLC Class ARPRX	STXD +0.11 points	0.08%	0.19%
HeicoHEI	STXD +0.10 points	<0.01%	0.10%
First Citizens Bancshares Class AFCNCA	STXD +0.10 points	0.02%	0.12%
Itt IncITT	STXD +0.10 points	0.03%	0.13%
Hubbell IncHUBB	STXD +0.10 points	0.06%	0.16%
Reliance Steel & AluminumRS	STXD +0.09 points	0.06%	0.15%
Jacobs Solutions IncJ	STXD +0.09 points	0.04%	0.13%
Xylem IncXYL	STXD +0.09 points	0.08%	0.17%
Jb Hunt Transport ServicesJBHT	STXD +0.09 points	0.02%	0.11%
Ss and C Technologies HoldingsSSNC	STXD +0.07 points	0.05%	0.12%
Nrg Energy IncNRG	STXD +0.08 points	0.06%	0.14%
Lincoln Electric HoldingsLECO	STXD +0.07 points	0.04%	0.11%
Allegion PLCALLE	STXD +0.07 points	0.05%	0.12%
Cincinnati FinancialCINF	STXD +0.07 points	0.14%	0.21%
Applied Industrial TechnologiesAIT	STXD +0.07 points	0.01%	0.08%

All 391 DGRO holdings⁠All 216 STXD 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 STXD Cost

Overpaying STXD vs DGRO

$5,437

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

DGRO 0.08%
$1,689
STXD 0.35%
$7,126

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DGRO 0.08%
STXD 0.35%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DGRO	STXD	Overpaying
10	$147	$634	$487
20	$575	$2,454	$1,879
30	$1,689	$7,126	$5,437

Expense ratio

0.08%DGRO, cheaper
0.35%STXD

DGRO0.08%STXD0.35%

0.04%0.70%

Middle half of US Dividend Index funds
Median 0.35%

DGRO 8th cheapest of 52 funds

STXD 20th cheapest of 52 funds

DGRO vs STXD Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): DGRO 1.84%, better; STXD 1.06%
Payout (12M): DGRO $1.49; STXD $0.43
Last payment: DGRO $0.39; STXD $0.09
Ex-dividend: DGRO Sep 15, 2026; STXD Sep 28, 2026
Paid on: DGRO Sep 18, 2026; STXD Sep 30, 2026
Frequency: DGRO Quarterly; STXD Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

DGROQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll DGRO payments⁠

STXDQuarterly · 16 paymentsAll STXD payments⁠

DGRO vs STXD Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DGRO 10.8%STXD 10.8%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DGRO 1.47, betterSTXD 1.14
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DGRO −19.3%STXD −14.9%since Nov 2022
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DGRO 0.67STXD 0.75; Market = 1

DGRO and STXD in the news

All news⁠

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Income Watch
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DGRO vs STXD

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it