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SDY vs SMIG: how they differ

SDY and SMIG hold 4% of their weight in the same names. State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF and Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF.

SDY costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; SDY is 14.3 times larger.

SDYSMIG
Expense ratio0.35%0.60%
Net assets, SDY as of Oct 8, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026$20.8bn$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year+10.0%+9.7%
Holdings in common4%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.5%42.3%
Below its high5.8%, high on Aug 24, 20266.4%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+10.0%
SDY total return, 1 year
+9.7%
SMIG total return, 1 year
0.35%
SDY expense ratio
0.60%
SMIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SDY and SMIG hold 4% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding SDY SMIG
ATMOS ENERGY CORP 0.94% 1.16%
ALLIANT ENERGY CORP 0.77% 3.05%
RPM INTERNATIONAL INC 0.58% 2.01%
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES 0.49% 2.44%
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.43% 2.16%
RYDER SYSTEM INC 0.38% 2.88%
RB GLOBAL INC 0.36% 2.57%
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%
Only in SMIG
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 6.66%
Targa Resources Corp 4.89%
Snap-on Inc 4.70%
Victory Capital Holdings Inc 4.30%
DT Midstream Inc 4.19%
Hubbell Inc 4.01%
Gildan Activewear Inc 3.78%
Packaging Corp of America 3.30%

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On the same fields

SDY
State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF
SMIG
Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street Bahl & Gaynor
What it is Tracks the S&P Dividend Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +10.0% +9.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −7.3 pts −7.6 pts
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 84.4% 35.4%
Holdings 156 38
Net assets, SDY as of Oct 8, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026 $20.8bn $1.5bn

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

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.

SMIG in plain words

SMIG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 35% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 38 positions, with the top ten at 42.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SDY or SMIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +10.0% and SMIG +9.7%.
Which is cheaper, SDY or SMIG?
SDY is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $25. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SDY and SMIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 35% of SMIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗SMIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SMIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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, SDY against SMIG, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/sdy-vs-smig

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