Which is cheaper, SEPT or SPY?

SEPT charges 0.74% a year and SPY charges 0.09%, so SPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are SEPT and SPY the same kind of fund?

No. SEPT is a buffer ETF and SPY is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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

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SEPT vs SPY: how they differ

SEPT and SPY are measured over different days, and SPY charges 0.09% against 0.74%.

AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer10 ETF - Sep and SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

SEPT and SPY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SEPT AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer10 ETF - Sep	SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits	Buffer ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	AllianzIM	State Street
What it is	Defined outcome, 10% on SPY	S&P 500, book from IVV
Total return, 1 year	not published	+17.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	not published	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	not available	0.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.74%	0.09%
Holdings	not filed	504

SEPT in plain words

From its price on Sep 12, 2026, the fund can gain about 16.9% more before it reaches its cap. The fund's price can fall 0.6% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 0.0% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 9.6% of the 10.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 354 days remained on Sep 12, 2026. On Aug 31, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.

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 is cheaper, SEPT or SPY?: SEPT charges 0.74% a year and SPY charges 0.09%, so SPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are SEPT and SPY the same kind of fund?: No. SEPT is a buffer ETF and SPY is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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SEPT against SPY, 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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