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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DVY vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to VXF's +10.6%; 3% 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 $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.5 points; VXF is 1.4 times larger.

DVY vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	VXF
Return
Measure	DVY	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	VXF
Below its high		6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	VXF
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	VXF
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$22.2bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	VXF
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	11.3%

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 VXF hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DVY VXF

HF SINCLAIR 1.36% 0.20%

UNUM 1.03% 0.15%

FIRST HORIZON 0.91% 0.13%

WATSCO 0.74% 0.13%

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC 0.87% 0.12%

OGE ENERGY 0.83% 0.11%

OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL 0.72% 0.10%

UGI 0.75% 0.09%

IDACORP 0.63% 0.09%

CHORD ENERGY 0.69% 0.09%

EASTMAN CHEMICAL 0.70% 0.09%

LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP 0.50% 0.08%

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Only in DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

Only in VXF

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.50%

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Snowflake Inc 1.42%

Cloudflare Inc 1.35%

Natera Inc 0.72%

Strategy Inc 0.67%

Astera Labs Inc 0.67%

Cheniere Energy Inc 0.67%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks an index of Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +10.6%

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 0.0%

Holdings 101 3361

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $23.4bn $30.2bn

DVY and VXF 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%.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 0% of VXF 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 ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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