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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, SDY or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SDY vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDY returned +16.5% to VT's +13.5%; 9% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points; VT is 4.0 times larger.

SDY vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SDY	VT
Return
Measure	SDY	VT
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+13.5%
Benchmark
Measure	SDY	VT
What it tracks	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	SDY	VT
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$20.4bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	SDY	VT
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	20.4%	22.5%

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 VT hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SDY VT

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.49% 0.57%

MICROSOFT CORP 0.56% 3.25%

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.94% 0.54%

ABBVIE INC 1.32% 0.40%

WALMART INC 0.40% 0.39%

CHEVRON CORP 2.15% 0.32%

PROCTER + GAMBLE CO 1.34% 0.29%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.28% 0.34%

COCA COLA CO 1.23% 0.28%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 0.85% 0.22%

CATERPILLAR INC 0.21% 0.31%

LINDE PLC 0.52% 0.19%

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Only in SDY

ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY CL A 0.30%

BRADY CORPORATION CL A 0.15%

HAWKINS INC 0.13%

S+P500 EMINI FUT DEC26 0.00%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

Alphabet Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P Dividend Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +13.5%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 84.4% 54.7%

Holdings 156 10194

Net assets, SDY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $21.9bn $81.8bn

SDY and VT 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%.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SDY or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SDY returned +16.5% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, SDY or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SDY and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of SDY and 55% of VT 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 ↗

VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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