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SPYD vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYD returned +15.3% to VDC's +12.7%; 10% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF, and $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

SPYD on its own →VDC on its own →
At a glance
+15.3%
SPYD total return, 1 year
+12.7%
VDC total return, 1 year
0.07%
SPYD expense ratio
0.09%
VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYD costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points.

SPYD vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureSPYDVDC
Return
Total return, 1 year+15.3%+12.7%
Drawdown
Below its high4.1%, high on Aug 24, 20263.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksS&P 500 High Dividend IndexMSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.07%0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$7.1bn$7.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund16.1%66.0%

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

What they share

10%

By the books each fund has filed, SPYD and VDC hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

0 half 100%

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10% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPYD VDC
TARGET CORP 1.40% 2.50%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 1.32% 3.86%
PEPSICO INC 1.28% 4.28%
KENVUE INC 1.32% 1.26%
KIMBERLY CLARK CORP 1.30% 1.02%
KRAFT HEINZ CO 1.20% 0.78%
GENERAL MILLS INC 1.18% 0.69%
JM SMUCKER CO 1.40% 0.56%
MCCORMICK + CO NON VTG SHRS 1.19% 0.47%
CLOROX COMPANY 1.17% 0.44%
HORMEL FOODS CORP 1.07% 0.31%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in SPYD
ACCENTURE PLC CL A 2.18%
HP INC 1.74%
HASBRO INC 1.73%
PFIZER INC 1.56%
CHEVRON CORP 1.54%
MEDTRONIC PLC 1.49%
CROWN CASTLE INC 1.47%
BEST BUY CO INC 1.47%
Only in VDC
Walmart Inc 13.86%
Costco Wholesale Corp 12.12%
Procter & Gamble Co 9.90%
Coca-Cola Co 9.80%
Philip Morris International Inc 4.83%
Mondelez International Inc 2.58%
Colgate-Palmolive Co 2.28%
Monster Beverage Corp 2.08%
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Side by side

SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street Vanguard
What it is Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend Tracks an index of Consumer Staples
Total return, 1 year +15.3% +12.7%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +12.7% (FSTA)
Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs FSTA
Expense ratio 0.07% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 99.3% 86.4%
Holdings 79 105
Net assets, SPYD as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.5bn $7.4bn

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

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About each fund
SPYD

SPYD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

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. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. 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, SPYD or VDC?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +15.3% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, SPYD or VDC?
SPYD is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYD and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 99% of SPYD and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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SPYD on its own →VDC on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →SPYD dividend history →SPYD holdings →VDC dividend history →VDC holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
SPYD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPYD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
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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