FELV vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees
FELV and SPYD hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and FELV returned +28.5% over the year. Net assets: $3.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Value ETF, and $7.1bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF.
SPYD costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.1 points; SPYD is 2.1 times larger.
| FELV | SPYD | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.18% | 0.07% |
| Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 | $3.4bn | $7.1bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +28.5% | +10.4% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | S&P 500 High Dividend Index ? |
| Holdings in common | 10% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 26.2% | 15.5% |
| Below its high | 8.7%, high on Aug 24, 2026 | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FELV and SPYD hold 10% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.
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10% in common
On the same fields
FELV and SPYD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About FELV
FELV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 351 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%.
About SPYD
SPYD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 15.5%. It sat 8.7% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, FELV or SPYD?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FELV returned +28.5% and SPYD +10.4%.
- Which is cheaper, FELV or SPYD?
- SPYD is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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