Which returned more over the last year, DIVB or DVY?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and DVY +17.1%.

Which is cheaper, DIVB or DVY?

DIVB is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DIVB and DVY overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 80% of DVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DIVB vs DVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVB returned +36.6% to DVY's +17.1%; 24% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $2.2bn for iShares Core Dividend ETF and $23.4bn for iShares Select Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+36.6%

DIVB total return, 1 year

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

0.05%

DIVB expense ratio

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DIVB costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.5 points; DVY is 10.6 times larger.

DIVB vs DVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	DVY
Return
Measure	DIVB	DVY
Total return, 1 year	+36.6%	+17.1%
Benchmark
Measure	DIVB	DVY
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	DIVB	DVY
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.38%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$2.2bn	$23.4bn
Holdings
Measure	DIVB	DVY
Holdings in common	24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.6%	19.7%

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

Risk and return

Nov 17, 2017 to Oct 23, 2026 · 466 weekly returns

DIVB DVY

Return

Total return edge DIVB +252.9% +134.7%

Annualized edge DIVB +15.1% +10.0%

Price return edge DIVB +183.8% +69.3%

Risk

Volatility edge DIVB (slight) 18.1% 19.0%

Max drawdown edge DIVB (slight) −35.0% −38.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge DIVB 0.72 0.45

Sortino edge DIVB 1.02 0.63

Calmar edge DIVB 0.43 0.26

Reading

DIVB returned more: +252.9% to +134.7%. DIVB swung slightly less: 18.1% to 19.0%. DIVB fell slightly less at its worst: −35.0% to −38.1%.

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Risk and return: DIVB vs DVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	DVY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+252.9%	+134.7%	DIVB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.1%	+10.0%	DIVB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+183.8%	+69.3%	DIVB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.1%	19.0%	DIVB (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.7%	13.6%	DIVB (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−35.0%	−38.1%	DIVB (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.72	0.45	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.02	0.63	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.43	0.26	DIVB	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 466 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

24%

By the books each fund has filed, DIVB and DVY hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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24% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVB DVY

HP INC 2.23% 2.54%

CHEVRON 1.88% 1.59%

PFIZER 1.38% 2.42%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 1.23% 1.22%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.69% 1.13%

MERCK & CO INC 1.29% 1.10%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 1.07% 2.27%

COCA-COLA 1.06% 1.04%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.01% 1.65%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 5.12% 0.88%

AT&T 0.80% 0.96%

GILEAD SCIENCES 0.74% 0.79%

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Only in DIVB

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 6.06%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 5.06%

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CLA 3.07%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.40%

PAYCHEX 2.05%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.04%

ABBVIE 1.92%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 1.70%

Only in DVY

OMNICOM GROUP INC 1.18%

XCEL ENERGY INC 0.88%

IDACORP 0.63%

CONAGRA BRANDS 0.57%

BLACK HILLS CORP 0.51%

H&R BLOCK INC 0.51%

LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP 0.50%

SOUTHWEST GAS HOLDINGS 0.50%

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Side by side

DIVB iShares Core Dividend ETF DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of US dividend

Total return, 1 year +36.6% +17.1%

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.38%

Already in the S&P 500 89.6% 80.1%

Holdings 382 101

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $2.2bn $23.4bn

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

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DIVB and DVY are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. DIVB follows Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index and DVY follows Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index.
Holdings in common. 24% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DIVB returned +36.6% and DVY +17.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 19.5 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

DIVB

DIVB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +36.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 382 positions, with the top ten at 32.6%.

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIVB or DVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and DVY +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, DIVB or DVY?: DIVB is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DIVB and DVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 80% of DVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DIVB and DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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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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