EUDV vs IGRO

EUDVCProShares MSCI Europe Dividend Growers ETF

IGROAiShares International Dividend Growth ETF

In short

EUDV Most international dividend funds spray across the globe. EUDV stays in Europe and buys only companies that have raised their dividend ten years running, about 50 names in all.

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

EUDV EUDV invests in quality European companies with at least 10 consecutive years of dividend growth.

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

• EUDV Strict entry rule: the MSCI Europe Dividend Masters Index takes European companies with at least 10 straight years of dividend growth, so the screen rewards a payout track record over a fat headline yield.proshares.com
• Pure Europe, no Japan or Canada padding. It applies the familiar dividend-growth discipline to one continent instead of blending it into a global average.proshares.com
• Trading since 2015, and it sticks to the job description: a concentrated basket of roughly 50 stocks that tracks its stated European dividend-growth index closely.
• Distributions land quarterly, in line with how most European companies pace their payouts.

• 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

• EUDV 0.55% a year sits above the typical international dividend fund. Broad rivals like VYMI (0.07%) and SCHY (0.08%) cast a wider net for a fraction of that.
• A small, thinly traded fund. Spreads can widen, so limit orders and trading while European markets are open matter more here than with the giants.
• One continent, roughly 50 stocks, no US exposure, and returns come in euros, pounds and francs before they reach your dollar account.

• 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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