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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MDYV returned +10.4% and SDY +10.0%.

Which is cheaper, MDYV or SDY?

MDYV is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $20. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of MDYV and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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MDYV vs SDY: how they differ

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

MDYV costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; SDY is 7.6 times larger.

	MDYV	SDY
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.7bn	$20.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+10.4%	+10.0%
Holdings in common	9%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	11.0%	20.5%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026	5.8%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+10.4%

MDYV total return, 1 year

+10.0%

SDY total return, 1 year

0.15%

MDYV expense ratio

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, MDYV 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding MDYV SDY

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC 0.67% 0.47%

RPM INTERNATIONAL INC 0.45% 0.58%

CARLISLE COS INC 0.44% 0.53%

TORO CO 0.56% 0.42%

UMB FINANCIAL CORP 0.57% 0.41%

RYDER SYSTEM INC 0.55% 0.38%

GRACO INC 0.38% 0.58%

AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.35% 0.43%

EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES 0.34% 0.49%

APTARGROUP INC 0.47% 0.33%

COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC 0.45% 0.32%

PROSPERITY BANCSHARES INC 0.49% 0.29%

Only in MDYV

TD SYNNEX CORP 1.30%

US FOODS HOLDING CORP 1.27%

RELIANCE INC 1.23%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP CL A 1.16%

HF SINCLAIR CORP 1.13%

OVINTIV INC 1.06%

WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC 1.05%

REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 1.01%

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

MDYV

State Street SPDR S & P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF

SDY

State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street 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 −6.9 pts −7.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 84.4%

Holdings 296 156

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $2.7bn $20.8bn

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

MDYV in plain words

MDYV 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 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 296 positions, with the top ten at 11.0%. 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, MDYV or SDY?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MDYV returned +10.4% and SDY +10.0%.
Which is cheaper, MDYV or SDY?: MDYV is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $20. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do MDYV and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of MDYV and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

MDYV and SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MDYV and 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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