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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +12.9% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SPYD or VYM?

SPYD charges 0.07% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYD and 92% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 12% 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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SPYD vs VYM: how they differ

SPYD and VYM hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and VYM returned more over the year.

State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) High Dividend ETF and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPYD and VYM hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions SPYD and VYM both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	SPYD	VYM
Chevron Corp	1.20%	1.51%
PepsiCo Inc	1.11%	0.91%
Verizon Communications Inc	1.30%	0.85%
AT&T Inc	1.06%	0.76%
Pfizer Inc	1.12%	0.64%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co	1.27%	0.52%
Altria Group Inc	1.42%	0.51%
CVS Health Corp	1.53%	0.44%
Duke Energy Corp	1.28%	0.42%
Comcast Corp	1.02%	0.41%
US Bancorp	1.31%	0.37%
United Parcel Service Inc	1.19%	0.33%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SPYD	Only in VYM
Iron Mountain Inc 1.62%	Broadcom Inc 8.07%
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc 1.53%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.36%
Kimco Realty Corp 1.46%	Exxon Mobil Corp 2.73%
Simon Property Group Inc 1.45%	Johnson & Johnson 2.31%
Federal Realty Investment Trust 1.45%	Caterpillar Inc 1.73%
Healthpeak Properties Inc 1.44%	AbbVie Inc 1.57%
Essex Property Trust Inc 1.36%	Cisco Systems Inc 1.52%
Regency Centers Corp 1.35%	Bank of America Corp 1.45%

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.

SPYD and VYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SPYD State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) High Dividend 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 Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend	US high dividend
Total return, 1 year	+12.9%	+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−4.6 pts	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.04%
Already in the S&P 500	100.0%	92.2%
Holdings	78	608

SPYD in plain words

SPYD is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 78 positions, with the top ten at 15.1%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Aug 24, 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, SPYD or VYM?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +12.9% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SPYD or VYM?: SPYD charges 0.07% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYD and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYD and 92% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 12% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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