Which returned more over the last year, BSV or SPY?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and SPY returned +17.5%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or SPY?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and SPY charges 0.09%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BSV vs SPY: how they differ

BSV and SPY hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and SPY returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and SPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BSV	Only in SPY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	NVIDIA Corp. 7.52%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	Apple, Inc. 6.59%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	Microsoft Corp. 4.30%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	Amazon.com, Inc. 3.62%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	Alphabet, Inc. 3.25%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	Broadcom, Inc. 2.77%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	Alphabet, Inc. 2.59%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	Micron Technology, Inc. 2.02%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

BSV and SPY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	State Street
What it is	Short-Term Bond	S&P 500, book from IVV
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+17.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	0.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.09%
Holdings	3185	504

BSV in plain words

BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

SPY in plain words

SPY is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or SPY?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and SPY returned +17.5%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or SPY?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and SPY charges 0.09%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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