USMV vs. SDY ETF Comparison

Comparison of iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF (USMV) to SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY)

USMV

iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF

USMV Description

The investment seeks the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities that, in the aggregate, have lower volatility characteristics relative to the broader U.S. equity market. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index or in depositary receipts representing securities in the underlying index. The underlying index follows a rules-based methodology to determine weights for securities in the index that seeks to minimize total risk of the MSCI USA Index. Components primarily include consumer staples, healthcare and information technology companies. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$91.28

Average Daily Volume

2,252,407

Number of Holdings ^*

170

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

SDY

SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

SDY Description

The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of an index. In seeking to track the performance of the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index, the fund employs a sampling strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index is designed to measure the performance of the highest dividend yielding S&P Composite 1500Â® Index constituents that have followed a managed-dividends policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 20 consecutive years. It is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$141.10

Average Daily Volume

227,370

Number of Holdings ^*

132

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market

Performance

Period	USMV	SDY
30 Days	1.97%	3.63%
60 Days	6.57%	7.21%
90 Days	8.42%	9.83%
12 Months	23.92%	20.69%

36 Overlapping Holdings

Symbol	Grade	Weight in USMV	Weight in SDY	Overlap
ABBV	C	1.22%	1.71%	1.22%
ABT	C	0.09%	0.99%	0.09%
ADI	C	0.25%	0.68%	0.25%
ADP	B	0.08%	1.13%	0.08%
ATO	B	0.05%	1.08%	0.05%
BDX	D	0.59%	0.68%	0.59%
CB	B	1.5%	0.68%	0.68%
CHD	D	0.37%	0.49%	0.37%
CL	D	0.47%	0.96%	0.47%
CVX	D	0.3%	1.63%	0.3%
ED	C	1.22%	1.73%	1.22%
ERIE	B	0.52%	0.7%	0.52%
GD	B	0.06%	0.9%	0.06%
HRL	C	0.22%	0.51%	0.22%
IBM	B	1.7%	1.94%	1.7%
JNJ	C	1.28%	1.55%	1.28%
KMB	D	0.22%	1.54%	0.22%
KO	C	0.11%	1.42%	0.11%
LIN	B	0.17%	0.58%	0.17%
LMT	C	0.88%	1.28%	0.88%
LNT	B	0.1%	0.8%	0.1%
MCD	B	1.27%	1.31%	1.27%
MDT	C	0.14%	1.71%	0.14%
NOC	B	1.52%	0.95%	0.95%
PEP	C	1.15%	1.48%	1.15%
PG	C	1.26%	1.1%	1.1%
ROP	C	1.31%	0.24%	0.24%
RSG	D	1.52%	0.48%	0.48%
SO	B	1.37%	1.72%	1.37%
TXN	C	1.38%	1.14%	1.14%
WEC	C	0.75%	1.6%	0.75%
WM	D	1.37%	0.57%	0.57%
WMT	C	1.66%	0.6%	0.6%
WRB	C	0.3%	0.29%	0.29%
XEL	B	0.42%	1.91%	0.42%
XOM	C	0.43%	1.38%	0.43%

