DIVB vs SDOG: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

iShares Core Dividend ETF

DIVBACboe

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

SDOGBNYSE Arca

Overlap

25.3%by weight

Expense ratio

DIVB −0.31pt a year

DIVB0.05%SDOG0.36%

Avg volume · 30D

DIVB 8.9×the volume

DIVB298KSDOG33.6K

5Y return · a year

DIVB +3.0pt

DIVB+14.5%SDOG+11.5%

DIVB vs SDOG Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+96.4%DIVB+72.2%SDOG

Expense ratio: DIVB 0.05%, better; SDOG 0.36%
Fund size: DIVB $2.31B; SDOG $1.46B
1Y total return: DIVB +40.7%, better; SDOG +29.3%
Yield (12M): DIVB 2.08%; SDOG 3.33%, better
Holdings: DIVB 384; SDOG 51
Avg volume (30D): DIVB 298K sh, better; SDOG 33.6K sh
NAV per share: DIVB $71.28; SDOG $73.57
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DIVB, SDOG, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DIVB	SDOG
Cost30% weight	A95Higher	B57
Mission25% weight	A86	A92Higher
Risk15% weight	A74Higher	B59
Tradability15% weight	B64	B65Higher
Holdings10% weight	B60Higher	B59
Durability5% weight	A71Higher	C54

Rank among US Dividend Index funds

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Same Category. DIVB and SDOG 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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DIVB ranks 3rd and SDOG 15th 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 3ADIVBiShares Core Dividend ETFScore 80
Rank 4ASPYDState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETFScore 79
Rank 15BCDLVictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETFScore 67
Rank 15BSDOGALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETFScore 67
Rank 15BXUDVFranklin US Dividend Booster Index ETFScore 67

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DIVBAiShares Core Dividend ETF

SDOGBALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

In short

DIVB Most dividend funds only count the check that hits your account. DIVB's index also counts buybacks, treating a shrinking share count as cash returned to owners, and it charges five basis points to do it.

SDOG Dogs of the Dow, run sector by sector. SDOG buys the five highest-yielding stocks in each of ten US sectors and weights them equally, so the usual yield pileup into utilities and energy can't swallow the portfolio. Running since 2012.

Stated mandate

DIVB The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. companies selected for a history of dividend payments and/or share buybacks, providing equity exposure oriented toward income and long-term growth.

SDOG The Fund seeks to replicate, before fees and expenses, the performance of the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs Index. That index selects the five highest-yielding stocks from each of ten U.S. GICS sectors, excluding real estate, and equally weights them.

Why people hold it

DIVB Five basis points a year, one of the lowest fees in the dividend-screen aisle, where the typical fund charges many times more.
The Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index counts repurchases alongside payouts, so a company buying back stock qualifies even with a modest yield. Roughly 400 US names.
Sits in the top tier of a large dividend-screen peer group and stays tight to its stated mandate: US dividend payers and buyback machines, nothing exotic.
A billion-dollar-plus member of the iShares Core lineup, running since 2017 and distributing quarterly.

SDOG Sector-neutral by construction: five top yielders from each of ten US GICS sectors, equally weighted. Yield hunting with guardrails instead of a bet on whichever sector happens to pay most.alpsfunds.com
Roughly 50 names, equally weighted. No single mega-cap dominates the way it can in cap-weighted dividend funds.
Trading since 2012, it tracks its index closely and ranks among the stronger implementations in its dividend-screen peer group. Income is paid quarterly.

Worth knowing

DIVB Buybacks return value through share count, not cash in your pocket, so the income profile can sit lighter than pure high-yield screens like SPYD.
Moderately traded rather than a volume heavyweight like SCHD or VIG, so limit orders earn their keep, especially in size.
All-equity, all-US. Dividends and buybacks soften nothing when the American stock market sells off.

SDOG At 0.36% a year, it costs multiples of the cap-weighted heavyweights (SCHD at 0.06%, VIG at 0.04%). The sector-equal-weight rulebook is what the extra buys.
Real estate is excluded from the index outright, so REIT income never enters the portfolio.alpsfunds.com
Screening for the highest yielders in each sector is a value tilt, and a fat yield sometimes marks a company the market has already knocked down.

