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AVLC vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVLC and SPYM hold 76% of their weight in the same names, and AVLC returned +20.9% over the year. Net assets: $1.3bn on May 31, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, and $178.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points; SPYM is far larger, $58.7bn against $481m.

AVLCSPYM
Expense ratio0.15%0.02%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025$481m$58.7bn
Total return, 1 year+20.9%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common76%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.9%39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+20.9%
AVLC total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.15%
AVLC expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVLC and SPYM hold 76% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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76% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding AVLC SPYM
APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 5.74% 7.42%
NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK USD.001 5.68% 8.33%
MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 4.90% 5.79%
AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 3.74% 3.72%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.000006 2.31% 2.37%
BROADCOM INC COMMON STOCK 1.76% 2.56%
ALPHABET INC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.75% 3.05%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 2.25% 1.75%
ALPHABET INC CL C COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.37% 2.45%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.0 1.39% 1.31%
ELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK 1.27% 1.40%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES COMMON STOCK USD.01 1.04% 1.51%
Only in AVLC
CHENIERE ENERGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.003 0.23%
SSC GOVERNMENT MM GVMXX 0.17%
TECHNIPFMC PLC COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.15%
ATI INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 0.13%
CLOUDFLARE INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.11%
LPL FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK 0.11%
PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP CL A COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.11%
SNOWFLAKE INC COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.11%
Only in SPYM
WELLTOWER INC 0.24%
PROLOGIS INC 0.18%
EQUINIX INC 0.15%
AMERICAN TOWER CORP 0.12%
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC 0.10%
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC 0.09%
REALTY INCOME CORP 0.08%
PUBLIC STORAGE 0.07%

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On the same fields

AVLC
Avantis U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
SPYM
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Avantis State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +20.9% +17.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +3.7 pts +0.1 pts
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.02%
Already in the S&P 500 89.1% 99.8%
Holdings 831 506
Net assets, AVLC as of May 31, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.3bn $178.5bn
Former ticker none SPLG

AVLC and SPYM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

AVLC in plain words

AVLC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 831 positions, with the top ten at 30.9%.

SPYM in plain words

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVLC or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLC returned +20.9% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, AVLC or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVLC and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of AVLC and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
AVLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AVLC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Avantis website ↗SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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