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REGL vs SDY: how they differ

REGL and SDY hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and SDY returned +10.0% over the year. ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF and State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF.

SDY costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.0 points; SDY is 12.5 times larger.

REGLSDY
Expense ratio0.40%0.35%
Net assets, REGL as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026$1.7bn$20.8bn
Total return, 1 year+6.0%+10.0%
Holdings in common12%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund17.5%20.5%
Below its high8.5%, high on Aug 14, 20265.8%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+6.0%
REGL total return, 1 year
+10.0%
SDY total return, 1 year
0.40%
REGL expense ratio
0.35%
SDY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, REGL and SDY hold 12% 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 and Oct 9, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding REGL SDY
GRACO INC 1.74% 0.58%
RPM INTERNATIONAL INC 1.49% 0.58%
LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS 1.72% 0.55%
CARLISLE COS INC 1.60% 0.53%
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES 1.48% 0.49%
ROYAL GOLD INC 1.93% 0.49%
ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC 1.62% 0.47%
DONALDSON CO INC 1.57% 0.44%
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC 1.65% 0.43%
TORO CO 1.66% 0.42%
UMB FINANCIAL CORP 1.52% 0.41%
CULLEN/FROST BANKERS INC 1.52% 0.40%
Only in REGL
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 1.79%
RELIANCE INC 1.71%
UNUM GROUP 1.71%
LITTELFUSE INC 1.68%
NORTHWESTERN ENERGY GROUP IN 1.68%
ENSIGN GROUP INC/THE 1.67%
AVIENT CORP 1.66%
CHEMED CORP 1.63%
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

REGL
ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF
SDY
State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer ProShares State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P Dividend
Total return, 1 year +6.0% +10.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −11.2 pts −7.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.40% 0.35%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 84.4%
Holdings 65 156
Net assets, REGL as of Oct 9, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.7bn $20.8bn

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

REGL in plain words

REGL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +6.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 65 positions, with the top ten at 17.5%. It sat 8.5% 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, REGL or SDY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, REGL returned +6.0% and SDY +10.0%.
Which is cheaper, REGL or SDY?
SDY is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $5. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do REGL and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of REGL and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
REGL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗REGL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ProShares page for REGL ↗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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ETFIQ, REGL against SDY, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/regl-vs-sdy

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