DURA vs SPYD: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

VanEck Durable High Dividend ETF

DURACCboe

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

SPYDANYSE Arca

Overlap

19.6%by weight

Expense ratio

SPYD −0.23pt a year

DURA0.30%SPYD0.07%

Avg volume · 30D

SPYD 499.9×the volume

DURA2.07KSPYD1.04M

5Y return · a year

DURA +0.1pt

DURA+8.7%SPYD+8.6%

DURA vs SPYD Performance

Nov 9, 2021 – Nov 9, 2026

+52.0%DURA+51.4%SPYD

Expense ratio: DURA 0.30%; SPYD 0.07%, better
Fund size: DURA $38M; SPYD $7.7B
1Y total return: DURA +26.6%, better; SPYD +22.3%
Yield (12M): DURA 3.08%; SPYD 4.12%, better
Holdings: DURA 81; SPYD 78
Avg volume (30D): DURA 2.07K sh; SPYD 1.04M sh, better
NAV per share: DURA $40.01; SPYD $49.39
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DURA, SPYD, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DURA	SPYD
Cost30% weight	B67	A88Higher
Mission25% weight	C42	A88Higher
Risk15% weight	C50Higher	C46
Tradability15% weight	F22	A91Higher
Holdings10% weight	D29	A73Higher
Durability5% weight	D27	A83Higher

Rank among US Dividend Index funds

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Same Category. DURA and SPYD are both graded against the same 52 US Dividend Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Dividend Index⁠

Category · 52 funds

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SPYD ranks 3rd and DURA 43rd of 52 funds in the US Dividend Index Category.

Rank 1ADGROiShares Core Dividend Growth ETFScore 86
Rank 2ASCHDSchwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETFScore 81
Rank 3ASPYDState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETFScore 80
Rank 4ADIVBiShares Core Dividend ETFScore 79
Rank 41CJHDVJohn Hancock U.S. High Dividend ETFScore 47
Rank 43CDURAVanEck Durable High Dividend ETFScore 45
Rank 43CSTXDStrive 1000 Dividend Growth ETFScore 45

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DURACVanEck Durable High Dividend ETF

SPYDAState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

In short

DURA Most dividend screens stop at yield. DURA's Morningstar index adds financial-strength and valuation tests on top, hunting high payers that also look cheap rather than just high-yielding.

SPYD Most dividend ETFs hunt for companies that keep raising payouts. SPYD skips the courtship and goes straight for the yield: roughly 80 high-dividend names out of the S&P 500, for 0.07% a year.

Stated mandate

DURA The fund seeks to track the Morningstar US Dividend Valuation Index, which targets high-dividend-yielding U.S. companies selected for financial strength and attractive valuations.

SPYD The fund seeks to provide returns that generally correspond to the total return of the S&P 500 High Dividend Index before fees and expenses.

Why people hold it

DURA The index screens high-yielding US stocks for financial strength and attractive valuation, a built-in check against chasing yield on its own.vaneck.com
At 0.30% a year, it undercuts the 0.39% median fee for dividend-screen funds.
Roughly 70 stocks and quarterly distributions: a compact income sleeve, not a broad-market proxy wearing a dividend label.
Trading since 2018, so the quality-plus-value approach has a multi-year live record behind it, not just a backtest.

SPYD 0.07% a year against a 0.39% median across dividend-screen peers. It undercuts DGRO's 0.08% and sits a hair above SCHD.
A pure yield screen, not a growth screen. Where VIG and DGRO buy payout raisers, SPYD takes the high-dividend end of the S&P 500. Different flavor of the same food group.
Running since 2015, now a multi-billion-dollar fund and one of the more actively traded names in its cohort, so getting in and out is rarely the hard part.
Pays quarterly and has tracked the S&P 500 High Dividend Index closely, which is the whole job for a fund like this.

Worth knowing

DURA A small fund that trades thinly next to the category's giants, so spreads and fill quality can matter more than the expense ratio.
Cheaper than the typical dividend screener, but the category's largest funds cost a fraction: VIG at 0.04%, SCHD at 0.06%, DGRO at 0.08%.
A value tilt across roughly 70 names concentrates sector bets and puts more weight on each holding than broad dividend indexes do.

SPYD About 80 stocks is a narrow slice. Screening on yield pulls the sector mix away from the broad S&P 500, and the ride can be bumpier than the index it comes from.
A high yield is a ranking, not a promise. The index sorts on payout size, not on how reliably a company has grown or defended that payout.

