Which returned more over the last year, DIA or IEF?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIA returned +15.6% and IEF returned −2.7%, so DIA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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DIA vs IEF: how they differ

DIA and IEF hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and DIA returned more over the year.

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust and iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DIA and IEF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DIA	Only in IEF
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 11.61%	TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 9.35%
CATERPILLAR INC 9.17%	TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 8.64%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.61%	TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 3.84%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 4.42%	TREASURY BOND 0.77%
AMGEN INC 4.36%	TREASURY NOTE 0.52%
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE 4.19%
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 4.18%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 4.03%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

DIA and IEF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust	IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	iShares
What it is	Dow Jones Industrial Average	7-10 Year Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year	+15.6%	−2.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−1.9 pts	−20.2 pts
Expense ratio	not published	0.15%
Holdings	31	15

DIA in plain words

DIA is an index equity fund tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 31 positions, with the top ten at 55.1%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 5, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

IEF in plain words

IEF is a bond fund tracking the 7-10 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 13.3% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIA or IEF?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIA returned +15.6% and IEF returned −2.7%, so DIA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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