DHS vs SDOG: how they differ

DHS and SDOG hold 33% of their weight in the same names, and SDOG returned +20.4% over the year. WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund and ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF.

SDOG costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.8 points.

DHSSDOG
Expense ratio0.38%0.36%
Net assets, DHS as of Jun 30, 2026 and SDOG as of May 31, 2026$1.5bn$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year+16.6%+20.4%
Holdings in common33%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund32.3%26.2%
Below its high5.2%, high on Aug 19, 20266.5%, high on Aug 19, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

+16.6%
DHS total return, 1 year
+20.4%
SDOG total return, 1 year
0.38%
DHS expense ratio
0.36%
SDOG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DHS and SDOG hold 33% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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33% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DHS SDOG
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 3.42% 3.02%
MERCK & COMPANY INC 4.26% 1.94%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 3.79% 1.93%
CVS HEALTH CORP 1.92% 2.25%
ABBVIE INC 4.94% 1.87%
PFIZER INC 1.87% 1.86%
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 2.31% 1.83%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.45% 1.75%
CHEVRON CORP 2.19% 1.75%
AT&T INC 2.60% 1.69%
US BANCORP 1.59% 2.03%
COMCAST CORP 1.76% 1.56%
Only in DHS
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.16%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 3.15%
PEPSICO INC 2.05%
TRANSDIGM GROUP INC 2.04%
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 2.01%
DUKE ENERGY CORP 1.86%
BLACKSTONE INC 1.73%
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (THE) 1.40%
Only in SDOG
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 3.76%
Hp Inc 2.69%
United Parcel Service Inc 2.07%
Paychex Inc 1.98%
Smurfit Westrock Plc 1.95%
Snap-on Inc 1.91%
Starbucks Corp 1.89%
Watsco Inc 1.88%

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On the same fields

DHS
WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund
SDOG
ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +16.6% +20.4%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −0.6 pts +3.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.38% 0.36%
Already in the S&P 500 78.3% 97.6%
Holdings 323 50
Net assets, DHS as of Jun 30, 2026 and SDOG as of May 31, 2026 $1.5bn $1.4bn

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

DHS in plain words

DHS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 78% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 323 positions, with the top ten at 32.3%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SDOG in plain words

SDOG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DHS or SDOG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DHS returned +16.6% and SDOG +20.4%.
Which is cheaper, DHS or SDOG?
SDOG is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $2. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DHS and SDOG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of DHS and 98% of SDOG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, DHS against SDOG, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/dhs-vs-sdog

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