DIVB vs STXD: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

iShares Core Dividend ETF

DIVBACboe

Strive 1000 Dividend Growth ETF

STXDCNYSE

Overlap

15.2%by weight

Expense ratio

DIVB −0.30pt a year

DIVB0.05%STXD0.35%

Avg volume · 30D

DIVB 65.0×the volume

DIVB328KSTXD5.04K

3Y return · a year

DIVB +11.1pt

DIVB+28.0%STXD+16.9%

DIVB vs STXD Performance

Nov 7, 2025 – Nov 9, 2026

+40.8%DIVB+13.6%STXD

Expense ratio: DIVB 0.05%, better; STXD 0.35%
Fund size: DIVB $2.35B; STXD $68M
1Y total return: DIVB +40.8%, better; STXD +13.6%
Yield (12M): DIVB 2.09%, better; STXD 1.06%
Holdings: DIVB 383; STXD 179
Avg volume (30D): DIVB 328K sh, better; STXD 5.04K sh
NAV per share: DIVB $70.40; STXD $39.65
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DIVB, STXD, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DIVB	STXD
Cost30% weight	A95Higher	B57
Mission25% weight	A87Higher	B60
Risk15% weight	B68Higher	D35
Tradability15% weight	B65Higher	F15
Holdings10% weight	C54Higher	C47
Durability5% weight	A71Higher	F14

Rank among US Dividend Index funds

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Same Category. DIVB 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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DIVB ranks 4th 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 3ASPYDState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETFScore 80
Rank 4ADIVBiShares Core Dividend ETFScore 79
Rank 5AVIGVanguard Dividend Appreciation ETFScore 78
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

DIVBAiShares Core Dividend ETF

STXDCStrive 1000 Dividend Growth 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 DIVB profile⁠

Full STXD profile⁠

DIVB vs STXD Holdings

How DIVB and STXD differ

Overlap by weight

15.2%

Shared holdings make up 31.0% of DIVB and 30.1% of STXD.

Level by level

Holdings67 in both15.2%
Sector11 Sectors81.2%
Countryby domicile99.3%
Asset classStocks100%

Sector

Sector weights in DIVB and STXD, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	DIVB	STXD
Financials	STXD +9.5 points	16.4%	25.9%
Energy	DIVB +8.1 points	8.3%	0.2%
Consumer Staples	DIVB +5.6 points	9.5%	3.9%
Consumer Discretionary	STXD +4.1 points	4.1%	8.2%
Communication	DIVB +3.4 points	3.5%	0.1%
Technology	STXD +3.4 points	21.5%	24.9%
Materials	STXD +1.9 points	1.1%	3.0%
Industrials	DIVB +1.2 points	15.3%	14.1%
Health Care	DIVB +0.3 points	14.9%	14.6%
Utilities	DIVB +0.1 points	2.2%	2.1%
Real Estate	Same weight	3.0%	3.0%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

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

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DIVB32.8%
STXD35.4%

Securities held

DIVB380
STXD178

Asset class

DIVB: Stocks
STXD: Stocks

Holdings

Only in DIVB313
In both67
Only in STXD111

Only in DIVB

313 securities, 68.7% of DIVB by weight

International Business Machines Co5.00%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Cla2.99%
Exxonmobil Holdings Corp2.47%
Johnson & Johnson2.09%
AbbVie1.94%
Hp Inc1.88%
Procter & Gamble1.75%
Chevron1.74%
UnitedHealth Group1.43%
Cdw1.36%
Leidos Holdings1.36%
Pfizer1.36%
Merck & Co Inc1.33%
Skyworks Solutions1.25%
Philip Morris International1.20%
Bank of America1.12%
Coca-Cola1.11%
Altria Group Inc1.10%
Wells Fargo1.07%
Verizon Communications Inc1.05%
Pepsico1.04%
AT&T0.82%
Gilead Sciences0.78%
Citigroup0.77%
Progressive0.76%
Gen Digital0.75%
Comcast Class A0.74%
Bristol Myers Squibb0.64%
T Mobile Us Inc0.62%
Conocophillips0.61%
Elevance Health Inc0.59%
Cigna0.58%
Mcdonalds Corp0.57%
Medtronic PLC0.55%
Marathon Petroleum0.54%
Jack Henry and Associates Inc0.53%
Capital One Financial Corp0.50%
Eog Resources0.45%
Truist Financial0.44%
United Parcel Service Inc Class B0.43%
Becton Dickinson0.43%
Union Pacific0.42%
Cvs Health0.39%
Travelers Companies0.39%
Honeywell International Inc0.39%
Aflac0.37%
Valero Energy Corp0.36%
Avnet0.35%
Pnc Financial Services Group0.33%
D R Horton0.33%

