iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO)
Dividend ETF
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) is a Dividend ETF from iShares. As of October 23, 2026, DGRO closed at $79.65. It charges a 0.08% expense ratio, or $8 a year per $10,000 invested. Including dividends it returned +18.8% over the past year and +11.0% a year over five years.
- Assets under management: $41.9 billion
- Dividend yield: 1.88%
- Annualized return since 2014: 12.4%
- Worst peak-to-trough drop: -35%
DGRO price chart
1Y price change: +16.4% (price only; total returns below include dividends)
| Total return | 1M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | MAX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DGRO | +4.1% | +16.4% | +18.8% | +20.8% | +11.0% | +13.9% | +12.4% |
Dividends reinvested. 3Y and longer are annualized; MAX is annualized since 2014.
DGRO key facts
- Expense ratio
- 0.08%
- $8/yr per $10K
- Assets (AUM)
- $41.9B
- Dividend yield
- 1.88%
- Annualized return
- 12.4%
- since 2014
- Volatility
- 16%
- annualized
- Max drawdown
- -35%
- 52-week range
- $67.14 – $80.58
- Fund family
- iShares
DGRO dividend
- Dividend yield
- 1.88%
- Annual dividend
- $1.49
- Years of increases
- 11
- 5-yr dividend growth
- 7.1%
- per year
- Payments per year
- 4
Regular dividends per share by calendar year; special dividends excluded. Current year omitted until complete.
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|---|---|---|---|
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 VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares | -0.68% | +17% | 2.28% |
 NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF | -1.05% | +16% | 2.01% |
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 DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF | -0.91% | +18% | 2.19% |
 SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF | -0.53% | +16% | 4.24% |
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DGRO news
- DGRO’s Dividend Only Gets the Lower Tax Rate If You Hold It 61 Days Inside a 121-Day Window · Oct 16, 2026
- The Smartest Time to Sell Your DGRO ETF Might Be the Day You Retire · Oct 14, 2026
- Forget SCHD: $100,000 in DGRO Became $168,700 Over Five Years. SCHD Reached $155,870. · Oct 12, 2026
- What Size Roth IRA Replaces a $110,000 Salary Tax-Free at 60? · Oct 23, 2026
- How a 66-Year-Old Turned a $1.02 Million 401(k) Rollover Into a $6,050 Monthly Paycheck Without Buying an Annuity · Oct 16, 2026
DGRO ETF FAQ
What is DGRO's expense ratio?
DGRO has an expense ratio of 0.08%: $8 a year on a $10,000 investment.
What is DGRO's dividend yield?
DGRO yields 1.88% based on its trailing distributions of $1.49 per share.
What is DGRO's historical return?
With dividends reinvested, DGRO returned +18.8% over one year, +11.0% a year over five years, +13.9% a year over ten years through October 23, 2026.
How much can DGRO fall?
DGRO's largest peak-to-trough decline since 2014 was -35%. Past drawdowns don't cap future ones.
Sources: fund data and prices from Yahoo Finance (delayed); FI Handbook calculations. Last close October 23, 2026.