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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and USO +133.3%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or USO?

DVY is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DVY is an equity index fund and USO a commodity futures fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USO returned +133.3% against +17.1%.

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Net assets: $23.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Select Dividend ETF, and $1.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for United States Oil Fund, LP.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+133.3%

USO total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.86%

USO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DVY costs 0.48 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 116.2 points; DVY is 12.3 times larger.

DVY vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	USO
Return
Measure	DVY	USO
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+133.3%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	USO
Below its high		82.3%, high on Jul 14, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	USO
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	Oil futures
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	USO
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.86%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.4bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	USO
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	80%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%

Method

Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF USO United States Oil Fund, LP

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares USCF

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Holds oil futures

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +133.3%

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.86%

Holdings 101 not counted

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and USO as of Oct 28, 2026 $23.4bn $1.9bn

DVY and USO 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%.

USO

USO holds oil futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +133.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.86% a year. It sat 82.3% below its high of Jul 14, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or USO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and USO +133.3%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or USO?: DVY is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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