Which returned more over the last year, SPYD or VO?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +15.3% and VO +12.8%.

Which is cheaper, SPYD or VO?

VO is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do SPYD and VO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 99% of SPYD and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SPYD vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYD returned +15.3% to VO's +12.8%; 11% 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 $103.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+15.3%

SPYD total return, 1 year

+12.8%

VO total return, 1 year

0.07%

SPYD expense ratio

0.03%

VO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VO costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; VO is 14.6 times larger.

SPYD vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPYD	VO
Return
Measure	SPYD	VO
Total return, 1 year	+15.3%	+12.8%
Drawdown
Measure	SPYD	VO
Below its high	4.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026	3.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SPYD	VO
What it tracks	S&P 500 High Dividend Index	Morningstar US Mid Cap Index (formerly CRSP US Mid Cap Index)
Cost and size
Measure	SPYD	VO
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.1bn	$103.4bn
Holdings
Measure	SPYD	VO
Holdings in common	11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.1%	9.7%

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

What they share

11%

By the books each fund has filed, SPYD and VO hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPYD VO

TARGET CORP 1.40% 0.70%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC 1.22% 0.61%

TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 1.22% 0.56%

ONEOK INC 1.36% 0.53%

DOMINION ENERGY INC 1.20% 0.53%

REALTY INCOME CORP 1.13% 0.51%

PUBLIC STORAGE 1.30% 0.47%

FORD MOTOR CO 1.05% 0.47%

VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 1.19% 0.47%

NIKE INC CL B 1.15% 0.42%

EXELON CORP 1.24% 0.41%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 1.26% 0.39%

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Only in SPYD

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 2.18%

HASBRO INC 1.73%

PFIZER INC 1.56%

CHEVRON CORP 1.54%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.49%

BEST BUY CO INC 1.47%

EOG RESOURCES INC 1.45%

STANLEY BLACK + DECKER INC 1.45%

Only in VO

Cloudflare Inc 1.11%

Valero Energy Corp 1.10%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.10%

Phillips 66 1.01%

Quanta Services Inc 0.95%

Vertiv Holdings Co 0.92%

Datadog Inc 0.91%

Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.89%

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Side by side

SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF VO Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap 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 Mid-Cap

Total return, 1 year +15.3% +12.8%

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 99.3% 91.1%

Holdings 79 273

Net assets, SPYD as of Oct 27, 2026 and VO as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.5bn $103.4bn

SPYD and VO 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.

VO tracks an index of Mid-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 273 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPYD or VO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +15.3% and VO +12.8%.
Which is cheaper, SPYD or VO?: VO is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYD and VO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 99% of SPYD and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

SPYD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

VO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VO ↗

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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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