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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and SPYD +15.3%.

Which is cheaper, SDY or SPYD?

SPYD is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 99% of SPYD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SDY vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDY returned +16.5% to SPYD's +15.3%; 23% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $21.9bn for State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF and $7.5bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

+15.3%

SPYD total return, 1 year

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

0.07%

SPYD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYD costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; SDY is 2.9 times larger.

SDY vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SDY	SPYD
Return
Measure	SDY	SPYD
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+15.3%
Drawdown
Measure	SDY	SPYD
Below its high		4.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SDY	SPYD
What it tracks	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index	S&P 500 High Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	SDY	SPYD
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$21.9bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	SDY	SPYD
Holdings in common	23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	20.4%	16.1%

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

Risk and return

Oct 30, 2015 to Oct 23, 2026 · 573 weekly returns

SDY SPYD

Return

Total return edge SDY +192.4% +168.7%

Annualized edge SDY (slight) +10.2% +9.4%

Price return edge SDY +103.7% +61.3%

Risk

Volatility edge SDY 16.2% 19.6%

Max drawdown edge SDY −32.4% −43.0%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SDY 0.54 0.44

Sortino edge SDY 0.77 0.62

Calmar edge SDY 0.32 0.22

Reading

SDY returned more: +192.4% to +168.7%. SDY swung less: 16.2% to 19.6%. SDY fell less at its worst: −32.4% to −43.0%.

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Risk and return: SDY vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SDY	SPYD	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+192.4%	+168.7%	SDY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.2%	+9.4%	SDY (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+103.7%	+61.3%	SDY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.2%	19.6%	SDY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.4%	13.8%	SDY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.4%	−43.0%	SDY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.54	0.44	SDY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.77	0.62	SDY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.32	0.22	SDY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 573 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

23%

By the books each fund has filed, SDY and SPYD hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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23% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDY SPYD

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 3.73% 2.18%

CHEVRON CORP 2.15% 1.54%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.79% 1.49%

TARGET CORP 1.59% 1.40%

KENVUE INC 1.55% 1.32%

KIMBERLY CLARK CORP 1.51% 1.30%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.81% 1.29%

PEPSICO INC 1.82% 1.28%

NIKE INC CL B 1.51% 1.15%

REALTY INCOME CORP 1.94% 1.13%

EVERSOURCE ENERGY 1.03% 1.18%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP INC 0.90% 1.16%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SDY

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.55%

BECTON DICKINSON AND CO 1.50%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.49%

CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 1.40%

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 1.39%

WEC ENERGY GROUP INC 1.36%

PROCTER + GAMBLE CO 1.34%

ABBVIE INC 1.32%

Only in SPYD

HP INC 1.74%

HASBRO INC 1.73%

PFIZER INC 1.56%

CROWN CASTLE INC 1.47%

EOG RESOURCES INC 1.45%

AMERICAN TOWER CORP 1.44%

LYONDELLBASELL INDU CL A 1.41%

DOW INC 1.41%

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Side by side

SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street State Street

What it is Tracks the S&P Dividend Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +15.3%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 84.4% 99.3%

Holdings 156 79

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $21.9bn $7.5bn

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

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SDY and SPYD do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. SDY follows S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index and SPYD follows S&P 500 High Dividend Index.
Holdings in common. 23% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
Cost. SDY charges 0.35% of assets a year and SPYD 0.07%, a gap of 0.28 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

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, SDY or SPYD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and SPYD +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, SDY or SPYD?: SPYD is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SDY and SPYD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 99% of SPYD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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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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