Which returned more over the last year, IQDF or SPDW?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and SPDW +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, IQDF or SPDW?

SPDW is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IQDF and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQDF and 0% of SPDW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IQDF vs SPDW: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQDF and SPDW hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and IQDF returned +24.5% over the year. Net assets: $1.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF, and $40.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF.

SPDW costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.8 points; SPDW is far larger, $40.5bn against $1.2bn.

	IQDF	SPDW
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.2bn	$40.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+24.5%	+19.7%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	S&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.8%	12.9%
Below its high	4.3%, high on Sep 8, 2026	4.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+24.5%

IQDF total return, 1 year

+19.7%

SPDW total return, 1 year

0.47%

IQDF expense ratio

0.03%

SPDW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQDF and SPDW hold 21% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IQDF SPDW

SK hynix, Inc. 1.34% 2.21%

ASML Holding NV 1.22% 2.15%

Roche Holding AG 1.27% 0.90%

Nestle SA 1.02% 0.72%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.70% 0.82%

BHP Group Ltd. 1.44% 0.66%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.63% 0.81%

Advantest Corp. 2.13% 0.61%

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1.05% 0.57%

Tokyo Electron Ltd. 2.10% 0.56%

TotalEnergies SE 0.98% 0.55%

Hitachi Ltd. 0.57% 0.49%

Only in IQDF

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 4.55%

MediaTek, Inc. 1.99%

Erste Bank Polska SA 0.89%

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA 0.88%

Talabat Holding plc 0.88%

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. 0.87%

Bosideng International Holdings Ltd. 0.86%

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV 0.86%

Only in SPDW

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.68%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.67%

SIEMENS AG REG 0.66%

SHOPIFY INC CLASS A 0.61%

BANCO SANTANDER SA 0.61%

ALLIANZ SE REG 0.53%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRAL 0.53%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.50%

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On the same fields

IQDF

Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF

SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Northern Trust State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +24.5% +19.7%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +7.2 pts +2.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 182 2448

Net assets, IQDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.2bn $40.5bn

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

IQDF in plain words

IQDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 182 positions, with the top ten at 19.8%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Sep 8, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SPDW in plain words

SPDW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 2,448 positions, with the top ten at 12.9%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IQDF or SPDW?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and SPDW +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, IQDF or SPDW?: SPDW is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IQDF and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQDF and 0% of SPDW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IQDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗SPDW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPDW 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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