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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +11.0% and VONG returned +7.2%, so SDY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SDY or VONG?

SDY charges 0.35% a year and VONG charges 0.07%, so VONG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 85% of SDY and 96% of VONG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 5% 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 VONG: how they differ

SDY and VONG hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and SDY returned more over the year.

State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Dividend ETF and Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SDY and VONG hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions SDY and VONG both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	SDY	VONG
AbbVie Inc	1.63%	1.16%
Coca-Cola Co/The	1.26%	0.45%
Microsoft Corp	0.36%	8.98%
Texas Instruments Inc	1.56%	0.34%
Automatic Data Processing Inc	1.54%	0.25%
Waste Management Inc	0.68%	0.24%
Costco Wholesale Corp	0.20%	1.28%
Sherwin-Williams Co/The	0.43%	0.19%
QUALCOMM Inc	1.57%	0.18%
Cintas Corp	0.43%	0.18%
Walmart Inc	0.29%	0.15%
Caterpillar Inc	0.47%	0.15%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SDY	Only in VONG
Verizon Communications Inc 2.15%	NVIDIA Corp 13.09%
Realty Income Corp 2.14%	Apple Inc 11.97%
Kenvue Inc 1.76%	Broadcom Inc 5.78%
Target Corp 1.55%	Amazon.com Inc 5.07%
Edison International 1.45%	Alphabet Inc 3.91%
WEC Energy Group Inc 1.41%	Tesla Inc 3.48%
Eversource Energy 1.35%	Meta Platforms Inc 3.20%
Consolidated Edison Inc 1.34%	Alphabet Inc 3.15%

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 and May 31, 2026.

SDY and VONG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SDY State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Dividend ETF	VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	Vanguard
What it is	SPDR S&P Dividend	Russell 1000 Growth
Total return, 1 year	+11.0%	+7.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−6.5 pts	−10.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.07%
Already in the S&P 500	84.6%	95.6%
Holdings	155	387

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.

VONG in plain words

VONG is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 1000 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +7.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 387 positions, with the top ten at 61.3%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Jun 1, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SDY or VONG?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +11.0% and VONG returned +7.2%, so SDY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SDY or VONG?: SDY charges 0.35% a year and VONG charges 0.07%, so VONG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SDY and VONG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 85% of SDY and 96% of VONG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 5% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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