Full DURA profile⁠

Full SPYD profile⁠

DURA vs SPYD Holdings

How DURA and SPYD differ

Overlap by weight

19.6%

Shared holdings make up 38.4% of DURA and 27.7% of SPYD.

Level by level

Holdings21 in both19.6%
Sector11 Sectors63.6%
Countryby domicile98.3%

Sector

Sector weights in DURA and SPYD, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	DURA	SPYD
Real Estate	SPYD +25.1 points	0.0%	25.1%
Health Care	DURA +14.9 points	19.4%	4.5%
Energy	DURA +11.7 points	16.8%	5.1%
Materials	SPYD +5.9 points	1.7%	7.6%
Consumer Staples	DURA +4.4 points	17.6%	13.2%
Financials	SPYD +3.4 points	9.8%	13.3%
Technology	DURA +2.4 points	6.3%	3.9%
Communication	DURA +2.4 points	7.7%	5.3%
Industrials	SPYD +1.7 points	3.8%	5.5%
Utilities	DURA +0.7 points	11.8%	11.1%
Consumer Discretionary	SPYD +0.3 points	5.2%	5.5%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DURA and SPYD, widest gap first
Country	Gap	DURA	SPYD
United Kingdom	SPYD +1.4 points	0.0%	1.4%
Ireland	DURA +0.8 points	2.1%	1.3%
Netherlands	DURA +0.5 points	0.5%	0.0%
Other countries (2)	DURA +0.1 points	97.4%	97.3%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DURA43.0%
SPYD16.3%

Securities held

DURA80
SPYD77

Asset class

DURA: Multi-Asset
SPYD: Stocks

Holdings

Only in DURA59
In both21
Only in SPYD56

Only in DURA

59 securities, 61.4% of DURA by weight

Exxon Mobil Corp5.15%
Philip Morris International Inc5.11%
Merck & Co Inc4.17%
Bank Of America Corp2.95%
Amgen Inc2.92%
Mcdonald's Corp2.90%
Texas Instruments Inc2.87%
Nextera Energy Inc2.72%
Gilead Sciences Inc2.28%
Abbott Laboratories2.24%
Conocophillips2.11%
Qualcomm Inc1.93%
Union Pacific Corp1.70%
Blackrock Inc1.65%
Lowe's Cos Inc1.54%
Mondelez International Inc1.42%
Pnc Financial Services Group Inc/The1.34%
Colgate-Palmolive Co0.94%
Air Products And Chemicals Inc0.83%
Xcel Energy Inc0.79%
General Dynamics Corp0.76%
Consolidated Edison Inc0.74%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc0.72%
Wec Energy Group Inc0.69%
Becton Dickinson & Co0.67%
Norfolk Southern Corp0.61%
Nxp Semiconductors Nv0.55%
Devon Energy Corp0.51%
Sysco Corp0.51%
Dte Energy Co0.48%
American International Group Inc0.48%
L3harris Technologies Inc0.48%
Ameren Corp0.44%
Hershey Co/The0.43%
Yum! Brands Inc0.43%
Ppl Corp0.42%
M&T Bank Corp0.41%
Microchip Technology Inc0.40%
Cms Energy Corp0.36%
Atmos Energy Corp0.36%
Ppg Industries Inc0.36%
Diamondback Energy Inc0.36%
Garmin Ltd0.32%
Alliant Energy Corp0.30%
Skyworks Solutions Inc0.24%
Snap-On Inc0.24%
Expand Energy Corp0.24%
Dupont De Nemours Inc0.19%
Royalty Pharma Plc0.18%
Eastman Chemical Co0.17%

