DVY vs IJJ: how they differ
DVY and IJJ hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and DVY returned +13.7% over the year. iShares Select Dividend ETF and iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF.
IJJ costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; DVY is 2.7 times larger.
| DVY | IJJ | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.38% | 0.18% |
| Net assets | $22.5bn | $8.4bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +13.7% | +10.5% |
| Holdings in common | 10% | |
| Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year | +23.6% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 19.9% | 11.0% |
| Below its high | 6.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026 | 7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DVY and IJJ hold 10% 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.
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10% in common
On the same fields
DVY and IJJ on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DVY in plain words
DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.9%. It sat 6.0% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.
IJJ in plain words
IJJ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 303 positions, with the top ten at 11.0%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, DVY or IJJ?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +13.7% and IJJ +10.5%.
- Which is cheaper, DVY or IJJ?
- IJJ is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $20. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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How this is computed
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.
ETFIQ, DVY against IJJ, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/dvy-vs-ijj
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