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IVOV vs SDY: how they differ

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

IVOV costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; SDY is 17.3 times larger.

IVOVSDY
Expense ratio0.10%0.35%
Net assets, IVOV as of Sep 30, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026$1.2bn$20.8bn
Total return, 1 year+10.4%+10.0%
Holdings in common9%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund10.5%20.5%
Below its high7.1%, high on Aug 14, 20265.8%, high on Aug 24, 2026

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

+10.4%
IVOV total return, 1 year
+10.0%
SDY total return, 1 year
0.10%
IVOV expense ratio
0.35%
SDY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVOV 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IVOV SDY
Essential Utilities Inc 0.68% 0.47%
Carlisle Cos Inc 0.46% 0.53%
RPM International Inc 0.46% 0.58%
Toro Co/The 0.55% 0.42%
UMB Financial Corp 0.59% 0.41%
Ryder System Inc 0.55% 0.38%
Graco Inc 0.37% 0.58%
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc 0.35% 0.49%
American Financial Group Inc/OH 0.34% 0.43%
AptarGroup Inc 0.49% 0.33%
Commerce Bancshares Inc/MO 0.45% 0.32%
Prosperity Bancshares Inc 0.49% 0.29%
Only in IVOV
US Foods Holding Corp 1.34%
Reliance Inc 1.14%
TD SYNNEX Corp 1.10%
Permian Resources Corp 1.06%
Ovintiv Inc 1.05%
Jones Lang LaSalle Inc 0.98%
Annaly Capital Management Inc 0.97%
WESCO International Inc 0.96%
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

IVOV
Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF
SDY
State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Vanguard State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P Dividend
Total return, 1 year +10.4% +10.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −6.8 pts −7.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.10% 0.35%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 84.4%
Holdings 299 156
Net assets, IVOV as of Sep 30, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.2bn $20.8bn

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

IVOV in plain words

IVOV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 299 positions, with the top ten at 10.5%. 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, IVOV or SDY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVOV returned +10.4% and SDY +10.0%.
Which is cheaper, IVOV or SDY?
IVOV is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $25. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVOV and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IVOV and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
IVOV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVOV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for IVOV ↗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, IVOV against SDY, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/ivov-vs-sdy

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