Which returned more over the last year, KRE or VYM?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, KRE returned +16.1% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, KRE or VYM?

KRE charges 0.35% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do KRE and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 7% of KRE and 92% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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KRE vs VYM: how they differ

KRE and VYM hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and VYM returned more over the year.

State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Regional Banking ETF and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, KRE and VYM hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions KRE and VYM both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	KRE	VYM
Truist Financial Corp	1.27%	0.27%
Huntington Bancshares Inc/OH	1.33%	0.14%
M&T Bank Corp	1.35%	0.14%
Citizens Financial Group Inc	1.37%	0.12%
Regions Financial Corp	1.34%	0.10%
East West Bancorp Inc	1.28%	0.07%
Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc	1.37%	0.06%
First Horizon Corp	1.31%	0.05%
Webster Financial Corp	1.35%	0.05%
Wintrust Financial Corp	1.32%	0.04%
Popular Inc	1.33%	0.04%
SOUTHSTATE BANK CORP	1.31%	0.04%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in KRE	Only in VYM
Ameris Bancorp 1.32%	Broadcom Inc 8.07%
Banc of California Inc 1.32%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.36%
Flagstar Bank NA 1.31%	Exxon Mobil Corp 2.73%
Texas Capital Bancshares Inc 1.30%	Johnson & Johnson 2.31%
Axos Financial Inc 1.18%	Caterpillar Inc 1.73%
Bancorp Inc/The 0.97%	AbbVie Inc 1.57%
WSFS Financial Corp 0.94%	Cisco Systems Inc 1.52%
Nicolet Bankshares Inc 0.93%	Chevron Corp 1.51%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

KRE and VYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	KRE State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Regional Banking ETF	VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	Vanguard
What it is	SPDR S&P Regional Banking	US high dividend
Total return, 1 year	+16.1%	+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−1.4 pts	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.04%
Already in the S&P 500	6.7%	92.2%
Holdings	161	608

KRE in plain words

KRE is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Regional Banking. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +16.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 7% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 161 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VYM in plain words

VYM is an index equity fund tracking the US high dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 608 positions, with the top ten at 25.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, KRE or VYM?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, KRE returned +16.1% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, KRE or VYM?: KRE charges 0.35% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do KRE and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 7% of KRE and 92% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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