Full DIVB profile⁠

Full SDOG profile⁠

DIVB vs SDOG Holdings

How DIVB and SDOG differ

Overlap by weight

25.3%

Shared holdings make up 93.7% of SDOG and 29.6% of DIVB.

Level by level

Holdings47 in both25.3%
Countryby domicile96.1%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

No Sector split for DIVB.

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DIVB and SDOG, widest gap first
Country	More in DIVBMore in SDOG	DIVB	SDOG
United States	DIVB +3.5 points	99.4%	95.9%
United Kingdom	SDOG +2.1 points	0.1%	2.2%
Ireland	SDOG +1.8 points	0.1%	1.9%
Other countries (2)	DIVB +0.5 points	0.5%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DIVB32.7%
SDOG22.8%

Securities held

DIVB381
SDOG50

Asset class

DIVB: Equity
SDOG: Equity

Holdings

Only in DIVB334
In both47
Only in SDOG3

Only in DIVB

334 securities, 70.2% of DIVB by weight

International Business Machines Co5.18%
Automatic Data Processing Inc4.98%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Cla2.97%
Exxonmobil Holdings Corp2.75%
JPMorgan Chase & Co2.36%
Johnson & Johnson2.03%
Procter & Gamble1.69%
UnitedHealth Group1.46%
Leidos Holdings1.44%
Ss and C Technologies Holdings1.37%
Cdw1.31%
Skyworks Solutions1.31%
Philip Morris International1.25%
Bank of America1.12%
Coca-Cola1.08%
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc1.06%
Wells Fargo1.05%
Pepsico0.99%
Hca Healthcare0.97%
Gilead Sciences0.78%
Citigroup0.78%
Progressive0.77%
Home Depot0.76%
Amgen Inc0.76%
Gen Digital0.72%
Abbott Laboratories0.66%
Marathon Petroleum0.64%
Cigna0.59%
Elevance Health Inc0.58%
Mcdonalds Corp0.52%
Medtronic PLC0.52%
Morgan Stanley0.51%
Capital One Financial Corp0.50%
Jack Henry and Associates Inc0.49%
Mondelez International Class A0.44%
Genpact0.43%
Union Pacific0.43%
Cme Group Class A0.43%
Valero Energy Corp0.41%
Becton Dickinson0.39%
Travelers Companies0.39%
Honeywell International Inc0.38%
Avnet0.38%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp0.37%
Aflac0.36%
Lowes Companies Inc0.34%
Nextera Energy0.34%
Phillips 660.33%
BlackRock0.33%
Pnc Financial Services Group0.33%

Only in SDOG

3 securities, 5.9% of SDOG by weight

Texas Instruments Inc.2.18%
Omnicom Group Inc.2.00%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.1.73%