Only in SPYD

56 securities, 72.1% of SPYD by weight

Accenture PLC Class A2.40%
Stanley Black & Decker Inc1.66%
Target Corp1.48%
Best Buy Co Inc1.48%
Crown Castle Inc1.48%
American Tower Corp1.47%
Hp Inc1.46%
Ares Management Corp A1.45%
Jm Smucker Co/The1.43%
Extra Space Storage Inc1.42%
Omnicom Group1.41%
Public Storage1.40%
Paychex Inc1.37%
Clorox Company1.35%
Amcor PLC1.34%
Comcast Corp Class A1.34%
Bristol Myers Squibb Co1.32%
Simon Property Group Inc1.30%
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc1.30%
Dow Inc1.30%
Prudential Financial Inc1.30%
Kimberly Clark Corp1.29%
Smurfit Westrock PLC1.28%
Mosaic Co/The1.27%
Pinnacle West Capital1.26%
Exelon Corp1.26%
Kimco Realty Corp1.26%
Lyondellbasell Indu Class A1.26%
Blackstone Inc1.25%
Bxp Inc1.25%
General Mills Inc1.24%
Vivmark Residential1.24%
Truist Financial Corp1.23%
Kraft Heinz Co/The1.23%
Honeywell International Inc1.22%
Eversource Energy1.21%
United Parcel Service Class B1.21%
Vici Properties Inc1.20%
Essex Property Trust Inc1.20%
Udr Inc1.19%
Invitation Homes Inc1.18%
Regions Financial Corp1.18%
Nike Inc Class B1.18%
Healthpeak Properties Inc1.18%
Regency Centers Corp1.17%
Realty Income Corp1.17%
International Paper Co1.17%
Mid America Apartment Comm1.17%
Alexandria Real Estate Equit1.16%
Federal Realty Invs Trust1.16%

Weight gaps

All 21 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in DURA and SPYD, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	DURA	SPYD
Chevron CorpCVX	DURA +3.51 points	4.93%	1.42%
Pfizer IncPFE	DURA +3.36 points	4.89%	1.53%
Verizon Communications IncVZ	DURA +3.03 points	4.36%	1.33%
Pepsico IncPEP	DURA +2.80 points	4.15%	1.35%
Altria Group IncMO	DURA +2.67 points	4.03%	1.36%
At&T IncT	DURA +2.09 points	3.30%	1.21%
Hasbro IncHAS	SPYD +1.49 points	0.24%	1.73%
Franklin Resources IncBEN	SPYD +1.17 points	0.18%	1.35%
Aes Corp/TheAES	SPYD +1.04 points	0.25%	1.29%
Mccormick & Co Inc/MdMKC	SPYD +0.97 points	0.23%	1.20%
Evergy IncEVRG	SPYD +0.96 points	0.35%	1.31%
KeycorpKEY	SPYD +0.79 points	0.37%	1.16%
Firstenergy CorpFE	SPYD +0.71 points	0.51%	1.22%
T Rowe Price Group IncTROW	SPYD +0.64 points	0.56%	1.20%
Duke Energy CorpDUK	DURA +0.53 points	1.82%	1.29%
Medtronic PlcMDT	DURA +0.43 points	2.04%	1.61%
Us BancorpUSB	DURA +0.37 points	1.56%	1.19%
Eog Resources IncEOG	SPYD +0.20 points	1.12%	1.32%
Kinder Morgan IncKMI	SPYD +0.05 points	1.14%	1.19%
Dominion Energy IncD	SPYD +0.05 points	1.20%	1.25%
Oneok IncOKE	DURA +0.02 points	1.22%	1.20%

All 71 DURA holdings⁠All 77 SPYD holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

DURA vs SPYD Cost

Overpaying DURA vs SPYD

$4,669

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

DURA 0.30%
$6,149
SPYD 0.07%
$1,480

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DURA 0.30%
SPYD 0.07%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DURA	SPYD	Overpaying
10	$545	$128	$417
20	$2,113	$503	$1,610
30	$6,149	$1,480	$4,669

Expense ratio

0.30%DURA
0.07%SPYD, cheaper

SPYD0.07%DURA0.30%

0.04%0.70%

Middle half of US Dividend Index funds
Median 0.35%

SPYD 6th cheapest of 52 funds

DURA 18th cheapest of 52 funds

DURA vs SPYD Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): DURA 3.08%; SPYD 4.12%, better
Payout (12M): DURA $1.24; SPYD $2.06
Last payment: DURA $0.26; SPYD $0.52
Ex-dividend: DURA Oct 1, 2026; SPYD Sep 21, 2026
Paid on: DURA Oct 6, 2026; SPYD Sep 23, 2026
Frequency: DURA Quarterly; SPYD Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

DURAQuarterly · 32 paymentsAll DURA payments⁠

SPYDQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll SPYD payments⁠

DURA vs SPYD Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

DURA
SPYD

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DURA 11.8%, betterSPYD 14.5%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DURA 0.95SPYD 0.96, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DURA −15.8%, betterSPYD −22.2%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DURA 0.38SPYD 0.64; Market = 1

DURA and SPYD in the news

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