Only in STXD

111 securities, 69.8% of STXD by weight

Microsoft Corp5.52%
Visa Inc5.26%
Broadcom Inc4.22%
Mastercard Inc3.86%
Costco Wholesale Corp3.42%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc1.89%
RTX Corp1.87%
Applied Materials Inc1.87%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The1.86%
Texas Instruments Inc1.85%
Lam Research Corp1.83%
Linde PLC1.74%
Oracle Corp1.46%
Amphenol Corp1.34%
Kla Corp1.32%
Analog Devices Inc1.29%
Deere & Co1.23%
TJX Cos Inc/The1.09%
Danaher Corp1.08%
S&P Global Inc1.00%
McKesson Corp0.91%
Stryker Corp0.86%
Parker-Hannifin Corp0.84%
Equinix Inc0.75%
Intercontinental Exchange Inc0.71%
Waste Management Inc0.69%
Intuit Inc0.68%
CSX Corp0.66%
Trane Technologies PLC0.65%
Motorola Solutions Inc0.62%
Quanta Services Inc0.60%
Johnson Controls International plc0.60%
Howmet Aerospace Inc0.60%
Sherwin-Williams Co/The0.58%
Northrop Grumman Corp0.56%
Moody's Corp0.56%
Ross Stores Inc0.53%
Aon PLC0.53%
Arthur J Gallagher & Co0.52%
Cummins Inc0.47%
WW Grainger Inc0.46%
TE Connectivity PLC0.44%
Monolithic Power Systems Inc0.43%
PACCAR Inc0.38%
Nasdaq Inc0.38%
AMETEK Inc0.38%
eBay Inc0.37%
Republic Services Inc0.36%
Roper Technologies Inc0.35%
Garmin Ltd0.34%

Weight gaps

All 67 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in DIVB and STXD, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	DIVB	STXD
Accenture PLC Class AACN	DIVB +5.52 points	6.68%	1.16%
Automatic Data Processing IncADP	DIVB +4.34 points	5.22%	0.88%
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM	STXD +2.57 points	2.38%	4.95%
PaychexPAYX	DIVB +1.92 points	2.19%	0.27%
Home DepotHD	STXD +1.70 points	0.81%	2.51%
Ss and C Technologies HoldingsSSNC	DIVB +1.22 points	1.34%	0.12%
Amgen IncAMGN	STXD +1.06 points	0.76%	1.82%
Morgan StanleyMS	STXD +1.05 points	0.51%	1.56%
Broadridge Financial Solutions IncBR	DIVB +0.99 points	1.14%	0.15%
Nextera EnergyNEE	STXD +0.97 points	0.36%	1.33%
BlackRockBLK	STXD +0.86 points	0.35%	1.21%
Microchip Technology IncMCHP	DIVB +0.70 points	0.93%	0.23%
Abbott LaboratoriesABT	STXD +0.68 points	0.69%	1.37%
Starbucks CorpSBUX	STXD +0.65 points	0.23%	0.88%
Prologis ReitPLD	STXD +0.59 points	0.27%	0.86%
Lowes Companies IncLOW	STXD +0.55 points	0.37%	0.92%
Hca HealthcareHCA	DIVB +0.50 points	1.03%	0.53%
GenpactG	DIVB +0.42 points	0.47%	0.05%
MarshMRSH	STXD +0.39 points	0.32%	0.71%
American Tower ReitAMT	STXD +0.37 points	0.27%	0.64%
Cme Group Class ACME	STXD +0.36 points	0.44%	0.80%
FastenalFAST	STXD +0.35 points	0.09%	0.44%
Bank of New York Mellon CorpBNY	STXD +0.35 points	0.38%	0.73%
Universal Display CorpOLED	DIVB +0.19 points	0.22%	0.03%
Yum BrandsYUM	STXD +0.18 points	0.14%	0.32%
American Water WorksAWK	STXD +0.17 points	0.04%	0.21%
Mondelez International Class AMDLZ	STXD +0.16 points	0.46%	0.62%
State StreetSTT	STXD +0.14 points	0.18%	0.32%
Cincinnati FinancialCINF	STXD +0.13 points	0.08%	0.21%
Nike Class BNKE	STXD +0.13 points	0.20%	0.33%
Ares Management Class AARES	STXD +0.12 points	0.08%	0.20%
Raymond JamesRJF	STXD +0.09 points	0.12%	0.21%
Darden Restaurants IncDRI	STXD +0.08 points	0.11%	0.19%
Otis WorldwideOTIS	STXD +0.08 points	0.14%	0.22%
Carrier GlobalCARR	STXD +0.07 points	0.23%	0.30%
Sba Communications Reit Corp ClassSBAC	STXD +0.07 points	0.06%	0.13%
Snap On IncSNA	STXD +0.07 points	0.06%	0.13%
Tractor SupplyTSCO	STXD +0.06 points	0.08%	0.14%
Kimco Realty Reit CorpKIM	STXD +0.07 points	0.06%	0.13%
Ameriprise Finance IncAMP	STXD +0.06 points	0.26%	0.32%
Royalty Pharma PLC Class ARPRX	STXD +0.06 points	0.13%	0.19%
Equity Lifestyle Properties Reit IELS	STXD +0.05 points	0.03%	0.08%
Lamar Advertising Company ClasLAMR	STXD +0.05 points	0.05%	0.10%
Mid America Apartment CommunitiesMAA	STXD +0.05 points	0.05%	0.10%
Rexford Industrial Realty ReitREXR	STXD +0.04 points	0.02%	0.06%
Brixmor Property Group Reit IncBRX	STXD +0.05 points	0.02%	0.07%
American Homes Rent Reit Class AAMH	STXD +0.04 points	0.04%	0.08%
Dominos PizzaDPZ	STXD +0.03 points	0.04%	0.07%
Western AllianceWAL	STXD +0.04 points	0.02%	0.06%
First Industrial Realty TrustFR	STXD +0.04 points	0.01%	0.05%
Avery Dennison CorpAVY	STXD +0.04 points	0.07%	0.11%
Cubesmart ReitCUBE	STXD +0.04 points	0.04%	0.08%
Factset Research SystemsFDS	STXD +0.03 points	0.06%	0.09%
WatscoWSO	STXD +0.04 points	0.03%	0.07%
MascoMAS	STXD +0.04 points	0.09%	0.13%
ServiceSCI	STXD +0.03 points	0.04%	0.07%
Nrg Energy IncNRG	STXD +0.03 points	0.11%	0.14%
ToroTTC	STXD +0.02 points	0.05%	0.07%
Mccormick & Co Non-VotingMKC	STXD +0.02 points	0.06%	0.08%
Clearway Energy Inc Class CCWEN	STXD +0.02 points	0.01%	0.03%
First Financial Bankshares IncFFIN	STXD +0.01 points	<0.01%	0.02%
Wyndham Hotels ResortsWH	STXD +0.01 points	0.03%	0.04%
PoolPOOL	STXD +0.01 points	0.04%	0.05%
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding ClassBAH	Same weight	0.08%	0.08%
MorningstarMORN	DIVB +0.01 points	0.04%	0.03%
Warner Music Group Class AWMG	STXD +0.01 points	0.01%	0.02%
Dolby Laboratories Class ADLB	Same weight	0.02%	0.02%

