Are ACBE and SPY in the same category?

ACBE is an option-income ETF and SPY is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which is cheaper, ACBE or SPY?

SPY is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

ACBE vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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ACBE and SPY are measured over different days, and SPY charges 0.09% to ACBE's 0.60%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $3.8m for Pacer Metaurus Enhanced Core Income Autocallable ETF and $814.8bn for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

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At a glance

+2.1%

ACBE total return, since launch, Sep 10, 2026

+13.6%

SPY total return, 1 year

0.60%

ACBE expense ratio

0.09%

SPY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPY costs 0.51 points a year less; SPY is far larger, $814.8bn against $3.8m.

ACBE vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACBE	SPY
Return
Measure	ACBE	SPY
Total return, 1 year	not published	+13.6%
Cash paid, share of starting value, since Sep 10, 2026	0.6%
Price change, since Sep 10, 2026	rose 1.5%
Latest payout, annualized	6.8%
Benchmark
Measure	ACBE	SPY
What it tracks	Benchmark: S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACBE	SPY
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8m	$814.8bn
Holdings
Measure	ACBE	SPY
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		38.1%

Method

Side by side

ACBE Pacer Metaurus Enhanced Core Income Autocallable ETF SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Where it sits Income ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Pacer State Street

What it is autocallable, vs SPY Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +2.1% (since launch, Sep 10, 2026) +13.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +2.2% (SPY) (since launch, Sep 10, 2026) +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPY (since launch, Sep 10, 2026) −0.1 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.09%

Holdings not yet filed 504

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.8m $814.8bn

ACBE and SPY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for ACBE.

Alert

About each fund

ACBE

Over the period from its first trade on Sep 10, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, ACBE paid 0.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +2.2% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid periodically.

SPY

SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Are ACBE and SPY in the same category?: ACBE is an option-income ETF and SPY is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, ACBE or SPY?: SPY is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ACBE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACBE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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