SDY Dividend Aristocrats ETF (SDY)
Dividend Aristocrats · Benchmark: Index Benchmark · Domiciled in US
VMCI-Composite holdings score
ValueMarkers builds the VMCI-Composite by taking the underlying VMCI score for each of the ETF's top-10 holdings and weighting it by the holding's share of the fund. The number summarizes the fundamentals of the largest positions on the five-pillar framework — Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, Risk.
SDY Dividend Aristocrats ETF — analysis
For the dividend aristocrats sleeve, SDY is the $30.3B-AUM option from the issuer family. The expense ratio runs 36 bps on top of the underlying Index Benchmark return. Live trading record: 1996-present.
For ETF buyers who want a single fundamentals number, SDY VMCI-Composite is 67/100. The score is constructed from the top-10 underlying holdings, weighted by their fund weight, and reflects above-average composite quality in the underlying portfolio.
Five-year CAGR on SDY is 15.3%, against 16.0% on the Index Benchmark. The -0.7-percentage-point spread is the cleanest single measure of tracking-and-after-cost behaviour over the period; the three-year CAGR runs 15.6% and the trailing one-year is -0.3%.
Yield read on SDY: 3.80% TTM. The 5-year distribution growth rate of 3.3% per year extends that snapshot into a longer-horizon income picture for buyers comparing ETFs in this category.
Top-10 of SDY accounts for 29% of fund weight, with AAPL the single largest position (3.46%). Sector lead: Technology at 29%, which is the cohort-comparison anchor for active-vs-passive analysis.
Three ETFs to read alongside SDY: SPY, VOO, VTI. They share the dividend aristocrats mandate but diverge on cost, AUM, and the underlying index family, which is how most allocators end up choosing between them.
Top 25 holdings
| # | Ticker | Weight | VMCI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAPL | 3.46% | 78 |
| 2 | MSFT | 3.29% | 56 |
| 3 | NVDA | 3.16% | 75 |
| 4 | AMZN | 3.03% | 82 |
| 5 | GOOGL | 2.91% | 68 |
| 6 | META | 2.91% | 69 |
| 7 | BRK-B | 2.86% | 40 |
| 8 | TSLA | 2.78% | 48 |
| 9 | V | 2.65% | 70 |
| 10 | JPM | 2.39% | 89 |
| 11 | UNH | 2.18% | 45 |
| 12 | XOM | 2.18% | 82 |
| 13 | JNJ | 2.09% | 74 |
| 14 | PG | 2.01% | 43 |
| 15 | MA | 1.88% | 66 |
| 16 | HD | 1.75% | 74 |
| 17 | MRK | 1.62% | 58 |
| 18 | AVGO | 1.37% | 81 |
| 19 | PEP | 1.15% | 67 |
| 20 | COST | 0.98% | 59 |
| 21 | KO | 0.98% | 58 |
| 22 | WMT | 0.77% | 46 |
| 23 | BAC | 0.60% | 76 |
| 24 | CVX | 0.60% | 69 |
| 25 | ADBE | 0.38% | 88 |
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