Which returned more over the last year, SPY or VDC?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPY returned +13.6% and VDC +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, SPY or VDC?

Neither: SPY and VDC both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do SPY and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPY and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SPY vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPY returned +13.6% to VDC's +12.7%; 5% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $814.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, and $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

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At a glance

+13.6%

SPY total return, 1 year

+12.7%

VDC total return, 1 year

0.09%

SPY expense ratio

0.09%

VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.09% a year; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points; SPY is far larger, $809.2bn against $7.4bn.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SPY vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPY	VDC
Return
Measure	SPY	VDC
Total return, 1 year	+13.6%	+12.7%
Drawdown
Measure	SPY	VDC
Below its high		3.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SPY	VDC
What it tracks	S&P 500 Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	SPY	VDC
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$809.2bn	$7.4bn
Holdings
Measure	SPY	VDC
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.1%	66.0%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SPY and VDC hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPY VDC

WALMART INC 0.80% 13.86%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.66% 12.12%

PROCTER + GAMBLE CO 0.56% 9.90%

COCA COLA CO 0.53% 9.80%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.47% 4.83%

PEPSICO INC 0.27% 4.28%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.18% 3.86%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC A 0.12% 2.58%

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO 0.11% 2.28%

TARGET CORP 0.10% 2.50%

MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP 0.10% 2.08%

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC 0.07% 1.48%

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Only in SPY

NVIDIA CORP 7.92%

APPLE INC 7.61%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.06%

Only in VDC

US Foods Holding Corp 0.80%

Performance Food Group Co 0.61%

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc 0.54%

Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc 0.47%

Darling Ingredients Inc 0.46%

elf Beauty Inc 0.34%

Conagra Brands Inc 0.34%

Maplebear Inc 0.34%

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Side by side

SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Tracks an index of Consumer Staples

Total return, 1 year +13.6% +12.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (VOO) +12.7% (FSTA)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs VOO 0.0 pts vs FSTA

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 86.4%

Holdings 504 105

Net assets, SPY as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $814.8bn $7.4bn

SPY and VDC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

SPY

SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

VDC

VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 66.0%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPY or VDC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPY returned +13.6% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, SPY or VDC?: Neither: SPY and VDC both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPY and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPY and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

State Street website ↗

VDC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDC ↗

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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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