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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and VOOG +12.1%.

Which is cheaper, SDY or VOOG?

VOOG is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SDY vs VOOG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDY returned +16.5% to VOOG's +12.1%; 4% 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 $27.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

+12.1%

VOOG total return, 1 year

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

0.05%

VOOG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOOG costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points; VOOG is 1.4 times larger.

SDY vs VOOG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SDY	VOOG
Return
Measure	SDY	VOOG
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+12.1%
Drawdown
Measure	SDY	VOOG
Below its high		4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SDY	VOOG
What it tracks	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index	S&P 500 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	SDY	VOOG
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$20.4bn	$27.8bn
Holdings
Measure	SDY	VOOG
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	20.4%	60.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SDY and VOOG hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDY VOOG

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.94% 1.02%

ABBVIE INC 1.32% 0.58%

MICROSOFT CORP 0.56% 10.34%

COCA COLA CO 1.23% 0.38%

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1.24% 0.29%

CATERPILLAR INC 0.21% 1.01%

MCDONALD S CORP 1.10% 0.20%

S+P GLOBAL INC 0.42% 0.14%

CUMMINS INC 0.38% 0.13%

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP 0.72% 0.12%

CASEY S GENERAL STORES INC 0.11% 0.06%

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 VOOG

NVIDIA Corp 15.01%

Apple Inc 6.60%

Alphabet Inc 5.48%

Broadcom Inc 4.54%

Alphabet Inc 4.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 4.34%

Amazon.com Inc 3.52%

Micron Technology Inc 3.27%

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Side by side

SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +12.1%

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

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs IVW

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 84.4% 99.8%

Holdings 156 154

Net assets, SDY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOOG as of Sep 30, 2026 $21.9bn $27.8bn

SDY and VOOG 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%.

VOOG

VOOG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 154 positions, with the top ten at 60.2%. 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 VOOG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and VOOG +12.1%.
Which is cheaper, SDY or VOOG?: VOOG is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SDY and VOOG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 100% of VOOG 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 ↗

VOOG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOOG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOOG ↗

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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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