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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and VLUE +54.7%.

Which is cheaper, SDY or VLUE?

VLUE is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SDY vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDY returned +16.5% to VLUE's +54.7%; 11% 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 $9.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

+54.7%

VLUE total return, 1 year

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

0.15%

VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VLUE costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 38.2 points; SDY is 2.4 times larger.

SDY vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SDY	VLUE
Return
Measure	SDY	VLUE
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+54.7%
Benchmark
Measure	SDY	VLUE
What it tracks	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index	MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	SDY	VLUE
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$21.9bn	$9.3bn
Holdings
Measure	SDY	VLUE
Holdings in common	11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	20.4%	42.8%

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

What they share

11%

By the books each fund has filed, SDY and VLUE hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDY VLUE

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.81% 2.72%

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 3.73% 1.31%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO 1.03% 0.94%

QUALCOMM INC 0.89% 1.73%

TARGET CORP 1.59% 0.80%

CSX CORP 0.52% 0.78%

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.66% 0.50%

BEST BUY CO INC 0.70% 0.43%

BECTON DICKINSON AND CO 1.50% 0.40%

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.59% 0.39%

NUCOR CORP 0.49% 0.29%

REALTY INCOME CORP 1.94% 0.29%

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Only in SDY

CHEVRON CORP 2.15%

PEPSICO INC 1.82%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.79%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.55%

KENVUE INC 1.55%

KIMBERLY CLARK CORP 1.51%

NIKE INC CL B 1.51%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.49%

Only in VLUE

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 20.94%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.37%

GENERAL MOTORS 3.54%

AT&T 2.24%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.95%

PFIZER 1.86%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.77%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC CLASS C 1.72%

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Side by side

SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P Dividend Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +54.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +41.1 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 84.4% 96.6%

Holdings 156 148

Net assets, SDY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VLUE as of Oct 28, 2026 $21.9bn $9.4bn

SDY and VLUE 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%.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SDY or VLUE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, SDY or VLUE?: VLUE is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SDY and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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