Which returned more over the last year, IVV or SPYD?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +13.7% and SPYD +15.3%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or SPYD?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IVV and SPYD overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 99% of SPYD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IVV vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IVV returned +13.7% to SPYD's +15.3%; 6% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $885.1bn for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF and $7.5bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

IVV total return, 1 year

+15.3%

SPYD total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

0.07%

SPYD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points; IVV is far larger, $885.1bn against $7.5bn.

IVV vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IVV	SPYD
Return
Measure	IVV	SPYD
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+15.3%
Drawdown
Measure	IVV	SPYD
Below its high		4.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IVV	SPYD
What it tracks	S&P 500	S&P 500 High Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	IVV	SPYD
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$885.1bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	IVV	SPYD
Holdings in common	6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.1%	16.1%

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

Risk and return

Oct 30, 2015 to Oct 23, 2026 · 573 weekly returns

IVV SPYD

Return

Total return edge IVV +339.8% +168.7%

Annualized edge IVV +14.4% +9.4%

Price return edge IVV +265.1% +61.3%

Risk

Volatility edge IVV 16.8% 19.6%

Max drawdown edge IVV −31.8% −43.0%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IVV 0.75 0.44

Sortino edge IVV 1.07 0.62

Calmar edge IVV 0.45 0.22

Reading

IVV returned more: +339.8% to +168.7%. IVV swung less: 16.8% to 19.6%. IVV fell less at its worst: −31.8% to −43.0%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: IVV vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IVV	SPYD	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+339.8%	+168.7%	IVV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.4%	+9.4%	IVV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+265.1%	+61.3%	IVV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.8%	19.6%	IVV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.7%	13.8%	IVV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−31.8%	−43.0%	IVV	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.75	0.44	IVV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.07	0.62	IVV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.45	0.22	IVV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 573 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and SPYD hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IVV SPYD

CHEVRON 0.68% 1.54%

PEPSICO 0.27% 1.28%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.27% 1.29%

PFIZER 0.26% 1.56%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 0.22% 2.18%

AT&T 0.21% 1.18%

BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB 0.19% 1.32%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.18% 1.32%

MEDTRONIC PLC 0.17% 1.49%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 0.15% 1.27%

US BANCORP 0.14% 1.21%

BLACKSTONE 0.13% 1.24%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IVV

NVIDIA 7.92%

APPLE 7.61%

MICROSOFT 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.05%

Only in SPYD

S+P500 EMINI FUT DEC26 0.00%

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Side by side

IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +15.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (SPY) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 99.3%

Holdings 505 79

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $885.1bn $7.5bn

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

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IVV and SPYD do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. IVV follows S&P 500 and SPYD follows S&P 500 High Dividend Index.
Holdings in common. 6% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
Number of holdings. IVV holds 505 positions and SPYD holds 79.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

SPYD

SPYD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or SPYD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +13.7% and SPYD +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or SPYD?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVV and SPYD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 99% of SPYD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IVV ↗

SPYD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYD 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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