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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and SPYD +15.3%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or SPYD?

SPYD is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 99% of SPYD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AOR vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to SPYD's +15.3%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+15.3%

SPYD total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.07%

SPYD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYD costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.5 points; SPYD is 1.9 times larger.

AOR vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	SPYD
Return
Measure	AOR	SPYD
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+15.3%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	SPYD
Below its high		4.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	SPYD
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	S&P 500 High Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	SPYD
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	SPYD
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	16.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and SPYD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR SPYD

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AOR

ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%

ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%

ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%

iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%

ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%

ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%

Only in SPYD

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 2.18%

HP INC 1.74%

HASBRO INC 1.73%

PFIZER INC 1.56%

CHEVRON CORP 1.54%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.49%

CROWN CASTLE INC 1.47%

BEST BUY CO INC 1.47%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +15.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.3%

Holdings 7 79

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPYD as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $7.5bn

AOR and SPYD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

SPYD

SPYD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or SPYD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and SPYD +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or SPYD?: SPYD is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and SPYD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 99% of SPYD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

AOR on its own →SPYD on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AOR dividend history →AOR holdings →SPYD dividend history →SPYD holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

SPYD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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