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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYW returned +23.2% and SDY +16.5%.

Which is cheaper, IYW or SDY?

SDY is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IYW and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IYW vs SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IYW returned +23.2% to SDY's +16.5%; 4% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $25.0bn for iShares U.S. Technology ETF and $21.9bn for State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+23.2%

IYW total return, 1 year

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYW expense ratio

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SDY costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.7 points; IYW is 1.1 times larger.

IYW vs SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IYW	SDY
Return
Measure	IYW	SDY
Total return, 1 year	+23.2%	+16.5%
Drawdown
Measure	IYW	SDY
Below its high	5.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IYW	SDY
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Technology RIC 22	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index
Cost and size
Measure	IYW	SDY
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$25.0bn	$21.9bn
Holdings
Measure	IYW	SDY
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	65.1%	20.4%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IYW and SDY hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IYW SDY

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 1.16% 1.24%

QUALCOMM 0.96% 0.89%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 1.39% 0.85%

MICROSOFT 13.07% 0.56%

ANALOG DEVICES 1.03% 0.52%

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC 0.21% 0.80%

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES 0.21% 0.59%

MOBILITY GLOBAL INC 0.03% 0.01%

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Only in IYW

NVIDIA 16.81%

APPLE 16.60%

BROADCOM INC 3.14%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.04%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.02%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.73%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.38%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 2.18%

Only in SDY

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 3.73%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.81%

CHEVRON CORP 2.15%

REALTY INCOME CORP 1.94%

PEPSICO INC 1.82%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.79%

TARGET CORP 1.59%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.55%

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Side by side

IYW iShares U.S. Technology 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 of U.S. Technology Tracks the S&P Dividend

Total return, 1 year +23.2% +16.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.1% (IWB) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +10.1 pts vs IWB not measured

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 94.3% 84.4%

Holdings 150 156

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $25.0bn $21.9bn

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

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About each fund

IYW

IYW tracks an index of U.S. Technology. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +23.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 150 positions, with the top ten at 65.1%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

SDY

SDY tracks the S&P Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 156 positions, with the top ten at 20.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYW or SDY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYW returned +23.2% and SDY +16.5%.
Which is cheaper, IYW or SDY?: SDY is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYW and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IYW and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IYW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYW ↗

SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDY 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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