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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and SPYM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or SPYM?

SPYM is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to SPYM's +13.7%; 9% 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 $185.0bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPYM total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.02%

SPYM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points; SPYM is 7.9 times larger.

DVY vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	SPYM
Return
Measure	DVY	SPYM
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+13.7%
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	SPYM
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	SPYM
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.4bn	$185.0bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	SPYM
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	38.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and SPYM hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DVY SPYM

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.13% 1.11%

CHEVRON 1.59% 0.68%

COCA-COLA 1.04% 0.53%

MERCK & CO INC 1.10% 0.53%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 1.22% 0.47%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 0.88% 0.35%

GILEAD SCIENCES 0.79% 0.30%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65% 0.27%

MCDONALDS CORP 0.57% 0.27%

NEXTERA ENERGY 0.81% 0.26%

PFIZER 2.42% 0.26%

AT&T 0.96% 0.21%

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Only in DVY

HF SINCLAIR 1.36%

UNUM 1.03%

FIRST HORIZON 0.91%

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC 0.87%

OGE ENERGY 0.83%

UGI 0.75%

WATSCO 0.74%

OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL 0.72%

Only in SPYM

NVIDIA CORP 7.92%

APPLE INC 7.61%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.92%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.44%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.05%

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Side by side

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

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.02%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 99.8%

Holdings 101 506

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $23.4bn $185.0bn

Former ticker none SPLG

DVY and SPYM 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%.

SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% 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 506 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or SPYM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and SPYM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or SPYM?: SPYM is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 100% of SPYM 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 ↗

SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYM 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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