DGRO vs VHT overlap - what they share and where they differ

DGRO and VHT share 16.3% of their weight across 27 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

DGRO and VHT

16.3%

27 shared positions

DGRO

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 385 positions · Apr 30, 2026

Top 10: 26.5%·Holdings of DGRO

VHT

VANGUARD HEALTH CARE INDEX FUND

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 345 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 51.9%·Holdings of VHT

Reported positions cover DGRO 100%, VHT 100% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

VHT vs DGRO side by side

DGROiShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

385

stock positions reported to the SEC

83.4% of its weight is in 358 names VHT does not hold

VHTVANGUARD HEALTH CARE INDEX FUND

345

stock positions reported to the SEC

34.9% of its weight is in 318 names DGRO does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

DGRO
VHT
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Healthcare
17.2%
92.4%
Technology
22.5%
0.8%
Financial Services
20.3%
0.0%
Consumer Defensive
9.3%
1.8%
Consumer Cyclical
9.1%
3.1%
Basic Materials
0.0%
1.0%

The widest gap is Healthcare: VHT has 75.2 points more of it.

The figures side by side

DGROVHT
Filing dateApr 30, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported385345
Weight of the ten largest26.5%51.9%
Largest positionAVGO 3.3%LLY 14.0%
Held alone358 positions, 83.4%318 positions, 34.9%
Covered by stock positions100%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn DGROIn VHTCounted
JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON2.64%8.47%2.64%
ABBVABBVIE INC2.52%6.09%2.52%
UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC2.31%5.45%2.31%
MRKMERCK & COMPANY INC1.75%4.66%1.75%
LLYELI LILLY & COMPANY1.14%14.04%1.14%
AMGNAMGEN INC1.11%2.87%1.11%
ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES0.79%2.35%0.79%
GILDGILEAD SCIENCES INC0.78%2.64%0.78%
MDTMEDTRONIC PLC0.72%1.50%0.72%
ELVELEVANCE HEALTH INC0.45%1.35%0.45%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in DGRO

AVGOBROADCOM INC3.25%
JPMJP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY3.04%
AAPLAPPLE INC2.93%
MSFTMICROSOFT CORP2.91%
EXXON MOBIL CORP2.90%
PGPROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE)2.07%
PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC1.94%
HDHOME DEPOT INC (THE)1.89%
BACBANK OF AMERICA CORP1.83%
KOCOCA-COLA COMPANY (THE)1.79%

Only in VHT

ISRGIntuitive Surgical Inc2.38%
PFEPfizer Inc2.35%
BMYBristol-Myers Squibb Co1.84%
CVSCVS Health Corp1.83%
VRTXVertex Pharmaceuticals Inc1.80%
BSXBoston Scientific Corp1.13%
REGNRegeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc1.00%
EWEdwards Lifesciences Corp0.79%
IDXXIDEXX Laboratories Inc0.71%
ALNYAlnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc0.63%

Questions people ask

Is DGRO the same as VHT?

16.3% of their weight sits in the same 27 holdings. DGRO also reports AVGO, JPM, AAPL, which the other does not. VHT also reports ISRG, PFE, BMY, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between DGRO and VHT measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 100% of DGRO and 100% of VHT, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, VHT or DGRO?

DGRO reports 385 stock positions and VHT reports 345. 83.4% of DGRO's weight sits in names VHT does not hold, and 34.9% of VHT's weight in names DGRO does not hold. The ten largest positions are 26.5% of DGRO and 51.9% of VHT.

How do DGRO and VHT differ by sector?

The widest gap is Healthcare: VHT has 75.2 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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Descriptive data from public SEC filings. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund or stock, and holdings change between filings.