Are HDV and XBI in the same category?

HDV is a stock ETF and XBI is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and XBI +41.2%.

Which is cheaper, HDV or XBI?

HDV is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 13% of XBI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HDV vs XBI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HDV returned +29.4% to XBI's +41.2%, and HDV charges 0.08% to XBI's 0.35%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $15.9bn for iShares Core High Dividend ETF and $10.3bn for State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF.

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At a glance

+29.4%

HDV total return, 1 year

+41.2%

XBI total return, 1 year

0.08%

HDV expense ratio

0.35%

XBI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HDV costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.8 points; HDV is 1.5 times larger.

HDV vs XBI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HDV	XBI
Return
Measure	HDV	XBI
Total return, 1 year	+29.4%	+41.2%
Drawdown
Measure	HDV	XBI
Below its all-time high		8.9%, high on Feb 8, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	HDV	XBI
What it tracks	Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index	Biotech
Cost and size
Measure	HDV	XBI
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$15.9bn	$10.3bn
Active share vs the S&P 500		98%
Holdings
Measure	HDV	XBI
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.6%	18%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HDV and XBI hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HDV XBI

AMGEN INC 2.78% 1.68%

ABBVIE 6.77% 1.67%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HDV

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 9.48%

CHEVRON 7.22%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 5.46%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 5.12%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 5.04%

HOME DEPOT 4.57%

COCA-COLA 4.26%

PEPSICO 3.89%

Only in XBI

MODERNA INC 2.24%

TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 1.86%

NATERA INC 1.82%

BIOGEN INC 1.75%

HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC 1.75%

UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP 1.71%

SPYRE THERAPEUTICS INC 1.67%

EXELIXIS INC 1.64%

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Side by side

HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF XBI State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Thematic ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of High Dividend Biotech

Total return, 1 year +29.4% +41.2%

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 89.5% 13.2%

Holdings 77 165

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $15.9bn $10.3bn

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

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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%.

XBI

By weight, 13% of XBI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 18% of the fund across 165 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +41.2% with distributions reinvested. It sits 8.9% below its all-time high of Feb 8, 2021.

Questions people ask

Are HDV and XBI in the same category?: HDV is a stock ETF and XBI is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, HDV or XBI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and XBI +41.2%.
Which is cheaper, HDV or XBI?: HDV is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do HDV and XBI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 13% of XBI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

HDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for HDV ↗

XBI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XBI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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