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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and VDC +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or VDC?

VDC is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to VDC's +12.7%; 12% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $23.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Select Dividend ETF, and $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+12.7%

VDC total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.09%

VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VDC costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points; DVY is 3.0 times larger.

DVY vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	VDC
Return
Measure	DVY	VDC
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+12.7%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	VDC
Below its high		3.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	VDC
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	VDC
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$22.2bn	$7.4bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	VDC
Holdings in common	12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	66.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

12%

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and VDC hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DVY VDC

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27% 3.86%

TARGET CORP 1.61% 2.50%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 1.22% 4.83%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 1.21% 2.58%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 1.20% 1.41%

COCA-COLA 1.04% 9.80%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65% 1.02%

GENERAL MILLS INC 1.41% 0.69%

BUNGE GLOBAL SA 0.68% 0.59%

CONAGRA BRANDS 0.57% 0.34%

ALBERTSONS COMPANY CLASS A 0.46% 0.25%

CAMPBELL SOUP 0.37% 0.18%

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Only in DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

CHEVRON 1.59%

BEST BUY 1.56%

Only in VDC

Walmart Inc 13.86%

Costco Wholesale Corp 12.12%

Procter & Gamble Co 9.90%

PepsiCo Inc 4.28%

Colgate-Palmolive Co 2.28%

Monster Beverage Corp 2.08%

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc 1.48%

Sysco Corp 1.37%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks an index of Consumer Staples

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +12.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +12.7% (FSTA)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs FSTA

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 86.4%

Holdings 101 105

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $23.4bn $7.4bn

DVY and VDC 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%.

VDC

VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 66.0%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or VDC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or VDC?: VDC is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 86% of VDC 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 ↗

VDC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDC ↗

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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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