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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +15.3% and VOO +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, SPYD or VOO?

VOO 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 VOO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 99% of SPYD and 100% of VOO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SPYD vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYD returned +15.3% to VOO's +13.7%; 6% 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 $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+15.3%

SPYD total return, 1 year

+13.7%

VOO total return, 1 year

0.07%

SPYD expense ratio

0.03%

VOO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOO costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points; VOO is far larger, $1.0tn against $7.1bn.

SPYD vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPYD	VOO
Return
Measure	SPYD	VOO
Total return, 1 year	+15.3%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	SPYD	VOO
Below its high	4.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SPYD	VOO
What it tracks	S&P 500 High Dividend Index	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	SPYD	VOO
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.1bn	$1.0tn
Holdings
Measure	SPYD	VOO
Holdings in common	6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.1%	39.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SPYD and VOO hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPYD VOO

CHEVRON CORP 1.54% 0.61%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.29% 0.29%

PEPSICO INC 1.28% 0.26%

AT+T INC 1.18% 0.25%

PFIZER INC 1.56% 0.25%

BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO 1.32% 0.19%

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 2.18% 0.17%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 1.32% 0.17%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.49% 0.17%

US BANCORP 1.21% 0.14%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 1.27% 0.14%

BLACKSTONE INC 1.24% 0.13%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SPYD

S+P500 EMINI FUT DEC26 0.00%

Only in VOO

NVIDIA Corp 8.40%

Apple Inc 7.39%

Microsoft Corp 5.79%

Amazon.com Inc 3.72%

Alphabet Inc 3.07%

Broadcom Inc 2.54%

Alphabet Inc 2.46%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.43%

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Side by side

SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +15.3% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 99.3% 99.7%

Holdings 79 507

Net assets, SPYD as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.5bn $1.0tn

SPYD and VOO 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.

VOO

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 507 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPYD or VOO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +15.3% and VOO +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, SPYD or VOO?: VOO 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 VOO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 99% of SPYD and 100% of VOO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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SPYD on its own →VOO on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →SPYD dividend history →SPYD holdings →VOO dividend history →VOO holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

SPYD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

VOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOO ↗

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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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