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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and SPYG +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, SDY or SPYG?

SPYG 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.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SDY vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDY returned +16.5% to SPYG's +12.2%; 4% 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 $55.9bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

+12.2%

SPYG total return, 1 year

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

0.04%

SPYG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYG costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.3 points; SPYG is 2.6 times larger.

SDY vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SDY	SPYG
Return
Measure	SDY	SPYG
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+12.2%
Drawdown
Measure	SDY	SPYG
Below its high		4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SDY	SPYG
What it tracks	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index	S&P 500 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	SDY	SPYG
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$21.9bn	$55.9bn
Holdings
Measure	SDY	SPYG
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	20.4%	59.6%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SDY and SPYG hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDY SPYG

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.94% 1.06%

ABBVIE INC 1.32% 0.65%

MICROSOFT CORP 0.56% 10.93%

COCA COLA CO 1.23% 0.41%

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1.24% 0.34%

MCDONALD S CORP 1.10% 0.21%

CATERPILLAR INC 0.21% 0.91%

S+P GLOBAL INC 0.42% 0.17%

CUMMINS INC 0.38% 0.14%

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP 0.72% 0.13%

CASEY S GENERAL STORES INC 0.11% 0.07%

CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP 0.87% 0.04%

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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 SPYG

NVIDIA CORP 14.61%

APPLE INC 7.01%

ALPHABET INC CL A 5.21%

BROADCOM INC 4.51%

ALPHABET INC CL C 4.17%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.79%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.65%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.90%

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Side by side

SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth 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 Growth

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +12.2%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +12.1% (IVW)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs IVW

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 84.4% 100.0%

Holdings 156 152

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $21.9bn $55.9bn

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

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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%.

SPYG

SPYG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 152 positions, with the top ten at 59.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SDY or SPYG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and SPYG +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, SDY or SPYG?: SPYG 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.
How much do SDY and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

SDY and SPYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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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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