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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +13.7% and VFMF +29.9%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or VFMF?

VFMF is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $20. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 47% of VFMF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DVY vs VFMF: how they differ

DVY and VFMF hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and VFMF returned +29.9% over the year. iShares Select Dividend ETF and Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF.

VFMF costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.2 points; DVY is far larger, $22.5bn against $1.1bn.

	DVY	VFMF
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.18%
Net assets, DVY as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026	$22.5bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+29.9%
Holdings in common	4%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.9%	8.9%
Below its high	6.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+13.7%

DVY total return, 1 year

+29.9%

VFMF total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.18%

VFMF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and VFMF hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DVY VFMF

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27% 0.83%

MERCK & CO INC 1.14% 0.81%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.80% 0.62%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 1.63% 0.59%

TARGET CORP 1.74% 0.24%

NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INC 0.39% 0.23%

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC 1.05% 0.23%

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC 0.90% 0.18%

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 0.56% 0.13%

LKQ CORP 0.53% 0.04%

Only in DVY

HP INC 2.53%

PFIZER 2.33%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.15%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.07%

ONEOK 1.81%

CHEVRON 1.52%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.52%

HF SINCLAIR 1.48%

Only in VFMF

Micron Technology Inc 1.25%

Newmont Corp 0.89%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 0.88%

ConocoPhillips 0.86%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The 0.86%

EOG Resources Inc 0.84%

Travelers Cos Inc/The 0.83%

Cisco Systems Inc 0.83%

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On the same fields

DVY

iShares Select Dividend ETF

VFMF

Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +29.9%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.6 pts +12.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 46.9%

Holdings 101 613

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026 $22.5bn $1.1bn

DVY and VFMF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DVY in plain words

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.9%. It sat 6.0% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VFMF in plain words

VFMF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +29.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 47% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 613 positions, with the top ten at 8.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or VFMF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +13.7% and VFMF +29.9%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or VFMF?: VFMF is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $20. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and VFMF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 47% of VFMF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DVY ↗VFMF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFMF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VFMF ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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