DVY vs SMIG: how they differ

DVY and SMIG hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and DVY returned +13.7% over the year. iShares Select Dividend ETF and Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF.

DVY costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.0 points; DVY is 15.5 times larger.

DVYSMIG
Expense ratio0.38%0.60%
Net assets, DVY as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026$22.5bn$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year+13.7%+9.7%
Holdings in common5%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund19.9%42.3%
Below its high6.0%, high on Aug 14, 20266.4%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+13.7%
DVY total return, 1 year
+9.7%
SMIG total return, 1 year
0.38%
DVY expense ratio
0.60%
SMIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and SMIG hold 5% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DVY SMIG
ALLIANT ENERGY CORP 0.94% 3.05%
CMS ENERGY 0.87% 1.76%
NISOURCE 0.77% 3.30%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA 0.73% 3.30%
WATSCO 0.71% 2.48%
MSC INDUSTRIAL CLASS A 0.54% 1.42%
PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP VOTING INC 0.34% 2.31%
Only in DVY
HP INC 2.53%
PFIZER 2.33%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.15%
T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.07%
ONEOK 1.81%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.80%
TARGET CORP 1.74%
Only in SMIG
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 6.66%
Targa Resources Corp 4.89%
Snap-on Inc 4.70%
Victory Capital Holdings Inc 4.30%
DT Midstream Inc 4.19%
Hubbell Inc 4.01%
Gildan Activewear Inc 3.78%
Evercore Inc 3.17%

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On the same fields

DVY
iShares Select Dividend ETF
SMIG
Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +13.7% +9.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −3.6 pts −7.6 pts
Expense ratio 0.38% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 35.4%
Holdings 101 38
Net assets, DVY as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026 $22.5bn $1.5bn

DVY and SMIG 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.

SMIG in plain words

SMIG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 35% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 38 positions, with the top ten at 42.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or SMIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +13.7% and SMIG +9.7%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or SMIG?
DVY is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $22. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and SMIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 35% of SMIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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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.

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