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iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend Advanced (Dist) vs SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats

iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend Advanced (Dist) tracks MSCI Europe High Dividend Yield Advanced Select and SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats tracks S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats. They are realistic alternatives for the same slot in a portfolio, but because the indices are different nobody can tell you in advance which will return more. What can be compared objectively is the cost, the replication method, the domicile and how each one is structured — and that is what this page does.

What each one tracks

This is the underlying difference: they do not follow the same index, so their returns will diverge.

iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend Advanced (Dist)

MSCI Europe High Dividend Yield Advanced Select

SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats

S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats

Comparison

iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend Advanced (Dist)SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats
IndexMSCI Europe High Dividend Yield Advanced SelectS&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats
TER0.28%0.35%
Hist. return*~6%~8%
ReplicationPhysicalPhysical
DistributionDistributingDistributing
DomicileIrlandaIrlanda
CurrencyEURUSD
Risk4/74/7
ISINIE00BYYHSM20IE00B6YX5D40

What the fee gap actually costs

Applying the SAME 7% gross return to both and contributing €300/month, the only thing moving the result is the TER. This is not a return forecast: it is how much the fee weighs.

HorizoniShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend Advanced (Dist)SPDR S&P US Dividend AristocratsDifference
10 years€51,419€51,220€200
20 years€151,918€150,633€1,285
30 years€348,339€343,586€4,753

iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend Advanced (Dist) is the cheaper of the two. Remember they track different indices: cost is one factor, not the verdict.

Nobody can know which will perform better: they track different indices and past performance is not a prediction. What is objective today is the cost, the replication, the domicile and the distribution policy.

iShares

iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend Advanced (Dist)

SPDR

SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats

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Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend Advanced (Dist) and SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats?+

They track different indices: iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend Advanced (Dist) follows MSCI Europe High Dividend Yield Advanced Select and SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats follows S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats. They also differ in cost (0.28% vs 0.35% TER), replication (physical vs physical) and domicile (Irlanda vs Irlanda).

Which one will perform better?+

Nobody can know that: they track different indices, so their returns will diverge, and past index performance is not a prediction. What you can control today is the cost, the tax structure and whether the index actually covers what you want exposure to.

Which one is cheaper?+

iShares MSCI Europe Quality Dividend Advanced (Dist) has the lower annual fee. Applying the same 7% gross return to both with €300/month, that fee gap alone is worth about €1,285 after 20 years — that part is arithmetic, not a forecast.

Accumulating or distributing?+

Both are distributing, so on this point there is no difference between them.

Can I hold both?+

Yes. Unlike two funds tracking the identical index, these give you genuinely different exposure, so holding both is not automatically redundant — just be aware you may end up overlapping on the largest companies and doubling your rebalancing work.

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