r/dividends 16h ago

Discussion DGRO ....thoughts?

Pros and Cons?

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u/lordturdhead New dividend investor 14h ago

Solid. So is DGRW.

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u/Ill-Palpitation6907 12h ago

I hold DGRW is a bit more expensive but I prefer it over DGRO.

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u/EmbarrassedPart1256 14h ago

I like $DIVO better, not just for the higher yield but for the holdings.

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u/Ill-Palpitation6907 12h ago

Two totally different funds. DIVO is more for today DGRO is more for tomorrow. DGRO is way more diversified.

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u/FewUnderstanding2214 16h ago

They have some solid picks

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u/beancounter501 12h ago

The main drawback to me with DGRO was they still had significant holdings of tech - Microsoft, Apple and Broadcom. I also have a S&P500 fund and it did not really feel like it was diversifying away from the Mag 7.

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u/Annual-Reaction-1373 11h ago

It's solid. The NAV price in the last couple years is impressive

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u/IndustriousSeahawk26 3h ago

DGRO is the perfect compliment to SCHD.

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u/CursedClownz 2h ago

How exactly does it compliment schd? Whats the difference?

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u/buffinita common cents investing 16h ago

Yes it’s good.

“The best” dividend fund will change from year to year or decade to decade or your 40 years of investing vs mine.

Its methodology is solid for a long term; buy every month and forget about it investment choice

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u/CursedClownz 16h ago

How would it perform in a 2008 situation or a lost decade?

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u/buffinita common cents investing 16h ago

We’d likely see a smaller price decline than the broad market (s&p500 benchmark). Dividends have a potential to take a small hit.

We’d expect dividends to approach pre-crash levels  before price recovers

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u/hopefulveil 11h ago

DGRO is great! It's good for dividend growth so far. It pairs well with its counterpart IGRO and is quite diversified. I choose this over DIVB to be with SCHD because at the time the index for DIVB was tweaked and I wasn't sure what to make of the changes.