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DFLV vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFLV and SPYD hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and DFLV returned +26.4% over the year. Net assets: $6.8bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF, and $7.1bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF.

SPYD costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.0 points; SPYD is 1.3 times larger.

DFLV vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFLVSPYD
Expense ratio0.21%0.07%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$6.8bn$8.7bn
Total return, 1 year+26.4%+10.4%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500 High Dividend Index ?
Holdings in common12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund24.8%15.5%
Below its high8.7%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+26.4%
DFLV total return, 1 year
+10.4%
SPYD total return, 1 year
0.21%
DFLV expense ratio
0.07%
SPYD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFLV and SPYD hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

half

12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFLV SPYD
CHEVRON CORPORATION 1.87% 1.50%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 1.14% 1.41%
AT&T INC. 0.90% 1.46%
EOG RESOURCES, INC. 0.82% 1.41%
PFIZER INC. 0.76% 1.53%
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 0.68% 1.16%
TARGET CORPORATION 0.66% 1.53%
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 0.61% 1.34%
U.S. BANCORP 0.46% 1.21%
COMCAST CORPORATION 0.44% 1.23%
MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.44% 1.46%
NIKE, INC. 0.39% 1.12%
Only in DFLV
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.79%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.00%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 3.57%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.38%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.30%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.81%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 1.54%
MERCK & CO., INC. 1.31%
Only in SPYD
HP INC 1.77%
JM SMUCKER CO/THE 1.38%
AES CORP 1.37%
AMERICAN TOWER CORP 1.37%
STANLEY BLACK + DECKER INC 1.36%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 1.35%
ONEOK INC 1.34%
ARES MANAGEMENT CORP A 1.33%

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On the same fields

DFLV
Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF
SPYD
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend
Total return, 1 year +26.4% +10.4%
Its benchmark over the same days +26.4% (IWD) not published
Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs IWD not available
Expense ratio 0.21% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 93.8% 99.3%
Holdings 334 79
Net assets, DFLV as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPYD as of Oct 8, 2026 $6.8bn $7.1bn

DFLV and SPYD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About DFLV

DFLV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.21% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 334 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.4% with distributions reinvested, against +26.4% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index.

About SPYD

SPYD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 15.5%. It sat 8.7% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFLV or SPYD?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFLV returned +26.4% and SPYD +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, DFLV or SPYD?
SPYD is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFLV and SPYD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of DFLV and 99% of SPYD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFLV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗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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