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

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

Which is cheaper, DVY or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY and VEA finished level, +17.1% against +17.1%, and they share 1% of their weight.

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Net assets: $23.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Select Dividend ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+17.1%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VEA costs 0.35 points a year less; both returned +17.1% over a year; VEA is 10.4 times larger.

DVY vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	VEA
Return
Measure	DVY	VEA
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+17.1%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	VEA
Below its high		4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	VEA
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	VEA
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$22.2bn	$231.6bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	VEA
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	13.6%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and VEA hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DVY VEA

DTE ENERGY 0.95% 0.31%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12% 0.10%

PPL CORP 0.93% 0.08%

MERCK & CO INC 1.10% 0.06%

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC 1.09% 0.06%

BUNGE GLOBAL SA 0.68% 0.05%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 1.20% 0.04%

KEYCORP 1.26% 0.03%

APA 1.43% 0.03%

OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL 0.72% 0.02%

BEST BUY 1.56% 0.02%

AT&T 0.96% 0.01%

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Only in DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

TARGET CORP 1.61%

Only in VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.81%

SK hynix Inc 2.30%

ASML Holding NV 2.14%

SLBBH1142 1.07%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.05%

Roche Holding AG 0.91%

Shell PLC 0.86%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +17.1%

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 0.0%

Holdings 101 3906

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $23.4bn $231.6bn

DVY and VEA 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%.

VEA

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,906 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or VEA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and VEA +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 0% of VEA 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 ↗

VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VEA ↗

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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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