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DIA vs SPY

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

Over their shared history (2011-10 to 2026-10, about 15 years), DIA returned 13.26% a year versus 15.46% for SPY, with worst peak-to-trough falls of -22.61% and -23.93% respectively (dividends reinvested). Past performance doesn't predict future results.

DIA SPYBoth re-based to 100 at 2011-10, the start of their shared window
Metric · shared window 2011-10 to 2026-10DIASPY
CAGR (annualized return)13.26%15.46%
Volatility (annualized)13.93%14.00%
Worst drawdown-22.61%-23.93%
Sharpe ratio0.850.98
Each fund on its own, last 15 years: both cover the same months
CAGR (own history, up to 15 years)13.26%15.46%
Worst drawdown (own history, up to 15 years)-22.61%-23.93%
Data window2011-10 to 2026-102011-10 to 2026-10

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Ticker pages: DIA · SPY

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