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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and SPYG +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or SPYG?

SPYG is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to SPYG's +12.2%; 2% 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 $55.9bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+12.2%

SPYG total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.04%

SPYG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYG costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.9 points; SPYG is 2.4 times larger.

DVY vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	SPYG
Return
Measure	DVY	SPYG
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+12.2%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	SPYG
Below its high		4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	SPYG
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	S&P 500 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	SPYG
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.4bn	$55.9bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	SPYG
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	59.6%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and SPYG hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DVY SPYG

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 1.22% 0.49%

COCA-COLA 1.04% 0.41%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 0.88% 0.34%

GILEAD SCIENCES 0.79% 0.29%

MCDONALDS CORP 0.57% 0.21%

CINCINNATI FINANCIAL 0.84% 0.04%

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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 SPYG

NVIDIA CORP 14.61%

MICROSOFT CORP 10.93%

APPLE INC 7.01%

ALPHABET INC CL A 5.21%

BROADCOM INC 4.51%

ALPHABET INC CL C 4.17%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.79%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.65%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth 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 500 Growth

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +12.2%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +12.1% (IVW)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs IVW

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 100.0%

Holdings 101 152

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $23.4bn $55.9bn

DVY and SPYG 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%.

SPYG

SPYG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 152 positions, with the top ten at 59.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or SPYG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and SPYG +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or SPYG?: SPYG is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

SPYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYG 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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