IGRO vs PID

IGROAiShares International Dividend Growth ETF

PIDCInvesco International Dividend Achievers ETF

In short

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.

PID One of the original ways to own dividend growth outside the US. Since 2005, PID has run the Achievers streak test (five straight years of rising payouts) on non-US companies, landing on a tight roster of about 60 names.

Stated mandate

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.

PID The Fund seeks international dividend-achiever exposure, normally investing at least 90% of assets in dividend-paying stocks and other securities in its Index. Eligible companies have consistently increased aggregate regular cash dividends for at least five consecutive years.

Why people hold it

• 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.

• PID The screen is a hurdle, not a yield grab: a company must have raised its aggregate regular cash dividend five consecutive years just to be eligible.invesco.com
• Trading since 2005, one of the longest-running international dividend-growth ETFs on the tape, with a multi-cycle operating history behind the strategy.
• Roughly 60 stocks with at least 90% of assets in index securities. You get the screen you signed up for, not a closet global benchmark.
• Cash arrives on a quarterly schedule, from a portfolio assembled entirely around payout-raising companies.

Worth knowing

• 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.

• PID At 0.53% it sits above the 0.50% cohort median, and rivals like VYMI (0.07%), SCHY (0.08%) and VIGI (0.07%) run international dividend books for a fraction of that.
• Moderately traded rather than a category heavyweight, so spreads and order handling matter more on large or hurried trades.
• A five-year streak rule shrinks the pond. With about 60 holdings, country and sector weights can tilt hard toward wherever dividend streaks cluster.

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