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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +15.3% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, SPYD or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 99% of SPYD and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SPYD vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYD returned +15.3% to VT's +13.5%; 3% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+15.3%

SPYD total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.07%

SPYD expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points; VT is 11.5 times larger.

SPYD vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPYD	VT
Return
Measure	SPYD	VT
Total return, 1 year	+15.3%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	SPYD	VT
Below its high	4.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SPYD	VT
What it tracks	S&P 500 High Dividend Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	SPYD	VT
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.1bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	SPYD	VT
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.1%	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, SPYD and VT hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPYD VT

CHEVRON CORP 1.54% 0.32%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.29% 0.16%

PEPSICO INC 1.28% 0.15%

AT+T INC 1.18% 0.14%

PFIZER INC 1.56% 0.14%

BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO 1.32% 0.11%

ACCENTURE PLC CL A 2.18% 0.10%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 1.32% 0.10%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.49% 0.09%

US BANCORP 1.21% 0.08%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 1.27% 0.07%

BLACKSTONE INC 1.24% 0.07%

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Only in SPYD

S+P500 EMINI FUT DEC26 0.00%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

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%

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Side by side

SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High 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 500 High Dividend Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +15.3% +13.5%

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 99.3% 54.7%

Holdings 79 10194

Net assets, SPYD as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.5bn $81.8bn

SPYD and VT 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.

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, SPYD or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +15.3% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, SPYD or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYD and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 99% of SPYD and 55% of VT 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 ↗

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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