Which returned more over the last year, TDIV or XNTK?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TDIV returned +16.3% and XNTK +24.9%.

Which is cheaper, TDIV or XNTK?

XNTK is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do TDIV and XNTK overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 79% of TDIV and 90% of XNTK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

TDIV vs XNTK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, TDIV returned +16.3% to XNTK's +24.9%; 25% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $4.4bn for First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund and $1.9bn for State Street SPDR NYSE Technology ETF.

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At a glance

+16.3%

TDIV total return, 1 year

+24.9%

XNTK total return, 1 year

0.50%

TDIV expense ratio

0.35%

XNTK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XNTK costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.6 points; TDIV is 2.3 times larger.

TDIV vs XNTK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	TDIV	XNTK
Return
Measure	TDIV	XNTK
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+24.9%
Drawdown
Measure	TDIV	XNTK
Below its high	7.9%, high on Jun 2, 2026	6.9%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	TDIV	XNTK
What it tracks	Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index	NYSE Technology Index
Cost and size
Measure	TDIV	XNTK
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$4.4bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	TDIV	XNTK
Holdings in common	25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.2%	48.1%

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

Risk and return

Aug 24, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 739 weekly returns

TDIV XNTK

Return

Total return edge XNTK +679.4% +1,379.2%

Annualized edge XNTK +15.5% +20.9%

Price return edge XNTK +466.5% +922.0%

Risk

Volatility edge TDIV 17.9% 22.6%

Max drawdown edge TDIV −30.5% −48.3%

Downside capture 105.8% 117.2%

Beta 1.03 1.22

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XNTK (slight) 0.80 0.87

Sortino edge XNTK 1.18 1.33

Treynor 0.138 0.095

Calmar edge TDIV 0.51 0.43

Against the benchmark

Alpha +0.7% a year +1.5% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.37 0.54

Information ratio 0.16 0.23

Tracking error 7.4% 14.3%

Each against its own benchmark: TDIV against VOO, Aug 24, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026; XNTK against IVV, Jan 12, 2001 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

XNTK returned more: +1,379.2% to +679.4%. TDIV swung less: 17.9% to 22.6%. TDIV fell less at its worst: −30.5% to −48.3%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: TDIV vs XNTK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	TDIV	XNTK	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+679.4%	+1,379.2%	XNTK	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.5%	+20.9%	XNTK	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+466.5%	+922.0%	XNTK	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	17.9%	22.6%	TDIV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.1%	14.9%	TDIV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−30.5%	−48.3%	TDIV	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	112.8%	151.8%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	105.8%	117.2%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.03	1.22	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.83	0.70	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.80	0.87	XNTK (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.18	1.33	XNTK	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.138	0.095		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.51	0.43	TDIV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	VOO	IVV		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+0.7% a year	+1.5% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.37	0.54	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−3.2% to +4.6%	−3.9% to +6.8%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.16	0.23		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	7.4%	14.3%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 739 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

25%

By the books each fund has filed, TDIV and XNTK hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first TDIV XNTK

Texas Instruments Incorporated 9.37% 3.80%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (ADR) 4.16% 3.30%

Microsoft Corporation 8.29% 2.45%

QUALCOMM Incorporated 4.27% 2.28%

Broadcom Inc. 7.32% 2.10%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.99% 3.16%

Salesforce, Inc. 1.97% 2.03%

International Business Machines Corporation 8.47% 1.79%

Amphenol Corporation 1.66% 2.67%

Oracle Corporation 6.93% 1.52%

ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 1.23% 3.34%

Intuit Inc. 1.79% 1.08%

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Only in TDIV

Analog Devices, Inc. 3.55%

Thomson Reuters Corporation 2.78%

Vistance Networks Inc. 2.06%

HP Inc. 1.79%

TELUS Corporation 1.76%

Verizon Communications Inc. 1.74%

NXP Semiconductors N.V. 1.72%

Comcast Corporation (Class A) 1.62%

Only in XNTK

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 8.50%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 6.37%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.87%

INTEL CORP 5.47%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC A 4.69%

APPLIED MATERIALS INC 3.37%

LAM RESEARCH CORP 3.31%

ARISTA NETWORKS INC 3.31%

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Side by side

TDIV First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund XNTK State Street SPDR NYSE Technology ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +24.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (VOO) +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark +2.6 pts vs VOO +11.2 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 78.8% 90.2%

Holdings 87 35

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $4.4bn $1.9bn

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

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TDIV and XNTK are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. TDIV follows Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index and XNTK follows NYSE Technology Index.
Holdings in common. 25% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 TDIV returned +16.3% and XNTK +24.9% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 8.6 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

TDIV

TDIV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 79% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 87 positions, with the top ten at 57.2%. It sat 7.9% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

XNTK

XNTK tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.9% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 35 positions, with the top ten at 48.1%. It sat 6.9% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, TDIV or XNTK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TDIV returned +16.3% and XNTK +24.9%.
Which is cheaper, TDIV or XNTK?: XNTK is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do TDIV and XNTK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 79% of TDIV and 90% of XNTK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

TDIV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TDIV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for TDIV ↗

XNTK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XNTK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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