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EMLP vs SDY: how they differ

EMLP and SDY hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and EMLP returned +14.8% over the year. First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund and State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF.

SDY costs 0.60 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.8 points; SDY is 5.1 times larger.

EMLPSDY
Expense ratio0.95%0.35%
Net assets, EMLP as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026$4.1bn$20.8bn
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+10.0%
Holdings in common9%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.7%20.5%
Below its high4.8%, high on Jul 23, 20265.8%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+14.8%
EMLP total return, 1 year
+10.0%
SDY total return, 1 year
0.95%
EMLP expense ratio
0.35%
SDY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMLP and SDY hold 9% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EMLP SDY
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 1.54% 1.34%
The Southern Company 2.83% 1.28%
Xcel Energy Inc. 1.81% 1.21%
NextEra Energy, Inc. 1.57% 1.10%
Atmos Energy Corporation 1.29% 0.94%
Evergy, Inc. 1.66% 0.81%
Alliant Energy Corporation 1.02% 0.77%
National Fuel Gas Company 3.88% 0.30%
Cummins Inc. 0.23% 0.40%
New Jersey Resources Corporation 1.25% 0.21%
ONE Gas, Inc. 2.22% 0.19%
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation 0.54% 0.12%
Only in EMLP
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. 8.62%
Energy Transfer LP 7.58%
MPLX LP 4.26%
Plains GP Holdings, L.P. (Class A) 3.91%
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 3.88%
PPL Corporation 2.88%
Duke Energy Corporation 2.53%
American Electric Power Company, Inc. 2.32%
Only in SDY
ACCENTURE PLC CL A 3.49%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 3.09%
CHEVRON CORP 2.11%
REALTY INCOME CORP 1.96%
PEPSICO INC 1.85%
MEDTRONIC PLC 1.77%
TARGET CORP 1.76%
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.52%

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On the same fields

EMLP
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund
SDY
State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer First Trust State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Dividend
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +10.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts −7.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.35%
Already in the S&P 500 42.9% 84.4%
Holdings 58 156
Net assets, EMLP as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026 $4.1bn $20.8bn

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

EMLP in plain words

EMLP is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.95% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 43% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 58 positions, with the top ten at 42.7%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Jul 23, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SDY in plain words

SDY tracks the S&P Dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 156 positions, with the top ten at 20.5%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMLP or SDY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMLP returned +14.8% and SDY +10.0%.
Which is cheaper, EMLP or SDY?
SDY is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $60. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMLP and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 43% of EMLP and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
EMLP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMLP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for EMLP ↗SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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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ETFIQ, EMLP against SDY, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/emlp-vs-sdy

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