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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and SDY +16.5%.

Which is cheaper, DIVB or SDY?

DIVB is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DIVB vs SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVB returned +36.6% to SDY's +16.5%; 26% 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 $21.9bn for State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+36.6%

DIVB total return, 1 year

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

0.05%

DIVB expense ratio

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DIVB costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.1 points; SDY is 10.0 times larger.

DIVB vs SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	SDY
Return
Measure	DIVB	SDY
Total return, 1 year	+36.6%	+16.5%
Benchmark
Measure	DIVB	SDY
What it tracks	Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index
Cost and size
Measure	DIVB	SDY
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$2.2bn	$21.9bn
Holdings
Measure	DIVB	SDY
Holdings in common	26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.6%	20.4%

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

Risk and return

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

DIVB SDY

Return

Total return edge DIVB +252.9% +122.6%

Annualized edge DIVB +15.1% +9.3%

Price return edge DIVB +183.8% +70.2%

Risk

Volatility edge SDY (slight) 18.1% 17.3%

Max drawdown edge SDY (slight) −35.0% −32.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge DIVB 0.72 0.45

Sortino edge DIVB 1.02 0.63

Calmar edge DIVB 0.43 0.29

Reading

DIVB returned more: +252.9% to +122.6%. SDY swung slightly less: 17.3% to 18.1%. SDY fell slightly less at its worst: −32.4% to −35.0%.

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Risk and return: DIVB vs SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DIVB	SDY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+252.9%	+122.6%	DIVB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.1%	+9.3%	DIVB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+183.8%	+70.2%	DIVB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.1%	17.3%	SDY (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.7%	12.3%	SDY (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−35.0%	−32.4%	SDY (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	0.29	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

26%

By the books each fund has filed, DIVB and SDY hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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26% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVB SDY

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 6.06% 3.73%

CHEVRON 1.88% 2.15%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 5.06% 1.55%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.69% 1.49%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 1.70% 1.34%

ABBVIE 1.92% 1.32%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 5.12% 1.24%

COCA-COLA 1.06% 1.23%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.01% 2.81%

PEPSICO 0.98% 1.82%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.04% 0.94%

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC 1.28% 0.80%

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Only in DIVB

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CLA 3.07%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.40%

HP INC 2.23%

PAYCHEX 2.05%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 1.50%

LEIDOS HOLDINGS 1.44%

CDW 1.41%

SS AND C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS 1.39%

Only in SDY

XCEL ENERGY INC 1.22%

ATMOS ENERGY CORP 0.94%

QUALCOMM INC 0.89%

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP 0.86%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 0.85%

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 0.78%

WASTE MANAGEMENT INC 0.72%

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.66%

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Side by side

DIVB iShares Core Dividend ETF SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P Dividend

Total return, 1 year +36.6% +16.5%

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 89.6% 84.4%

Holdings 382 156

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $2.2bn $21.9bn

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

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DIVB and SDY 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 SDY follows S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index.
Holdings in common. 26% 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 SDY +16.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 20.1 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%.

SDY

SDY tracks the S&P Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 156 positions, with the top ten at 20.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIVB or SDY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIVB returned +36.6% and SDY +16.5%.
Which is cheaper, DIVB or SDY?: DIVB is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DIVB and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DIVB and 84% of SDY 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) ↗

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SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDY 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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