DIA vs USPX: Differences, Returns & Fees

DIA and USPX hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and USPX returned +16.9% over the year. Net assets: $44.4bn on Oct 8, 2026 for SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust, and $2.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF.

USPX costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.9 points; DIA is far larger, $44.4bn against $2.1bn.

DIA vs USPX: Differences, Returns & Fees
DIAUSPX
Expense ratio0.16%0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$44.4bn$2.1bn
Total return, 1 year+13.0%+16.9%
What it tracksDow Jones Industrial AverageLinked Morningstar US Target Market Exposure Index ††
Holdings in common29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund55.0%36.2%
Below its high4.6%, high on Aug 5, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+13.0%
DIA total return, 1 year
+16.9%
USPX total return, 1 year
0.16%
DIA expense ratio
0.03%
USPX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DIA and USPX hold 29% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

half

29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DIA USPX
MICROSOFT CORP 6.06% 4.31%
APPLE INC 3.95% 6.59%
ALPHABET INC CL A 4.04% 3.25%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.95% 3.64%
NVIDIA CORP 2.67% 7.29%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 3.84% 1.37%
JOHNSON + JOHNSON 2.97% 0.95%
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 4.35% 0.88%
WALMART INC 1.28% 0.77%
CATERPILLAR INC 9.23% 0.76%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.33% 0.72%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 4.30% 0.59%
Only in DIA
Only in USPX
BROADCOM INC 2.73%
ALPHABET INC 2.59%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.02%
META PLATFORMS INC 1.92%
TESLA INC 1.84%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.50%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 1.48%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.44%

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On the same fields

DIA
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
USPX
Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +13.0% +16.9%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +16.9% (BBUS)
Gap to its benchmark not available 0.0 pts vs BBUS
Expense ratio 0.16% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 97.3% 97.9%
Holdings 30 468
Net assets, DIA as of Oct 8, 2026 and USPX as of Oct 9, 2026 $44.4bn $2.1bn

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

About DIA

DIA tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 30 positions, with the top ten at 55.0%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 5, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About USPX

USPX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.9% with distributions reinvested, against +16.9% for its benchmark, the Linked Morningstar US Target Market Exposure Index ††. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 468 positions, with the top ten at 36.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIA or USPX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIA returned +13.0% and USPX +16.9%.
Which is cheaper, DIA or USPX?
USPX is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DIA and USPX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of DIA and 98% of USPX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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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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