DGRS vs JQUA: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund

DGRSBNasdaq

JPMorgan U.S. Quality Factor ETF

JQUAANYSE Arca

Overlap

0.1%by weight

Expense ratio

JQUA −0.26pt a year

DGRS0.38%JQUA0.12%

Avg volume · 30D

JQUA 23.3×the volume

DGRS27.7KJQUA644K

5Y return · a year

JQUA +6.1pt

DGRS+6.5%JQUA+12.6%

DGRS vs JQUA Performance

Nov 9, 2021 – Nov 9, 2026

+36.7%DGRS+80.7%JQUA

Expense ratio: DGRS 0.38%; JQUA 0.12%, better
Fund size: DGRS $382M; JQUA $9.49B
1Y total return: DGRS +22.9%, better; JQUA +22.8%
Yield (12M): DGRS 2.00%, better; JQUA 1.06%
Holdings: DGRS 197; JQUA 310
Avg volume (30D): DGRS 27.7K sh; JQUA 644K sh, better
NAV per share: DGRS $56.68; JQUA $73.35
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DGRS, JQUA, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DGRS	JQUA
Cost30% weight	C52	A100Higher
Mission25% weight	B60	A80Higher
Risk15% weight	C44	A76Higher
Tradability15% weight	B60Higher	B56
Holdings10% weight	A74	A83Higher
Durability5% weight	B61	A75Higher

Rank among US Quality Index funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. DGRS and JQUA are both graded against the same 26 US Quality Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Quality Index⁠

Category · 26 funds

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JQUA ranks 1st and DGRS 12th of 26 funds in the US Quality Index Category.

Rank 1AJQUAJPMorgan U.S. Quality Factor ETFScore 81
Rank 2AQUALiShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETFScore 77
Rank 11BSQLTiShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Quality Factor ETFScore 57
Rank 12BDGRSWisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth FundScore 56
Rank 12BXSHQInvesco S&P SmallCap Quality ETFScore 56

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DGRSBWisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund

JQUAAJPMorgan U.S. Quality Factor ETF

In short

DGRS Most quality-factor ETFs go hunting among mega caps. DGRS runs WisdomTree's quality and growth screens down in U.S. small caps instead, holding roughly 220 dividend payers and distributing monthly.

JQUA Quality investing without the quality price tag. JQUA screens U.S. companies for profitability and strong balance-sheet traits, and charges 0.12%, the lowest fee in the quality-factor group we track.

Stated mandate

DGRS The fund provides exposure to U.S. small-cap companies with dividend-growth potential through quality and growth screens.

JQUA JQUA is designed to provide domestic equity exposure focused on companies with strong quality and profitability characteristics, using a rules-based approach intended to enhance returns.

Why people hold it

DGRS A small-cap take on a large-cap idea: peers like SPHQ screen for quality inside the S&P 500, while DGRS applies its quality and growth screens to U.S. small companies.wisdomtree.com
Pays monthly rather than quarterly, so income lands on a steadier rhythm.
Roughly 220 names spread the bet across a corner of the market where a single blowup stings, and the portfolio is the fund's strongest scoring feature.
Live since 2013, tracking a published WisdomTree index (WTSDG) through a full decade of small-cap cycles rather than a back-tested launch story.

JQUA 0.12% a year, against a roughly 0.29% median for quality-factor funds, and it undercuts the bigger badges QUAL and FQAL at 0.15%.
About 300 U.S. names selected on quality and profitability: a broad core-shaped sleeve, not a concentrated wager on a dozen balance sheets.
Live since 2017 and now a multi-billion-dollar, actively traded fund, so it has both a real track record and daily two-way flow.
One of the stronger implementations in its peer group: it stays close to the JP Morgan US Quality Factor Index it follows while keeping costs at the bottom of the group.

Worth knowing

DGRS At 0.38% a year, it costs more than the typical quality-factor ETF, where several rivals sit at a fraction of that.
Thinly traded next to the giants of the category, so bid-ask spreads carry more weight than they would in QUAL or JQUA.
Small-cap dividend payers swing harder than blue chips, and its risk measures land in the lower half of the quality-factor group.

