Which returned more over the last year, IWS or SDY?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and SDY +10.0%.

Which is cheaper, IWS or SDY?

IWS is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $12. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IWS and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IWS vs SDY: how they differ

IWS and SDY hold 14% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF and State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF.

IWS costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.2 points; SDY is 1.4 times larger.

	IWS	SDY
Expense ratio	0.23%	0.35%
Net assets, IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026	$15.3bn	$20.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+10.0%
Holdings in common	14%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.0%	20.5%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026	5.8%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

+10.0%

SDY total return, 1 year

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWS and SDY hold 14% 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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14% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IWS SDY

REALTY INCOME REIT 0.51% 1.96%

BECTON DICKINSON 0.50% 1.49%

NUCOR 0.54% 0.47%

XCEL ENERGY INC 0.46% 1.21%

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES 0.44% 0.64%

AMERIPRISE FINANCE INC 0.40% 0.63%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 0.40% 1.15%

CONSOLIDATED EDISON 0.39% 1.36%

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES 0.36% 0.52%

KENVUE 0.34% 1.49%

WEC ENERGY GROUP 0.34% 1.34%

CARDINAL HEALTH 0.30% 0.42%

Only in IWS

PHILLIPS 66 1.06%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.94%

MODERNA 0.72%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.67%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.65%

KINDER MORGAN 0.63%

ALLSTATE CORP 0.59%

AMETEK INC 0.57%

Only in SDY

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 3.49%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 3.09%

CHEVRON CORP 2.11%

PEPSICO INC 1.85%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.77%

TARGET CORP 1.76%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.52%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.47%

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On the same fields

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap 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 +20.2% +10.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.0 pts −7.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.23% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 66.1% 84.4%

Holdings 719 156

Net assets, IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026 $15.3bn $20.8bn

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

IWS in plain words

IWS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 719 positions, with the top ten at 7.0%. It sat 4.6% 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, IWS or SDY?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and SDY +10.0%.
Which is cheaper, IWS or SDY?: IWS is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $12. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWS and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IWS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWS ↗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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