USMV Overweight 134 Positions Relative to SDY

Symbol	Grade	Weight
TMUS	C	1.7%
PGR	B	1.68%
MSI	B	1.64%
LLY	C	1.58%
DUK	C	1.55%
WCN	D	1.55%
BRK.A	C	1.49%
VZ	B	1.44%
MSFT	C	1.38%
UNH	C	1.38%
CSCO	C	1.29%
APH	D	1.29%
AJG	D	1.29%
ACN	C	1.28%
MRK	D	1.22%
AVGO	C	1.21%
MMC	C	1.16%
MCK	F	1.14%
ORCL	C	1.12%
TRV	C	1.05%
AZO	D	0.99%
AAPL	C	0.97%
REGN	C	0.92%
GILD	B	0.89%
CBOE	C	0.87%
V	C	0.83%
K	B	0.81%
GDDY	C	0.81%
ACGL	C	0.8%
EA	D	0.78%
CTSH	C	0.77%
GIS	B	0.77%
VRTX	D	0.75%
FCNCA	D	0.73%
ELV	C	0.72%
T	C	0.71%
KDP	B	0.71%
AMGN	B	0.7%
TSN	C	0.69%
MA	B	0.67%
COR	D	0.66%
NOW	B	0.65%
VRSN	D	0.65%
ORLY	C	0.63%
KR	C	0.59%
NEM	B	0.58%
FI	A	0.57%
MPC	F	0.56%
KEYS	C	0.54%
NVDA	D	0.54%
FANG	D	0.53%
MDLZ	B	0.52%
TDY	B	0.52%
CME	C	0.51%
YUM	D	0.51%
FFIV	B	0.49%
AON	B	0.49%
JNPR	B	0.49%
INCY	C	0.48%
FICO	B	0.48%
HUM	F	0.47%
UBER	C	0.47%
PTC	D	0.47%
AKAM	D	0.45%
CDW	D	0.45%
TJX	B	0.45%
EG	C	0.45%
KHC	C	0.44%
BAH	C	0.44%
WDAY	D	0.42%
AEP	C	0.42%
BMY	C	0.41%
VRSK	D	0.4%
CPB	C	0.39%
CTVA	B	0.37%
ROL	C	0.37%
WTW	C	0.36%
CMCSA	D	0.36%
HSY	C	0.35%
AFG	B	0.34%
IT	B	0.34%
NBIX	F	0.33%
MKL	C	0.32%
GEN	B	0.32%
BMRN	F	0.3%
ICE	C	0.29%
FWONK	C	0.29%
HD	B	0.28%
AIZ	B	0.28%
GLW	C	0.28%
L	C	0.27%
GRMN	D	0.27%
ANET	B	0.27%
ALNY	C	0.25%
PFE	C	0.24%
MOH	D	0.23%
D	C	0.23%
CI	C	0.23%
WMB	B	0.23%
HON	D	0.22%
AEE	C	0.22%
DTE	C	0.21%
NTAP	D	0.21%
AZPN	B	0.21%
MELI	B	0.2%
CMS	C	0.2%
HUBS	D	0.18%
PKG	B	0.18%
SNPS	F	0.17%
HOLX	C	0.17%
STX	C	0.17%
TW	B	0.17%
DPZ	F	0.17%
CDNS	D	0.16%
EOG	D	0.15%
CRWD	D	0.14%
GOOG	D	0.14%
OXY	F	0.13%
UTHR	C	0.13%
HIG	B	0.12%
AMZN	C	0.12%
DELL	D	0.1%
DGX	B	0.1%
RTX	C	0.09%
TEL	D	0.07%
FSLR	C	0.07%
PSX	F	0.06%
KNX	C	0.06%
OTIS	C	0.06%
ULTA	D	0.05%
VLO	F	0.05%
CVS	D	0.05%
BR	D	0.05%
CRM	D	0.04%

USMV Underweight 96 Positions Relative to SDY

Symbol	Grade	Weight
O	C	-2.79%
KVUE	C	-2.41%
EIX	C	-1.76%
NEE	C	-1.39%
ADM	D	-1.36%
TGT	C	-1.35%
TROW	D	-1.34%
SYY	D	-1.32%
APD	B	-1.3%
ES	C	-1.21%
CLX	C	-1.19%
CINF	C	-1.18%
MKC	C	-1.14%
AFL	C	-1.12%
FAST	C	-1.1%
GPC	D	-1.09%
ESS	B	-1.08%
ITW	C	-1.07%
CAH	C	-1.03%
BBY	C	-1.02%
LOW	B	-0.99%
NKE	D	-0.94%
PPG	D	-0.9%
AMCR	B	-0.87%
LHX	C	-0.86%
SWK	B	-0.82%
RPM	B	-0.8%
CAT	B	-0.75%
MCHP	F	-0.75%
EVRG	B	-0.75%
EMR	D	-0.73%
QCOM	D	-0.67%
SJM	C	-0.67%
CHRW	B	-0.64%
ALB	D	-0.62%
JKHY	B	-0.6%
PNR	B	-0.57%
GGG	C	-0.57%
AOS	D	-0.56%
LECO	F	-0.56%
NDSN	C	-0.54%
NUE	F	-0.54%
ATR	B	-0.53%
WTRG	D	-0.51%
DOV	B	-0.51%
TTC	D	-0.49%
ORI	B	-0.49%
EXPD	C	-0.49%
FDS	C	-0.49%
DCI	C	-0.48%
SHW	B	-0.47%
NNN	C	-0.47%
RGLD	C	-0.47%
FRT	C	-0.46%
GWW	B	-0.42%
ECL	B	-0.42%
SPGI	B	-0.38%
SEIC	C	-0.37%
CTAS	B	-0.36%
CBSH	C	-0.36%
MSA	D	-0.36%
CSL	B	-0.36%
RNR	C	-0.35%
CFR	C	-0.35%
PB	B	-0.34%
RLI	B	-0.34%
BEN	F	-0.33%
NFG	B	-0.3%
SON	C	-0.3%
UGI	C	-0.27%
PII	D	-0.27%
FLO	C	-0.26%
BMI	A	-0.26%
BRO	C	-0.26%
NJR	B	-0.25%
UBSI	B	-0.25%
UMBF	B	-0.23%
CASY	D	-0.23%
FUL	C	-0.23%
OGS	B	-0.22%
BKH	B	-0.22%
OZK	D	-0.22%
FELE	C	-0.21%
LANC	D	-0.21%
SR	B	-0.2%
PRGO	D	-0.2%
CWT	C	-0.17%
ABM	D	-0.17%
BRC	C	-0.17%
AWR	B	-0.16%
AVA	C	-0.15%
CPK	B	-0.14%
CBU	C	-0.13%
SJW	C	-0.09%
WST	D	-0.09%
SCL	F	-0.08%