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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to VT's +13.5%; 5% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points; VT is 3.7 times larger.

DVY vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	VT
Return
Measure	DVY	VT
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+13.5%
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	VT
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	VT
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$22.2bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	VT
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	22.5%

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

Risk and return

Jul 3, 2008 to Oct 23, 2026 · 955 weekly returns

DVY VT

Return

Total return edge DVY +546.0% +371.6%

Annualized edge DVY +10.7% +8.8%

Price return edge DVY (slight) +234.4% +221.4%

Risk

Volatility edge VT (slight) 18.7% 18.3%

Max drawdown edge VT −55.3% −48.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge DVY 0.56 0.48

Sortino edge DVY 0.79 0.66

Calmar edge DVY (slight) 0.19 0.18

Reading

DVY returned more: +546.0% to +371.6%. VT swung slightly less: 18.3% to 18.7%. VT fell less at its worst: −48.3% to −55.3%.

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Risk and return: DVY vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	VT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+546.0%	+371.6%	DVY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.7%	+8.8%	DVY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+234.4%	+221.4%	DVY (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.7%	18.3%	VT (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.3%	13.1%	Tie	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−55.3%	−48.3%	VT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.56	0.48	DVY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.79	0.66	DVY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.19	0.18	DVY (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 955 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and VT hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DVY VT

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.13% 0.57%

CHEVRON 1.59% 0.32%

MERCK & CO INC 1.10% 0.31%

COCA-COLA 1.04% 0.28%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 1.22% 0.25%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 0.88% 0.18%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65% 0.16%

GILEAD SCIENCES 0.79% 0.16%

AT&T 0.96% 0.14%

MCDONALDS CORP 0.57% 0.14%

PFIZER 2.42% 0.14%

NEXTERA ENERGY 0.81% 0.13%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DVY

E-MINI UTILITIES SELECT SECTOR DEC 0.00%

EMINI ENERGY SELECT SECTOR DEC 26 0.00%

EMINI FINANCIAL SELECT SECTOR DEC 0.00%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +13.5%

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 54.7%

Holdings 101 10194

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $23.4bn $81.8bn

DVY and VT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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DVY and VT do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. DVY follows Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index and VT follows FTSE Global All Cap Index.
Holdings in common. 5% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DVY returned +17.1% and VT +13.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.6 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 55% of VT 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) ↗

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VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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