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DGROISharesINDEX

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

$75.44+0.07% vs prior close
678052-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Sep 30. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. The underlying index is a subset of the Morningstar® US Market IndexSM, which is a diversified broad market index that represents approximately 97% of the market capitalization of publicly-traded U.S. stocks.

Price & daily flows
77.273.569.775.44DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$3.7B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$451M of net inflows over the past month, about 1.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +8.7% so far this year. At 0.080% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA has a reported fee of 0.07%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$41.9Bassets under management
0.080%expense ratio · $8 per $10,000 a year
+$451Mnet flow, trailing month
1.5Mavg daily volume, 30 days
424holdings · US-domiciled
2014listed June 10, 2014 · beta 0.48
The book at a glance
MSFT-0.0%AAPL-0.8%XOM+0.7%ABBV-0.6%JNJ-2.3%JPM+0.7%AVGO-2.1%PG-0.9%PM-1.4%HD-0.7%KO+0.0%MRK-1.0%UNH-0.5%PEP-0.9%CSCO+1.0%BAC-1.3%IBM+2.6%LLY-0.6%WFC+0.2%AMGN-3.4%MCD+0.4%NEE+0.8%MS-0.0%ACN+15.8%GS-0.4%V+0.1%QCOM-1.1%WMT+0.3%C-1.9%GILD-1.0%ABT-2.2%COP+1.5%RTX-0.3%MDT+0.2%SO+0.7%DUK-0.2%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1MSFTMICROSOFT3.16%$512.80-0.0%
2AAPLAPPLE3.10%$330.32-0.8%
3XOMEXXON MOBIL3.06%$163.82+0.7%
4ABBVABBVIE2.90%$259.93-0.6%
5JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON2.90%$258.66-2.3%
6JPMJPMORGAN CHASE2.81%$333.18+0.7%
7AVGOBROADCOM2.79%$343.64-2.1%
8PGPROCTER & GAMBLE2.37%$143.95-0.9%
9PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL2.25%$188.18-1.4%
10HDHOME DEPOT1.93%$282.46-0.7%
11KOCOCA COLA1.89%$86.10+0.0%
12MRKMERCK & CO1.92%$143.81-1.0%
13UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP1.82%$365.20-0.5%
14PEPPEPSICO1.75%$125.60-0.9%
15CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS1.50%$108.76+1.0%

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Sector weights
Financials19.71%
Information Technology18.06%
Health Care17.5%
Consumer Staples12.42%
Industrials11.45%
Utilities6.87%
Consumer Discretionary5.83%
Energy5.41%
Materials2.51%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.17%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.5%
1 month-4.4%
3 months-0.9%
6 months+9.4%
YTD+8.7%
1 year+10.4%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$91M
1 month+$451M
3 months+$1.3B
YTD+$2.9B
1 year+$3.7B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
8%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
10%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.7%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 3.2% of the book; the top ten carry 27%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 74 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
44calls · latest snapshot
174puts · latest snapshot
3.95put/call ratio
2.6Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MSFT MICROSOFT$195M$193M
AAPL APPLE$141M$176M
AVGO BROADCOM$92M$104M
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP$49M$49M
AMAT APPLIED MATERIALS$49M$44M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against DGRO

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat DGRO on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-5bp on fee · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-5bp on fee · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-4bp on fee · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYV State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF0.04%$36.2B+$208M-4bp on fee · +$208M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-4bp on fee · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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