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DSI vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

DSI and SPY hold 54% of their weight in the same names, and DSI returned +18.7% over the year. Net assets: $5.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF, and $817.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

SPY costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.4 points; SPY is far larger, $817.2bn against $5.6bn.

DSI vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
DSISPY
Expense ratio0.25%0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$5.6bn$817.2bn
Total return, 1 year+18.7%+17.3%
What it tracksMSCI KLD 400 Social IndexS&P 500 Index
Holdings in common54%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund46.2%39.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+18.7%
DSI total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPY total return, 1 year
0.25%
DSI expense ratio
0.09%
SPY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DSI and SPY hold 54% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

54% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DSI SPY
NVIDIA 14.42% 8.34%
MICROSOFT 10.33% 5.80%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.64% 3.06%
ALPHABET CLASS C 4.45% 2.45%
TESLA INC 3.00% 1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.71% 1.51%
VISA CLASS A 1.75% 0.96%
INTEL CORPORATION 1.26% 0.80%
ABBVIE 1.34% 0.72%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 1.31% 0.69%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.28% 0.68%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.10% 0.60%
Only in DSI
CHENIERE ENERGY 0.16%
OKTA CLASS A 0.11%
ATLASSIAN CORP CLASS A 0.09%
ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS 0.08%
MONGODB CLASS A 0.08%
SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS INC 0.08%
TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.08%
ZSCALER 0.07%
Only in SPY
APPLE INC 7.42%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%
BROADCOM INC 2.56%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.38%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.75%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
ELI LILLY + CO 1.40%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.32%

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On the same fields

DSI
iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +18.7% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +17.3% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark not available −0.1 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 96.9% 99.8%
Holdings 403 504
Net assets, DSI as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 8, 2026 $5.6bn $817.2bn

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

About DSI

DSI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 403 positions, with the top ten at 46.2%.

About SPY

SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DSI or SPY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSI returned +18.7% and SPY +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, DSI or SPY?
SPY is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DSI and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of DSI and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DSI ↗SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗State Street website ↗

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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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