JQUA A quality screen is a tilt, not a shield. Owning profitable companies means owning less of everything else, and that gap cuts both ways.
Trades actively, though it is not the most heavily traded fund on the quality-factor shelf, which matters more for large orders than small ones.
Distributions land quarterly and fall out of what the screen owns. Income is a byproduct here, not the mandate.

Full DGRS profile⁠

Full JQUA profile⁠

DGRS vs JQUA Holdings

How DGRS and JQUA differ

Overlap by weight

0.1%

Shared holdings make up 1.5% of DGRS and 0.1% of JQUA.

Level by level

Holdings1 in both0.1%
Sector11 Sectors57.2%
Asset classStocks100%
Countryby domicile99.5%

Sector

Sector weights in DGRS and JQUA, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	DGRS	JQUA
Technology	JQUA +28.0 points	9.5%	37.5%
Financials	DGRS +12.6 points	26.6%	14.0%
Industrials	DGRS +10.5 points	18.5%	8.0%
Health Care	JQUA +9.1 points	0.8%	9.9%
Energy	DGRS +7.3 points	11.1%	3.8%
Consumer Discretionary	DGRS +6.9 points	17.0%	10.1%
Materials	DGRS +5.6 points	7.2%	1.6%
Communication	JQUA +3.2 points	2.5%	5.7%
Consumer Staples	JQUA +1.0 points	4.8%	5.8%
Utilities	JQUA +0.9 points	0.2%	1.1%
Real Estate	JQUA +0.4 points	1.9%	2.3%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DGRS and JQUA, widest gap first
Country	More in DGRSMore in JQUA	Gap	DGRS	JQUA
United States		DGRS +0.5 points	100.0%	99.5%
Switzerland		JQUA +0.5 points	0.0%	0.5%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DGRS18.9%
JQUA18.5%

Securities held

DGRS195
JQUA308

Asset class

DGRS: Stocks
JQUA: Stocks

Holdings

Only in DGRS194
In both1
Only in JQUA307

Only in DGRS

194 securities, 98.5% of DGRS by weight

Victory Capital Holding - A2.93%
Avnet Inc2.29%
Inter Parfums Inc2.10%
Archrock Inc2.06%
Cohen & Steers Inc1.75%
California Resources Corp1.66%
Independent Bank Corp/Rockland1.58%
Federated Hermes Inc1.56%
Cheesecake Factory Inc/The1.51%
Kontoor Brands Inc1.46%
Korn Ferry1.44%
Cathay General Bancorp1.42%
First Financial Bancorp1.38%
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp1.38%
Buckle Inc/The1.37%
Northern Oil And Gas Inc1.35%
Bank of Hawaii Corp1.35%
Cabot Corp1.33%
Community Bank System Inc1.28%
First Busey Corp1.24%
First Financial Bankshares Inc1.23%
Drew Industries Inc1.19%
Sensient Technologies Corp1.14%
Silgan Holdings Inc1.14%
Renasant Corp1.11%
John Wiley & Sons Inc1.07%
Clear Secure Inc -Class A1.03%
Energizer Holdings Inc1.02%
ServisFirst Bancshares Inc0.96%
Concentrix Corp0.93%
Cinemark Holdings Inc0.92%
CBL & Associates Properties0.92%
HNI Corp0.90%
American Eagle Outfitters Inc0.89%
Exponent Inc0.89%
Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc0.88%
Global Industrial Co0.85%
Upbound Group Inc0.84%
Greif Inc0.83%
First Commonwealth Financial Co0.80%
Trinet Group Inc0.79%
WD-40 Co0.75%
McGrath Rentcorp0.75%
Rush Enterprises Inc0.74%
Sylvamo Corp0.73%
Griffon Corp0.73%
Phinia Inc0.69%
Kaiser Aluminum Corp0.66%
Pricesmart Inc0.65%
Kennametal Inc0.64%

