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ETF comparison

DIA vs SPY

Both US Large Cap.

State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
29.7 %

30 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DIA and SPY would leave roughly 29.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DIA unmatched 70.3% Shared 29.7% SPY unmatched 70.3%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In DIA only
0 positions
Shared
30 positions
In SPY only
474 positions

Side by side

DIA

State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust

State Street · US Large Cap

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.16%
Net assets
$43.86B
TTM yield
1.38%
Top-10 conc.
54.4%
SPY

State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

State Street · US Large Cap

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.094%
Net assets
$809.22B
TTM yield
1.00%
Top-10 conc.
37.9%

Sub-score comparison

84
Cost
91
88
Tax efficiency
89
100
Liquidity
100
37
Concentration
60
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Tracking quality
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DIA sub-score SPY

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SPY is 7 bps cheaper than DIA. On a $100,000 position that's about $66/yr more in fees for DIA.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with DIA vs SPY.

Top shared holdings

30 shared in total
# Holding In DIA In SPY Overlap
1 MICROSOFT CORP 5.86% 5.86% 5.86%
2 APPLE INC 3.91% 7.70% 3.91%
3 ALPHABET INC CL A 3.64% 2.88% 2.88%
4 AMAZON.COM INC 2.81% 3.72% 2.81%
5 NVIDIA CORP 2.39% 7.78% 2.39%
6 JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 3.78% 1.35% 1.35%
7 VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 4.66% 1.07% 1.07%
8 JOHNSON + JOHNSON 3.01% 0.98% 0.98%
9 WALMART INC 1.36% 0.82% 0.82%
10 CHEVRON CORP 2.55% 0.68% 0.68%
11 CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.18% 0.63% 0.63%
12 PROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE 1.85% 0.58% 0.58%

Only in DIA

0 total

Every DIA position is also held by SPY.

Only in SPY

474 total
  • BROADCOM INC 2.33%
  • ALPHABET INC CL C 2.31%
  • META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.17%
  • TESLA INC 1.60%
  • ELI LILLY + CO 1.58%
  • BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.54%
  • MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.46%
  • ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.26%
  • EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.11%
  • MASTERCARD INC A 0.78%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open DIA or SPY at a brokerage

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.