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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and QUAL +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or QUAL?

QUAL is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 97% of QUAL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs QUAL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to QUAL's +13.1%; 6% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $23.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Select Dividend ETF, and $48.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+13.1%

QUAL total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.15%

QUAL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

QUAL costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.0 points; QUAL is 2.1 times larger.

DVY vs QUAL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	QUAL
Return
Measure	DVY	QUAL
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	QUAL
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	QUAL
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$23.5bn	$48.3bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	QUAL
Holdings in common	6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	44.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and QUAL hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DVY QUAL

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.13% 2.50%

MERCK & CO INC 1.10% 1.34%

COCA-COLA 1.04% 0.83%

GILEAD SCIENCES 0.79% 0.74%

LOCKHEED MARTIN 0.66% 1.01%

XCEL ENERGY INC 0.88% 0.51%

BEST BUY 1.56% 0.39%

EOG RESOURCES 1.41% 0.34%

OMNICOM GROUP INC 1.18% 0.08%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00% 0.08%

REGIONS FINANCIAL 1.21% 0.07%

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Only in DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

TARGET CORP 1.61%

Only in QUAL

MICROSOFT 8.09%

APPLE 7.38%

NVIDIA 6.28%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.06%

ELI LILLY 4.04%

TJX 3.50%

VISA CLASS A 3.44%

LAM RESEARCH 2.84%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +13.1%

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

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.5 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 97.2%

Holdings 101 119

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and QUAL as of Oct 28, 2026 $23.4bn $48.2bn

DVY and QUAL 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%.

QUAL

QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 119 positions, with the top ten at 44.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or QUAL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and QUAL +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or QUAL?: QUAL is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and QUAL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 97% of QUAL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DVY and QUAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

QUAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for QUAL ↗

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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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