Which returned more over the last year, MDY or VYM?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MDY returned +12.8% and VYM +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, MDY or VYM?

VYM is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do MDY and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of MDY and 90% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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MDY vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MDY returned +12.8% to VYM's +18.0%; 4% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $25.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust, and $78.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

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At a glance

+12.8%

MDY total return, 1 year

+18.0%

VYM total return, 1 year

0.23%

MDY expense ratio

0.04%

VYM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VYM costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points; VYM is 3.1 times larger.

MDY vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MDY	VYM
Return
Measure	MDY	VYM
Total return, 1 year	+12.8%	+18.0%
Drawdown
Measure	MDY	VYM
Below its high	6.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	MDY	VYM
What it tracks	S&P MidCap 400 Index	FTSE High Dividend Yield Index
Cost and size
Measure	MDY	VYM
Expense ratio	0.23%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$25.2bn	$78.9bn
Holdings
Measure	MDY	VYM
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.5%	26.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, MDY and VYM hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first MDY VYM

Reliance Inc. 0.64% 0.08%

East West Bancorp Inc. 0.52% 0.07%

Permian Resources Corporation Class A 0.62% 0.07%

HF Sinclair Corporation 0.51% 0.07%

Reinsurance Group of America Incorporated 0.50% 0.07%

Ovintiv Inc 0.57% 0.07%

Equitable Holdings Inc. 0.40% 0.06%

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. 0.43% 0.06%

Unum Group 0.37% 0.06%

RPM International Inc. 0.36% 0.05%

BorgWarner Inc. 0.33% 0.05%

DT Midstream Inc. 0.38% 0.05%

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Only in MDY

Okta Inc. Class A 1.09%

U.S. Dollar 0.96%

TechnipFMC plc 0.81%

United Therapeutics Corporation 0.73%

Entegris Inc. 0.66%

ATI Inc 0.66%

US Foods Holding Corp. 0.64%

XPO Inc. 0.64%

Only in VYM

Broadcom Inc 6.93%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.75%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.84%

Johnson & Johnson 2.71%

AbbVie Inc 1.96%

Cisco Systems Inc 1.80%

Chevron Corp 1.61%

Caterpillar Inc 1.56%

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Side by side

MDY SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P MidCap 400 Tracks an index of US high dividend

Total return, 1 year +12.8% +18.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.2% (IJH) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.4 pts vs IJH not measured

Expense ratio 0.23% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 89.5%

Holdings 401 595

Net assets, MDY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026 $25.9bn $78.9bn

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

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About each fund

MDY

MDY tracks the S&P MidCap 400. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.2% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 401 positions, with the top ten at 7.5%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VYM

VYM tracks an index of US high dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 595 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MDY or VYM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MDY returned +12.8% and VYM +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, MDY or VYM?: VYM is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do MDY and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of MDY and 90% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

MDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

State Street website ↗

VYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VYM ↗

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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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