Weight gaps

All 47 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in DIVB and SDOG, widest gap first
Holding	More in DIVBMore in SDOG	DIVB	SDOG
Accenture PLC Class AACN	DIVB +3.79 points	6.53%	2.74%
DowDOW	SDOG +2.24 points	0.09%	2.33%
Amcor PLCAMCR	SDOG +2.07 points	0.11%	2.18%
Lockheed MartinLMT	SDOG +2.03 points	0.34%	2.37%
Lyondellbasell Industries Class ALYB	SDOG +2.02 points	0.08%	2.10%
EvergyEVRG	SDOG +2.00 points	0.05%	2.05%
International PaperIP	SDOG +1.98 points	0.08%	2.06%
Best BuyBBY	SDOG +1.97 points	0.09%	2.06%
Darden Restaurants IncDRI	SDOG +1.94 points	0.10%	2.04%
Edison InternationalEIX	SDOG +1.94 points	0.11%	2.05%
Kinder MorganKMI	SDOG +1.93 points	0.21%	2.14%
KenvueKVUE	SDOG +1.92 points	0.20%	2.12%
Firstenergy CorpFE	SDOG +1.91 points	0.07%	1.98%
Eversource EnergyES	SDOG +1.90 points	0.05%	1.95%
Dominion EnergyD	SDOG +1.87 points	0.15%	2.02%
Smurfit Westrock PLCSW	SDOG +1.87 points	0.07%	1.94%
WatscoWSO	SDOG +1.85 points	0.03%	1.88%
Starbucks CorpSBUX	SDOG +1.81 points	0.23%	2.04%
KeycorpKEY	SDOG +1.79 points	0.09%	1.88%
Snap On IncSNA	SDOG +1.79 points	0.06%	1.85%
T Rowe Price GroupTROW	SDOG +1.76 points	0.14%	1.90%
Kraft HeinzKHC	SDOG +1.75 points	0.18%	1.93%
OneokOKE	SDOG +1.72 points	0.24%	1.96%
Genuine PartsGPC	SDOG +1.72 points	0.04%	1.76%
Eog ResourcesEOG	SDOG +1.69 points	0.50%	2.19%
United Parcel Service Inc Class BUPS	SDOG +1.68 points	0.42%	2.10%
General Mills IncGIS	SDOG +1.67 points	0.19%	1.86%
Prudential Financial IncPRU	SDOG +1.66 points	0.24%	1.90%
Target CorpTGT	SDOG +1.63 points	0.30%	1.93%
Us BancorpUSB	SDOG +1.55 points	0.29%	1.84%
Ford Motor CoF	SDOG +1.54 points	0.17%	1.71%
ConocophillipsCOP	SDOG +1.52 points	0.67%	2.19%
Truist FinancialTFC	SDOG +1.46 points	0.43%	1.89%
Cvs HealthCVS	SDOG +1.43 points	0.42%	1.85%
Bristol Myers SquibbBMY	SDOG +1.28 points	0.63%	1.91%
Comcast Class ACMCSA	SDOG +1.11 points	0.69%	1.80%
Altria Group IncMO	SDOG +1.09 points	1.11%	2.20%
T Mobile Us IncTMUS	SDOG +1.08 points	0.59%	1.67%
Microchip Technology IncMCHP	SDOG +0.81 points	1.22%	2.03%
AT&TT	SDOG +0.80 points	0.80%	1.60%
PfizerPFE	SDOG +0.75 points	1.39%	2.14%
Verizon Communications IncVZ	SDOG +0.71 points	1.01%	1.72%
Merck & Co IncMRK	SDOG +0.68 points	1.34%	2.02%
AbbVieABBV	SDOG +0.30 points	1.94%	2.24%
Hp IncHPQ	DIVB +0.30 points	1.88%	1.58%
ChevronCVX	SDOG +0.25 points	1.90%	2.15%
PaychexPAYX	DIVB +0.17 points	2.06%	1.89%

All 381 DIVB holdings⁠All 51 SDOG 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.

DIVB vs SDOG Cost

Overpaying SDOG vs DIVB

$6,260

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

DIVB 0.05%
$1,060
SDOG 0.36%
$7,320

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DIVB 0.05%
SDOG 0.36%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DIVB	SDOG	Overpaying
10	$92	$652	$560
20	$360	$2,522	$2,162
30	$1,060	$7,320	$6,260

Expense ratio

0.05%DIVB, cheaper
0.36%SDOG

DIVB0.05%SDOG0.36%

0.04%0.70%

Middle half of US Dividend Index funds
Median 0.35%

DIVB 2nd cheapest of 52 funds

SDOG 27th cheapest of 52 funds

DIVB vs SDOG Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): DIVB 2.08%; SDOG 3.33%, better
Payout (12M): DIVB $1.48; SDOG $2.45
Last payment: DIVB $0.42; SDOG $0.63
Ex-dividend: DIVB Sep 15, 2026; SDOG Sep 17, 2026
Paid on: DIVB Sep 18, 2026; SDOG Sep 22, 2026
Frequency: DIVB Quarterly; SDOG Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

DIVBQuarterly · 36 paymentsAll DIVB payments⁠

SDOGQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll SDOG payments⁠

DIVB vs SDOG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

DIVB
SDOG

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DIVB 14.0%SDOG 13.1%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DIVB 1.58, betterSDOG 1.28
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DIVB −21.1%SDOG −19.8%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DIVB 0.88SDOG 0.62; Market = 1

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DIVB vs SDOG

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How DIVB and SDOG differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DIVB

Only in SDOG

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

For a rising dividend, iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF ranks first

For a rising dividend, iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF ranks first

How DIVB and SDOG differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DIVB

Only in SDOG

Weight gaps