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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +10.0% and VFLO +42.3%.

Which is cheaper, SDY or VFLO?

SDY is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $4. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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SDY vs VFLO: how they differ

SDY and VFLO hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and VFLO returned +42.3% over the year. State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF and VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF.

SDY costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 32.3 points; SDY is 2.7 times larger.

	SDY	VFLO
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.39%
Net assets, SDY as of Oct 8, 2026 and VFLO as of Jun 30, 2026	$20.8bn	$7.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+10.0%	+42.3%
Holdings in common	5%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	20.5%	30.8%
Below its high	5.8%, high on Aug 24, 2026	5.4%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+10.0%

SDY total return, 1 year

+42.3%

VFLO total return, 1 year

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

0.39%

VFLO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SDY and VFLO hold 5% 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.

50%

half

5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SDY VFLO

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 3.49% 2.73%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.52% 1.53%

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.52% 1.32%

CARDINAL HEALTH INC 0.42% 1.55%

Only in SDY

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%

KENVUE INC 1.49%

BECTON DICKINSON AND CO 1.49%

Only in VFLO

DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION 3.49%

EXPEDIA GROUP, INC. 3.41%

ADOBE INC. 3.37%

SANDISK CORPORATION 3.02%

COEUR MINING, INC. 3.02%

NEWMONT CORPORATION 3.01%

MERCK & CO., INC. 2.98%

SALESFORCE, INC. 2.90%

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On the same fields

SDY

State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

VFLO

VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street VictoryShares

What it is Tracks the S&P Dividend Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +10.0% +42.3%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −7.3 pts +25.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.39%

Already in the S&P 500 84.4% 83.8%

Holdings 156 50

Net assets, SDY as of Oct 8, 2026 and VFLO as of Jun 30, 2026 $20.8bn $7.8bn

SDY and VFLO 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.

VFLO in plain words

VFLO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +42.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 30.8%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SDY or VFLO?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +10.0% and VFLO +42.3%.
Which is cheaper, SDY or VFLO?: SDY is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $4. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SDY and VFLO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 84% of VFLO 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 ↗VFLO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFLO 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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