Which returned more over the last year, HDV or VDC?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and VDC +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, HDV or VDC?

HDV is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do HDV and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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HDV vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HDV returned +29.4% to VDC's +12.7%; 26% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $15.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core High Dividend ETF, and $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

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At a glance

+29.4%

HDV total return, 1 year

+12.7%

VDC total return, 1 year

0.08%

HDV expense ratio

0.09%

VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HDV costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.7 points; HDV is 2.0 times larger.

HDV vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HDV	VDC
Return
Measure	HDV	VDC
Total return, 1 year	+29.4%	+12.7%
Drawdown
Measure	HDV	VDC
Below its high		3.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HDV	VDC
What it tracks	Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	HDV	VDC
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$14.5bn	$7.4bn
Holdings
Measure	HDV	VDC
Holdings in common	26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.6%	66.0%

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

Risk and return

Apr 8, 2011 to Oct 23, 2026 · 811 weekly returns

HDV VDC

Return

Total return edge HDV +414.1% +359.4%

Annualized edge HDV (slight) +11.1% +10.3%

Price return edge VDC (slight) +197.8% +213.1%

Risk

Volatility edge VDC (slight) 13.9% 13.2%

Max drawdown edge VDC −33.4% −22.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge HDV (slight) 0.71 0.68

Sortino edge HDV (slight) 1.00 0.97

Calmar edge VDC 0.33 0.45

Reading

HDV returned more: +414.1% to +359.4%. VDC swung slightly less: 13.2% to 13.9%. VDC fell less at its worst: −22.9% to −33.4%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: HDV vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HDV	VDC	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+414.1%	+359.4%	HDV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.1%	+10.3%	HDV (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+197.8%	+213.1%	VDC (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	13.9%	13.2%	VDC (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.8%	9.3%	VDC (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−33.4%	−22.9%	VDC	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.71	0.68	HDV (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.00	0.97	HDV (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.33	0.45	VDC	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 811 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

26%

By the books each fund has filed, HDV and VDC hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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26% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HDV VDC

PROCTER & GAMBLE 5.46% 9.90%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 5.04% 4.83%

COCA-COLA 4.26% 9.80%

PEPSICO 3.89% 4.28%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 3.75% 3.86%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 1.29% 2.58%

KIMBERLY CLARK 0.88% 1.02%

KENVUE 0.75% 1.26%

SYSCO 0.54% 1.37%

HERSHEY FOODS 0.39% 0.90%

CONSTELLATION BRANDS CLASS A 0.31% 0.67%

INGREDION INC 0.09% 0.33%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HDV

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 9.48%

CHEVRON 7.22%

ABBVIE 6.77%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 5.12%

HOME DEPOT 4.57%

AMGEN INC 2.78%

MCDONALDS CORP 2.55%

NEXTERA ENERGY 2.54%

Only in VDC

Walmart Inc 13.86%

Costco Wholesale Corp 12.12%

Target Corp 2.50%

Colgate-Palmolive Co 2.28%

Monster Beverage Corp 2.08%

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc 1.48%

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 1.41%

Kroger Co 1.22%

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Side by side

HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of High Dividend Tracks an index of Consumer Staples

Total return, 1 year +29.4% +12.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +12.7% (FSTA)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs FSTA

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 89.5% 86.4%

Holdings 77 105

Net assets, HDV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $15.9bn $7.4bn

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

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HDV and VDC do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. HDV follows Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index and VDC follows MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50.
Holdings in common. 26% 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 HDV returned +29.4% and VDC +12.7% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 16.7 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

HDV

HDV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 77 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%.

VDC

VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 66.0%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HDV or VDC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, HDV or VDC?: HDV is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do HDV and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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HDV on its own →VDC on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →HDV dividend history →HDV holdings →VDC dividend history →VDC holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

HDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for HDV ↗

VDC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDC ↗

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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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