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IJJ vs SDY: how they differ

IJJ and SDY hold 9% of their weight in the same names. iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF and State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF.

IJJ costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; SDY is 2.5 times larger.

IJJSDY
Expense ratio0.18%0.35%
Net assets, IJJ as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026$8.4bn$20.8bn
Total return, 1 year+10.5%+10.0%
Holdings in common9%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund11.0%20.5%
Below its high7.1%, high on Aug 14, 20265.8%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+10.5%
IJJ total return, 1 year
+10.0%
SDY total return, 1 year
0.18%
IJJ expense ratio
0.35%
SDY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IJJ 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.

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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IJJ SDY
ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC 0.67% 0.47%
RPM INTERNATIONAL INC 0.45% 0.58%
CARLISLE COMPANIES 0.44% 0.53%
TORO 0.56% 0.42%
UMB FINANCIAL 0.57% 0.41%
RYDER SYSTEM 0.55% 0.38%
GRACO 0.38% 0.58%
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.35% 0.43%
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES REIT I 0.34% 0.49%
APTARGROUP 0.47% 0.33%
COMMERCE BANCSHARES 0.45% 0.32%
PROSPERITY BANCSHARES 0.49% 0.29%
Only in IJJ
TD SYNNEX 1.30%
US FOODS HOLDING 1.27%
RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM 1.23%
PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 1.16%
HF SINCLAIR 1.13%
OVINTIV 1.06%
WESCO INTERNATIONAL 1.05%
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 1.01%
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

IJJ
iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF
SDY
State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P Dividend
Total return, 1 year +10.5% +10.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −6.7 pts −7.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.18% 0.35%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 84.4%
Holdings 303 156
Net assets, IJJ as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026 $8.4bn $20.8bn

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

IJJ in plain words

IJJ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 303 positions, with the top ten at 11.0%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Aug 14, 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, IJJ or SDY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJJ returned +10.5% and SDY +10.0%.
Which is cheaper, IJJ or SDY?
IJJ is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $17. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJJ and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJJ and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
IJJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IJJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IJJ ↗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, IJJ against SDY, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/ijj-vs-sdy

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