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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, SDY or URTH?

URTH is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SDY vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDY returned +16.5% to URTH's +13.1%; 12% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $21.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points; SDY is 2.5 times larger.

SDY vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SDY	URTH
Return
Measure	SDY	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	SDY	URTH
What it tracks	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	SDY	URTH
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$21.9bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	SDY	URTH
Holdings in common	12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	20.4%	27.2%

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

What they share

12%

By the books each fund has filed, SDY and URTH hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDY URTH

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.49% 0.82%

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.94% 0.71%

MICROSOFT CORP 0.56% 4.12%

ABBVIE INC 1.32% 0.56%

CHEVRON CORP 2.15% 0.46%

WALMART INC 0.40% 0.57%

PROCTER + GAMBLE CO 1.34% 0.40%

COCA COLA CO 1.23% 0.39%

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.59% 0.37%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 0.85% 0.31%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.28% 0.48%

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1.24% 0.26%

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Only in SDY

STANLEY BLACK + DECKER INC 0.68%

ASSURANT INC 0.58%

LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS 0.57%

RPM INTERNATIONAL INC 0.54%

JM SMUCKER CO 0.54%

PENTAIR PLC 0.51%

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC 0.49%

ROYAL GOLD INC 0.48%

Only in URTH

APPLE 5.60%

NVIDIA 5.50%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.69%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.07%

BROADCOM INC 1.70%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49%

TESLA INC 1.28%

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Side by side

SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P Dividend Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 84.4% 69.1%

Holdings 156 1254

Net assets, SDY as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $21.9bn $8.9bn

SDY and URTH 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%.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SDY or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, SDY or URTH?: URTH is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SDY and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

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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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