Only in JQUA

307 securities, 99.9% of JQUA by weight

Apple Inc Common Stock2.17%
Microsoft Corp Common2.15%
Visa Inc Common Stock USD2.01%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc1.87%
Exxonmobil Holdings Corp1.83%
Meta Platforms Inc Common1.79%
Advanced Micro Devices1.67%
Johnson & Johnson Common1.67%
Broadcom Inc Common1.66%
NVIDIA Corp Common Stock1.64%
Mastercard Inc Common1.57%
Alphabet Inc-Cl A -1.54%
AbbVie Inc Common Stock1.42%
Micron Technology Inc1.38%
Costco Wholesale Corp1.36%
Merck & Co Inc Common1.12%
The Procter & Gamble1.11%
Palantir Technologies Inc1.10%
Cisco Systems Inc Common1.09%
Home Depot Inc/The Common1.02%
Texas Instruments Inc0.87%
Palo Alto Networks Inc0.84%
Linde PLC Common Stock0.77%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc0.77%
Gilead Sciences Inc0.75%
Chevron Corp Common Stock0.72%
Applied Materials Inc0.70%
Lam Research Corp Common0.69%
BlackRock Inc Common0.67%
Analog Devices Inc Common0.66%
Ge Vernova Inc Common0.66%
Mcdonald's Corp Common0.65%
Qualcomm Inc Common Stock0.65%
Union Pacific Corp Common0.64%
Kla Corp Common Stock USD0.62%
Accenture PLC Common0.61%
Salesforce.com Inc.0.60%
Altria Group Inc Common0.55%
Tjx Cos Inc/The Common0.54%
Applovin Corp Common0.49%
Chubb Ltd Common Stock0.49%
Marsh & Mclennan Cos Inc0.48%
Philip Morris0.47%
Lockheed Martin Corp0.46%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co0.46%
Automatic Data Processing0.45%
Intuit Inc Common Stock0.44%
Starbucks Corp Common0.44%
Waste Management Inc0.43%
Marriott International0.43%

Weight gaps

All 1 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in DGRS and JQUA, widest gap first
Holding	More in DGRSMore in JQUA	Gap	DGRS	JQUA
Science Applications International CorpSAIC		DGRS +1.38 points	1.46%	0.08%

All 219 DGRS holdings⁠All 308 JQUA 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.

DGRS vs JQUA Cost

Overpaying DGRS vs JQUA

$5,186

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

DGRS 0.38%
$7,706
JQUA 0.12%
$2,520

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DGRS 0.38%
JQUA 0.12%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DGRS	JQUA	Overpaying
10	$688	$220	$468
20	$2,658	$859	$1,799
30	$7,706	$2,520	$5,186

Expense ratio

0.38%DGRS
0.12%JQUA, cheaper

JQUA0.12%DGRS0.38%

0.12%0.60%

Middle half of US Quality Index funds
Median 0.39%

JQUA cheapest of 26 funds

DGRS 13th cheapest of 26 funds

DGRS vs JQUA Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): DGRS 2.00%, better; JQUA 1.06%
Payout (12M): DGRS $1.17; JQUA $0.79
Last payment: DGRS $0.06; JQUA $0.18
Ex-dividend: DGRS Oct 27, 2026; JQUA Sep 22, 2026
Paid on: DGRS Oct 29, 2026; JQUA Sep 24, 2026
Frequency: DGRS Monthly; JQUA Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2023 to 2026, same scale for both

DGRSMonthly · 46 paymentsAll DGRS payments⁠

JQUAQuarterly · 16 paymentsAll JQUA payments⁠

DGRS vs JQUA Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

DGRS
JQUA

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DGRS 18.7%JQUA 11.6%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DGRS 0.68JQUA 1.47, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DGRS −27.8%JQUA −22.5%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DGRS 1.00JQUA 0.91; Market = 1

DGRS and JQUA in the news

All news⁠

New ETFs
Jensen's first passive ETF charges 0.25% for a 10-year profit test
Oct 5, 2026JQUA
Category Review
Cash-flow quality returned 42% while QUAL returned 17%
Updated Sep 22, 2026JQUA

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DGRS vs JQUA

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How DGRS and JQUA differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DGRS

Only in JQUA

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

Jensen's first passive ETF charges 0.25% for a 10-year profit test

Cash-flow quality returned 42% while QUAL returned 17%

How DGRS and JQUA differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DGRS

Only in JQUA

Weight gaps