Which returned more over the last year, SPYM or TDVG?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYM returned +17.3% and TDVG +13.3%.

Which is cheaper, SPYM or TDVG?

SPYM is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do SPYM and TDVG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYM and 96% of TDVG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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SPYM vs TDVG: Differences, Returns & Fees

SPYM and TDVG hold 34% of their weight in the same names, and SPYM returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $178.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF, and $1.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth ETF.

SPYM costs 0.48 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.0 points; SPYM is far larger, $178.5bn against $1.3bn.

	SPYM	TDVG
Expense ratio	0.02%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$178.5bn	$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+13.3%
What it tracks	S&P 500 Index ?	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	34%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.0%	29.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+17.3%

SPYM total return, 1 year

+13.3%

TDVG total return, 1 year

0.02%

SPYM expense ratio

0.50%

TDVG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPYM and TDVG hold 34% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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34% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SPYM TDVG

APPLE INC 7.42% 5.42%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.79% 3.87%

BROADCOM INC 2.56% 3.68%

ELI LILLY + CO 1.40% 1.86%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.31% 3.08%

VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 0.95% 2.73%

WALMART INC 0.74% 1.59%

ABBVIE INC 0.72% 1.35%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.68% 1.51%

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.92% 0.63%

APPLIED MATERIALS INC 0.60% 1.61%

CATERPILLAR INC 0.55% 1.38%

Only in SPYM

AMAZON.COM INC 3.72%

ALPHABET INC CL A 3.05%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.45%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.37%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.75%

TESLA INC 1.58%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.51%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%

Only in TDVG

EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.55%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 1.29%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.19%

WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 0.97%

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On the same fields

SPYM

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF

TDVG

T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street T. Rowe Price

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +13.3%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.1 pts −3.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.02% 0.50%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 95.7%

Holdings 506 97

Net assets, SPYM as of Oct 8, 2026 and TDVG as of Oct 9, 2026 $178.5bn $1.3bn

Former ticker SPLG none

SPYM and TDVG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

SPYM in plain words

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

TDVG in plain words

TDVG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 97 positions, with the top ten at 29.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPYM or TDVG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYM returned +17.3% and TDVG +13.3%.
Which is cheaper, SPYM or TDVG?: SPYM is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYM and TDVG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYM and 96% of TDVG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗TDVG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗TDVG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗T. Rowe Price website ↗

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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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