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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and RSPA +13.6%.

Which is cheaper, DIVB or RSPA?

DIVB is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 73% of RSPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DIVB vs RSPA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVB returned +36.6% to RSPA's +13.6%; 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 $1.2bn for Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Income Advantage ETF.

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At a glance

+36.6%

DIVB total return, 1 year

+13.6%

RSPA total return, 1 year

0.05%

DIVB expense ratio

0.29%

RSPA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DIVB costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 23.0 points; DIVB is 1.8 times larger.

DIVB vs RSPA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	RSPA
Return
Measure	DIVB	RSPA
Total return, 1 year	+36.6%	+13.6%
Benchmark
Measure	DIVB	RSPA
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	DIVB	RSPA
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.29%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$2.2bn	$1.2bn
Holdings
Measure	DIVB	RSPA
Holdings in common	24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.6%	3.0%

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

Risk and return

Jul 26, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 117 weekly returns

DIVB RSPA

Return

Total return edge DIVB +61.8% +30.0%

Annualized edge DIVB +23.8% +12.4%

Price return edge DIVB +52.6% +5.3%

Risk

Volatility edge RSPA 13.6% 10.7%

Max drawdown edge Tie −13.1% −13.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge DIVB 1.34 0.76

Sortino edge DIVB 1.94 1.03

Calmar edge DIVB 1.82 0.93

Reading

DIVB returned more: +61.8% to +30.0%. RSPA swung less: 10.7% to 13.6%. DIVB and RSPA fell about the same at their worst: −13.1% and −13.3%.

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Risk and return: DIVB vs RSPA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	RSPA	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+61.8%	+30.0%	DIVB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+23.8%	+12.4%	DIVB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+52.6%	+5.3%	DIVB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	13.6%	10.7%	RSPA	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.4%	7.9%	RSPA	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−13.1%	−13.3%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.34	0.76	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.94	1.03	DIVB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.82	0.93	DIVB	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 117 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

24%

By the books each fund has filed, DIVB and RSPA 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 RSPA

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.40% 0.32%

CITIGROUP 0.79% 0.28%

WELLS FARGO 1.06% 0.21%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 6.06% 0.20%

LOCKHEED MARTIN 0.34% 0.18%

CROWN CASTLE INC 0.20% 0.17%

ABBVIE 1.92% 0.17%

AMGEN INC 0.74% 0.17%

CDW 1.41% 0.17%

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CLA 3.07% 0.17%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 1.70% 0.17%

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS 1.31% 0.17%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DIVB

SS AND C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS 1.39%

GENPACT 0.43%

AVNET 0.41%

UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORP 0.22%

ROYALTY PHARMA PLC CLASS A 0.13%

UNUM 0.11%

FIRST HORIZON 0.09%

MATCH GROUP INC 0.09%

Only in RSPA

Royal Bank of Canada 0.35%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.33%

Bank of Montreal 0.32%

Citigroup Inc 0.31%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.30%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc 0.26%

Wells Fargo & Co 0.26%

Toronto-Dominion Bank 0.26%

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Side by side

DIVB iShares Core Dividend ETF RSPA Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Income Advantage ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +36.6% +13.6%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +16.0% (RSP)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −2.4 pts vs RSP

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.29%

Already in the S&P 500 89.6% 73.3%

Holdings 382 524

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $2.2bn $1.2bn

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

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DIVB and RSPA 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 RSPA follows No index, actively managed.
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 RSPA +13.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 23.0 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%.

RSPA

RSPA is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.0% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 73% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 524 positions, with the top ten at 3.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIVB or RSPA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and RSPA +13.6%.
Which is cheaper, DIVB or RSPA?: DIVB is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DIVB and RSPA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 73% of RSPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DIVB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DIVB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DIVB ↗

RSPA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RSPA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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