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QUAL vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QUAL returned +13.1% to SPYD's +15.3%; 3% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $48.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF, and $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF.

QUAL on its own →SPYD on its own →
At a glance
+13.1%
QUAL total return, 1 year
+15.3%
SPYD total return, 1 year
0.15%
QUAL expense ratio
0.07%
SPYD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYD costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.2 points; QUAL is 6.4 times larger.

QUAL vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureQUALSPYD
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.1%+15.3%
Drawdown
Below its high4.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality IndexS&P 500 High Dividend Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.15%0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026$48.3bn$7.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund44.5%16.1%

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

What they share

3%

By the books each fund has filed, QUAL and SPYD hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QUAL SPYD
ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 0.96% 2.18%
BEST BUY 0.39% 1.47%
EOG RESOURCES 0.34% 1.45%
PEPSICO 0.34% 1.28%
PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 0.31% 1.30%
VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 0.28% 1.19%
PAYCHEX 0.27% 1.28%
OMNICOM GROUP INC 0.08% 1.29%
T ROWE PRICE GROUP 0.08% 1.16%
REGIONS FINANCIAL 0.07% 1.20%
MCCORMICK & CO NON-VOTING 0.02% 1.19%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QUAL
MICROSOFT 8.09%
APPLE 7.38%
NVIDIA 6.28%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.06%
ELI LILLY 4.04%
TJX 3.50%
VISA CLASS A 3.44%
LAM RESEARCH 2.84%
Only in SPYD
HP INC 1.74%
HASBRO INC 1.73%
PFIZER INC 1.56%
CHEVRON CORP 1.54%
MEDTRONIC PLC 1.49%
CROWN CASTLE INC 1.47%
STANLEY BLACK + DECKER INC 1.45%
AMERICAN TOWER CORP 1.44%
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Side by side

QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor 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 MSCI USA Quality Factor Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend
Total return, 1 year +13.1% +15.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) not measured
Gap to its benchmark −0.5 pts vs MLRG not measured
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 97.2% 99.3%
Holdings 119 79
Net assets, QUAL as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPYD as of Oct 27, 2026 $48.2bn $7.5bn

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

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About each fund
QUAL

QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 119 positions, with the top ten at 44.5%.

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, QUAL or SPYD?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +13.1% and SPYD +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, QUAL or SPYD?
SPYD is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QUAL and SPYD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of QUAL and 99% of SPYD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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QUAL on its own →SPYD on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →QUAL dividend history →QUAL holdings →SPYD dividend history →SPYD holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
QUAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QUAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for QUAL ↗
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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