Are ATTR and SPY in the same category?

ATTR is an alternatives 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, ATTR or SPY?

SPY is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Across categories

ATTR vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

ATTR and SPY are measured over different days, and SPY charges 0.09% to ATTR's 0.63%.

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Net assets: $96m on Jun 30, 2026 for Arin Tactical Tail Risk ETF, and $810.0bn on Oct 26, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

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At a glance

+7.5%

ATTR total return, since launch, Oct 28, 2025

+13.5%

SPY total return, 1 year

0.63%

ATTR expense ratio

0.09%

SPY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPY costs 0.54 points a year less.

ATTR vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ATTR	SPY
Return
Measure	ATTR	SPY
Total return, 1 year	not published	+13.5%
Total return, 52 weeks	+7.5%
Against its benchmark
Measure	ATTR	SPY
What it tracks	not published	S&P 500 Index
Treasury bills, 52 weeks	+3.7%
Against cash	3.8 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	ATTR	SPY
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.09%
Net assets, ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 26, 2026	$96m	$810.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ATTR	SPY
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		37.9%
Risk
Measure	ATTR	SPY
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns	+0.91
Beta to the S&P 500	+0.21: about 0.21% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell	fell 0.14%
Down-week capture	12.8%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell	25 of 52, by 1.10% on average

Method

Side by side

ATTR Arin Tactical Tail Risk ETF SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Where it sits Alternatives ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Arin State Street

What it is Hedged equity Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +7.5% (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) +13.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (VOO) (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) +13.6% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark −5.8 pts vs VOO (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) −0.1 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.09%

Holdings not read by ETFIQ 504

Net assets, ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 26, 2026 $96m $810.0bn

ATTR and SPY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 27, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

ATTR

ATTR is a hedged equity fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.91 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.21, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.21% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 25 of those 52 weeks, by 1.10% on average. In the same weeks ATTR fell 0.14% on average, a down-week capture of 12.8%. Over the same 52 weeks ATTR returned +7.5% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 3.8 percentage points ahead of cash.

SPY

SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 27, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% 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 26, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 37.9%.

Questions people ask

Are ATTR and SPY in the same category?: ATTR is an alternatives 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, ATTR or SPY?: SPY is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

BIL, the T-bill fund these are measured against →ATTR on its own →SPY on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →SPY dividend history →SPY holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ATTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ATTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Arin page for ATTR ↗

SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

State Street website ↗

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