IGRO vs SDIV

IGROAiShares International Dividend Growth ETF

SDIVCGlobal X SuperDividend 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.

SDIV Global X's original yield-chaser: a 2011-vintage fund that scours the world for the highest-yielding stocks, holds them in one basket, and pays out monthly. Blunt instrument, clear purpose.

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.

SDIV The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Solactive Global SuperDividend Index.

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.

• SDIV One mandate, no hedging: it tracks the Solactive Global SuperDividend Index, a pure yield screen across global equity markets rather than a quality or dividend-growth tilt.
• Pays monthly, not quarterly, which suits investors who want income arriving on a regular schedule.
• Running since 2011, it is one of the longest-tenured high-yield funds around, now a multi-billion-dollar portfolio spread over roughly 110 names.
• Trades with steady daily volume, so getting in and out is generally straightforward for retail-sized orders.

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.

• SDIV At 0.58% it costs more than the cohort median and well above plain international dividend index funds like VYMI (0.07%) and SCHY (0.08%).
• A screen built purely on yield tends to land on smaller, more stressed companies, so the ride is bumpier than dividend-growth strategies in the same aisle.
• Global by design: returns pick up foreign-market and currency moves alongside the dividend stream.

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