DVY vs PEY: how they differ
DVY and PEY hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and PEY returned +14.8% over the year. iShares Select Dividend ETF and Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF.
DVY costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points; DVY is far larger, $22.5bn against $1.1bn.
| DVY | PEY | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.38% | 0.68% |
| Net assets | $22.5bn | $1.1bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +13.7% | +14.8% |
| Holdings in common | 29% | |
| Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year | +23.6% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 19.9% | 29.6% |
| Below its high | 6.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026 | 8.8%, high on Aug 26, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DVY and PEY hold 29% 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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29% in common
On the same fields
DVY and PEY 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.
PEY in plain words
PEY tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.68% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 51% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 29.6%. It sat 8.8% below its high of Aug 26, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, DVY or PEY?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +13.7% and PEY +14.8%.
- Which is cheaper, DVY or PEY?
- DVY is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $30. 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 PEY, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/dvy-vs-pey
ETFIQ. (Oct 9, 2026). DVY against PEY. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/compare/any/dvy-vs-pey
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