DTH vs IGRO

DTHCWisdomTree International High Dividend Fund

IGROAiShares International Dividend Growth ETF

In short

DTH One of the original international high-dividend ETFs, live since 2006. It rents out a wide bench of developed-market payers outside the US and Canada, and pays shareholders quarterly.

IGRO Dividend growth, not dividend yield, taken overseas. IGRO tracks a Morningstar index of non-US companies with a habit of raising their payouts, spread across roughly 500 names, for a fee that undercuts most of the international dividend shelf.

Stated mandate

DTH The fund seeks to track the investment results of high-dividend-yielding companies in developed markets outside the United States and Canada.

IGRO The fund seeks to track an index of international stocks with a history of growing dividends, providing dividend-focused international equity exposure for income and long-term growth.

Why people hold it

• DTH A 2006 original. It has run this same overseas high-yield mandate through multiple market cycles, not a recent launch chasing the income theme.
• Roughly 600 holdings across developed markets outside the US and Canada, so no single payer or country carries the income load.
• Zero US and Canada exposure by design, making it a clean bolt-on beside a domestic dividend sleeve rather than a duplicate.
• It hugs its stated index (WTDHYE) about as tightly as index funds get, and distributions land quarterly.

• IGRO Costs 0.15% a year, well under the typical fee for an international dividend screen.
• Does what the label says: it follows the Morningstar Global ex-US Dividend Growth Index closely, one of the tightest index-to-portfolio matches in its peer group.
• Roughly 500 non-US payers, so no single dividend carries the fund. Cash goes out quarterly.

Worth knowing

• DTH At 0.58%, the fee sits above the cohort median of 0.50%, and the cheap giants undercut it hard: VYMI at 0.07%, SCHW peer SCHY at 0.08%.
• A yield-first screen buys whatever pays most, which can tilt the mix toward a handful of value sectors and countries.
• Mid-sized and moderately traded rather than a flagship, so spreads can be wider than the category's largest names.

• IGRO It trades thin next to heavyweights like VYMI, so limit orders and calmer mid-session trading matter more here.
• The screen targets payout growth, not the fattest yields, so income tends to run lighter than yield-first international funds.
• Cheaper neighbors exist: VIGI at 0.07% and SCHY at 0.08%, though each tracks a different index with a different holdings list.

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