Are DRAM and IVV in the same category?

DRAM is a thematic ETF and IVV is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which is cheaper, DRAM or IVV?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DRAM and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 16% of DRAM and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DRAM vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DRAM and IVV are measured over different days, and IVV charges 0.03% to DRAM's 0.65%.

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Net assets: $20.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill Memory ETF, and $885.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+95.0%

DRAM total return, since launch, Apr 2, 2026

+13.7%

IVV total return, 1 year

0.65%

DRAM expense ratio

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.62 points a year less; IVV is far larger, $885.1bn against $19.2bn.

DRAM vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DRAM	IVV
Return
Measure	DRAM	IVV
Total return, 1 year	not published	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	DRAM	IVV
Below its all-time high	33.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DRAM	IVV
What it tracks	Memory and storage	S&P 500
Cost and size
Measure	DRAM	IVV
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$19.2bn	$885.1bn
Active share vs the S&P 500	97%
Holdings
Measure	DRAM	IVV
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56%	38.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DRAM and IVV hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DRAM IVV

Micron Technology Inc 2.03% 1.57%

Sandisk Corp 5.21% 0.29%

Seagate Technology Holdings PL 4.19% 0.23%

Western Digital Corp 4.30% 0.21%

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Only in DRAM

SK hynix Inc 15.89%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 14.37%

Kioxia Holdings Corp 4.36%

GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc 3.07%

Nanya Technology Corp 1.81%

Winbond Electronics Corp 1.11%

Phison Electronics Corp 0.63%

Macronix International Co Ltd 0.35%

Only in IVV

NVIDIA 7.92%

APPLE 7.61%

MICROSOFT 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.05%

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Side by side

DRAM Roundhill Memory ETF IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Roundhill iShares

What it is Memory and storage Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +95.0% (since launch, Apr 2, 2026) +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 15.7% 99.8%

Holdings 12 505

Net assets, DRAM as of Oct 28, 2026 and IVV as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.6bn $885.1bn

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

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About each fund

DRAM

By weight, 16% of DRAM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 56% of the fund across 12 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Apr 2, 2026 the fund returned +95.0% with distributions reinvested. It sits 33.0% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Are DRAM and IVV in the same category?: DRAM is a thematic ETF and IVV is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, DRAM or IVV?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DRAM and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 16% of DRAM and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

DRAM on its own →IVV on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →DRAM holdings →IVV dividend history →IVV holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DRAM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DRAM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Roundhill page for DRAM ↗

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IVV ↗

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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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