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

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PVAL vs XBI: how they differ

PVAL and XBI hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and XBI returned more over the year.

Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PVAL and XBI hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions PVAL and XBI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingPVALXBI
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC1.34%0.96%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in PVALOnly in XBI
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 6.06%Apogee Therapeutics Inc 1.49%
CITIGROUP INC 4.68%Moderna Inc 1.41%
EXXON MOBIL CORP 3.66%Twist Bioscience Corp 1.41%
ALPHABET INC 3.33%Oruka Therapeutics Inc 1.38%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.09%Kymera Therapeutics Inc 1.36%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 3.08%Viking Therapeutics Inc 1.31%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.96%Praxis Precision Medicines Inc 1.29%
MICROSOFT CORP 2.96%Erasca Inc 1.27%

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 and May 29, 2026.

PVAL and XBI on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PVAL
Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF
XBI
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerPutnamState Street
What it isPutnam Focused Large Cap ValueSPDR S&P Biotech
Total return, 1 year+28.4%+64.0%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+10.8 pts+46.5 pts
Expense rationot published0.35%
Already in the S&P 50094.9%8.5%
Holdings45150

PVAL in plain words

PVAL is an index equity fund tracking the Putnam Focused Large Cap Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +28.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 45 positions, with the top ten at 35.6%.

XBI in plain words

XBI is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Biotech. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +64.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 8% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 150 positions, with the top ten at 13.3%. It sat 9.6% below its high of Feb 8, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PVAL or XBI?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PVAL returned +28.4% and XBI returned +64.0%, so XBI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
How much do PVAL and XBI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 95% of PVAL and 8% of XBI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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PVAL against XBI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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