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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +15.3% and XLP +13.8%.

Which is cheaper, SPYD or XLP?

SPYD 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 XLP overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SPYD vs XLP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYD returned +15.3% to XLP's +13.8%; 11% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $7.5bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF and $14.6bn for State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+15.3%

SPYD total return, 1 year

+13.8%

XLP total return, 1 year

0.07%

SPYD expense ratio

0.08%

XLP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYD costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; XLP is 1.9 times larger.

SPYD vs XLP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPYD	XLP
Return
Measure	SPYD	XLP
Total return, 1 year	+15.3%	+13.8%
Drawdown
Measure	SPYD	XLP
Below its high	4.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026	3.5%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	SPYD	XLP
What it tracks	S&P 500 High Dividend Index	Consumer Staples Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	SPYD	XLP
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$7.5bn	$14.6bn
Holdings
Measure	SPYD	XLP
Holdings in common	11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.1%	62.9%

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

Risk and return

Oct 30, 2015 to Oct 23, 2026 · 573 weekly returns

SPYD XLP

Return

Total return edge SPYD +168.7% +137.3%

Annualized edge SPYD +9.4% +8.2%

Price return edge XLP +61.3% +76.9%

Risk

Volatility edge XLP 19.6% 14.1%

Max drawdown edge XLP −43.0% −22.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XLP (slight) 0.44 0.46

Sortino edge XLP (slight) 0.62 0.64

Calmar edge XLP 0.22 0.37

Reading

SPYD returned more: +168.7% to +137.3%. XLP swung less: 14.1% to 19.6%. XLP fell less at its worst: −22.2% to −43.0%.

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Risk and return: SPYD vs XLP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SPYD	XLP	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+168.7%	+137.3%	SPYD	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+9.4%	+8.2%	SPYD	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+61.3%	+76.9%	XLP	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.6%	14.1%	XLP	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.8%	10.2%	XLP	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−43.0%	−22.2%	XLP	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.44	0.46	XLP (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.62	0.64	XLP (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.22	0.37	XLP	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 573 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

11%

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

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11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPYD XLP

TARGET CORP 1.40% 3.94%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 1.32% 4.54%

KENVUE INC 1.32% 2.23%

KIMBERLY CLARK CORP 1.30% 2.17%

PEPSICO INC 1.28% 4.10%

KRAFT HEINZ CO 1.20% 1.25%

GENERAL MILLS INC 1.18% 1.07%

JM SMUCKER CO 1.40% 0.81%

MCCORMICK + CO NON VTG SHRS 1.19% 0.72%

CLOROX COMPANY 1.17% 0.62%

HORMEL FOODS CORP 1.07% 0.36%

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 XLP

WALMART INC 11.05%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 9.14%

PROCTER + GAMBLE CO 7.69%

COCA COLA CO 7.34%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 6.56%

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO 4.39%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC A 4.19%

MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP 3.88%

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Side by side

SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF XLP State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street State Street

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend Tracks an index of Consumer staples

Total return, 1 year +15.3% +13.8%

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 99.3% 99.6%

Holdings 79 36

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $7.5bn $14.6bn

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

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SPYD and XLP do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. SPYD follows S&P 500 High Dividend Index and XLP follows Consumer Staples Select Sector Index.
Holdings in common. 11% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 SPYD returned +15.3% and XLP +13.8% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 1.5 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

XLP

XLP tracks an index of Consumer staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% 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 36 positions, with the top ten at 62.9%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPYD or XLP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +15.3% and XLP +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, SPYD or XLP?: SPYD 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 XLP overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 99% of SPYD and 100% of XLP 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) ↗

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XLP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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