Which returned more over the last year, DVY or KRE?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and KRE +21.2%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or KRE?

KRE is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DVY and KRE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 7% of KRE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs KRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to KRE's +21.2%; 7% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $23.4bn for iShares Select Dividend ETF and $4.2bn for State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+21.2%

KRE total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.35%

KRE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

KRE costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; DVY is 5.6 times larger.

DVY vs KRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	KRE
Return
Measure	DVY	KRE
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+21.2%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	KRE
Below its high		6.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	KRE
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	KRE
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.4bn	$4.2bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	KRE
Holdings in common	7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	11.6%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and KRE hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DVY KRE

TRUIST FINANCIAL 1.32% 1.08%

REGIONS FINANCIAL 1.21% 1.07%

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC 1.09% 1.06%

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC 1.03% 1.05%

FIRST HORIZON 0.91% 1.06%

VALLEY NATIONAL 0.62% 1.15%

UNITED BANKSHARES 0.61% 1.16%

FNB CORP 0.60% 1.12%

BANK OZK 0.19% 1.17%

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Only in DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

Only in KRE

GLACIER BANCORP INC 1.20%

UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS 1.17%

COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC 1.17%

EASTERN BANKSHARES INC 1.16%

TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES INC 1.16%

FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYS A 1.15%

EAST WEST BANCORP INC 1.15%

NICOLET BANKSHARES INC 1.14%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF KRE State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks the S&P Regional Banking

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +21.2%

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 6.6%

Holdings 101 167

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $23.4bn $4.2bn

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

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About each fund

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

KRE

KRE tracks the S&P Regional Banking. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 7% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 167 positions, with the top ten at 11.6%. It sat 6.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or KRE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and KRE +21.2%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or KRE?: KRE is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and KRE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 7% of KRE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

KRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KRE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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