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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and SPSB +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, SDY or SPSB?

SPSB is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SDY vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

Share on X Download as PDF

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDY returned +16.5% to SPSB's +2.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

askIQ about this page

askIQ about SDY and SPSB

Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $21.9bn for State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF and $11.3bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

SDY on its own →SPSB on its own →

At a glance

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPSB costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.3 points; SDY is 1.9 times larger.

SDY vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SDY	SPSB
Return
Measure	SDY	SPSB
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+2.2%
Benchmark
Measure	SDY	SPSB
What it tracks	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	SDY	SPSB
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$21.9bn	$11.3bn
Holdings
Measure	SDY	SPSB
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	20.4%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SDY and SPSB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDY SPSB

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SDY

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 3.73%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.81%

CHEVRON CORP 2.15%

REALTY INCOME CORP 1.94%

PEPSICO INC 1.82%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.79%

TARGET CORP 1.59%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.55%

Only in SPSB

SALESFORCE INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4.65 0.66%

AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA COMPANY GUAR 10/28 3 0.47%

PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER COMPANY GUAR 05/28 4.45 0.45%

AMAZON.COM INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4 0.45%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP SR UNSECURED 12/28 VAR 0.45%

NVIDIA CORP SR UNSECURED 06/29 4.35 0.43%

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC SR UNSECURED 05/29 VAR 0.38%

ORACLE CORP SR UNSECURED 02/29 4.55 0.37%

Check overlap with more funds →

Side by side

SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer State Street State Street

What it is Tracks the S&P Dividend Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +2.2%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +3.6 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.04%

Holdings 156 1684

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $21.9bn $11.3bn

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

Alert

About each fund

SDY

SDY tracks the S&P Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 156 positions, with the top ten at 20.4%.

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SDY or SPSB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and SPSB +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, SDY or SPSB?: SPSB is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Other comparisons

IGSB vs SDY BSV vs SDY SDY vs VCSH BND vs SDY SPSB vs VOE DVY vs SPSB COWZ vs SPSB NOBL vs SPSB

Where to next

SDY on its own →SPSB on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →SDY dividend history →SDY holdings →SPSB dividend history →SPSB holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

SDY and SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDY and SPSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, SDY against SPSB, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/sdy-vs-spsb

Open data →

Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.