Summary
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 395. The ten largest make up 27% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.08%
- Fund size
- $44.0B
- Positions
- 395
- Dividend yield
- 1.90%
- Running since
- 2014
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.08% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 27% of the fund.
- A large fund with $44.0B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $111.9M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 11%.
- It has been running since 2014.
What to watch
- 95% of the fund is in one country (United States).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +2.6%
- 3 months
- +2.2%
- This year
- +14%
- 1 year
- +16%
- 3 years
- +61%
- 5 years
- +50%
- 10 years
- +190%
- Avg. market cap
- $823.2B
- P/E
- 23.6x
- Forward P/E
- 19.7x
- P/S
- 3.3x
- P/B
- 4.8x
- P/FCF
- 20.5x
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.7x
- Dividend yield
- 2.04%
- ROIC
- 16.2%
- ROE
- 39.1%
- Gross margin
- 55.0%
- Operating margin
- 25.9%
- Net margin
- 19.7%
- Payout ratio
- 48.2%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 2.2x
- Beta
- 0.67
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 67% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 MSMicrosoft MSFT 3.2%
- 2 XOExxon Mobil XOM 3.2%
- 3 AAApple AAPL 3.1%
- 4 ABAbbVie ABBV 3.0%
- 5 JPJPMorgan JPM 2.7%
- 6 JNJohnson & Johnson JNJ 2.7%
- 7 AVBroadcom AVGO 2.6%
- 8 PGProcter & Gamble PG 2.4%
- 9 PMPhilip Morris PM 2.2%
- 10 HDThe Home Depot HD 2.0%
Positions in the fund: 395. The ten largest make up 27% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Industrials 11%
- Utilities 7.0%
- Energy 5.6%
- Other 76%
By country
- United States 95%
- Ireland 3.2%
- United Kingdom 0.8%
- Switzerland 0.5%
- Other countries 0.6%
By company size
- Mega cap 52%
- Large cap 45%
- Mid cap 2.8%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Industrials (11%). Largest country: United States (95%). Largest size group: Mega cap (52%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $8.00
- Over 20 years
- $401
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $8.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $401.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +11%
- Deepest drop
- -21%
- Yearly volatility
- 9.6%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 11%. Deepest drop in these years: 21% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.90%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.39
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.49 per share, which is 1.90% of today's price. The last payment was $0.39 on Sep 15, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $111.9M
- Shares a day
- 1.4M
On an average day about $111.9M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 23.6
- Average Bulios Score
- 68 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 14%
- Fairly valued 13%
- Overvalued 72%
On average the companies inside trade for 23.6 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 72% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 67% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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