Which returned more over the last year, SDY or SPYG?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +11.0% and SPYG returned +17.9%, so SPYG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SDY or SPYG?

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

How much do SDY and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 85% of SDY and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 4% 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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SDY vs SPYG: how they differ

SDY and SPYG hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and SPYG returned more over the year.

State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Dividend ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) Growth ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SDY and SPYG hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions SDY and SPYG both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	SDY	SPYG
Johnson & Johnson	1.00%	1.02%
AbbVie Inc	1.63%	0.58%
Caterpillar Inc	0.47%	1.38%
International Business Machines Corp	1.27%	0.39%
Coca-Cola Co/The	1.26%	0.37%
Microsoft Corp	0.36%	7.81%
McDonald's Corp	0.89%	0.24%
Cummins Inc	0.69%	0.19%
S&P Global Inc	0.35%	0.15%
General Dynamics Corp	0.84%	0.13%
Casey's General Stores Inc	0.13%	0.08%
Cincinnati Financial Corp	1.11%	0.05%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SDY	Only in SPYG
Verizon Communications Inc 2.15%	NVIDIA Corp 13.66%
Realty Income Corp 2.14%	Apple Inc 5.99%
Kenvue Inc 1.76%	Alphabet Inc 5.91%
Kimberly-Clark Corp 1.75%	Broadcom Inc 5.04%
QUALCOMM Inc 1.57%	Alphabet Inc 4.71%
Texas Instruments Inc 1.56%	Micron Technology Inc 3.67%
Target Corp 1.55%	Meta Platforms Inc 3.49%
Automatic Data Processing Inc 1.54%	Amazon.com Inc 3.48%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

SDY and SPYG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SDY State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Dividend ETF	SPYG State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) Growth ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	State Street
What it is	SPDR S&P Dividend	SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth
Total return, 1 year	+11.0%	+17.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−6.5 pts	+0.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.04%
Already in the S&P 500	84.6%	100.0%
Holdings	155	147

SDY in plain words

SDY is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +11.0% 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, 85% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 155 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

SPYG in plain words

SPYG is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.9% 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 Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 147 positions, with the top ten at 56.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SDY or SPYG?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +11.0% and SPYG returned +17.9%, so SPYG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SDY or SPYG?: SDY charges 0.35% a year and SPYG charges 0.04%, so SPYG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SDY and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 85% of SDY and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 4% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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