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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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DVY vs SPSB: how they differ

DVY and SPSB hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and DVY returned more over the year.

iShares Select Dividend ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and SPSB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DVYOnly in SPSB
HP INC 2.46%SALESFORCE INC 0.59%
PFIZER 2.24%AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.46%
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.17%BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.44%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.12%CITIGROUP INC 0.44%
T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.06%MORGAN STANLEY 0.40%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.87%JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.39%
ONEOK 1.85%PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.39%
TARGET CORP 1.69%SPRINT CAPITAL CORP 0.39%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

DVY and SPSB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DVY
iShares Select Dividend ETF
SPSB
State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesState Street
What it isUS dividendSPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year+18.0%+2.5%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+0.5 pts−15.1 pts
Expense ratio0.38%0.04%
Holdings1011599

DVY in plain words

DVY is an index equity fund tracking the US dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.5%.

SPSB in plain words

SPSB is a bond fund tracking the SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or SPSB?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +18.0% and SPSB returned +2.5%, so DVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DVY or SPSB?
DVY charges 0.38% a year and SPSB charges 0.04%, so SPSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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DVY against SPSB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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