All 380 DIVB 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.

DIVB vs STXD Cost

Overpaying STXD vs DIVB

$6,066

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

DIVB 0.05%
$1,060
STXD 0.35%
$7,126

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DIVB 0.05%
STXD 0.35%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DIVB	STXD	Overpaying
10	$92	$634	$542
20	$360	$2,454	$2,094
30	$1,060	$7,126	$6,066

Expense ratio

0.05%DIVB, cheaper
0.35%STXD

DIVB0.05%STXD0.35%

0.04%0.70%

Middle half of US Dividend Index funds
Median 0.35%

DIVB 2nd cheapest of 52 funds

STXD 20th cheapest of 52 funds

DIVB vs STXD Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): DIVB 2.09%, better; STXD 1.06%
Payout (12M): DIVB $1.48; STXD $0.43
Last payment: DIVB $0.42; STXD $0.09
Ex-dividend: DIVB Sep 15, 2026; STXD Sep 28, 2026
Paid on: DIVB Sep 18, 2026; STXD Sep 30, 2026
Frequency: DIVB Quarterly; STXD Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

DIVBQuarterly · 36 paymentsAll DIVB payments⁠

STXDQuarterly · 16 paymentsAll STXD payments⁠

DIVB vs STXD Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DIVB 14.0%STXD 10.8%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DIVB 1.58, betterSTXD 1.14
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DIVB −21.1%STXD −14.9%since Nov 2022
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DIVB 0.86STXD 0.75; Market = 1

DIVB and STXD in the news

All news⁠

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Updated Nov 2, 2026DIVB
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11 Strive funds will move to NYSE Arca on Dec. 15
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DIVB vs STXD

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How DIVB and STXD differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DIVB

Only in STXD

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

11 Strive funds will move to NYSE Arca on Dec. 15

How DIVB and STXD differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DIVB

Only in STXD

Weight gaps