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DGRO · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
Over the last 12 years (2014-07 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in DGRO with dividends reinvested grew to $42,511, 12.45% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -21.92%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2014-07 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How DGRO held up in past market crashes
DGRO has been through 3 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 34.8% in the 2020 COVID crash, when the S&P 500 fell 34.1%. It took 8 months from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | DGRO deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -17.6% | -20.2% | Sep 2018 to Dec 2018 | 4 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -34.8% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 8 months |
| 2022 bear market | -20.7% | -25.4% | Jan 2022 to Sep 2022 | 17 months |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About DGRO
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the Morningstar U.S. Dividend Growth Index, a rules-based index of U.S. companies with a history of consistently increasing dividends. The fund focuses on dividend-growth stocks rather than the highest-yielding names, using selection criteria tied to dividend sustainability, payout characteristics, and company quality.
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