Which returned more over the last year, BITO or SPYM?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BITO returned −34.8% and SPYM returned +17.6%, so SPYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BITO or SPYM?

BITO charges 0.95% a year and SPYM charges 1.30%, so BITO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BITO vs SPYM: how they differ

BITO and SPYM hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and SPYM returned more over the year.

ProShares Bitcoin ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BITO and SPYM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BITO	Only in SPYM
CME BITCOIN FUT DIGITAL ASSETS 25/SEP/20 81.49%	NVIDIA CORP 8.07%
COINBASE BIT FUT DIGITAL ASSETS 25/SEP/2 14.27%	APPLE INC 7.32%
S&P CME BITCOIN FUTURES DAILY ROLL INDEX 4.24%	MICROSOFT CORP 5.58%
	AMAZON.COM INC 3.76%
	ALPHABET INC CL A 2.98%
	BROADCOM INC 2.61%
	ALPHABET INC CL C 2.38%
	META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.16%

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 Sep 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

BITO and SPYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BITO ProShares Bitcoin ETF	SPYM State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	ProShares	State Street
What it is	Bitcoin	S&P 500
Total return, 1 year	−34.8%	+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−52.3 pts	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.95%	1.30%
Holdings	3	507

BITO in plain words

BITO is a digital asset fund tracking the Bitcoin. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −34.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.95% a year. It sat 40.3% below its high of Oct 6, 2025 on Sep 11, 2026.

SPYM in plain words

SPYM is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 1.30% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BITO or SPYM?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BITO returned −34.8% and SPYM returned +17.6%, so SPYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BITO or SPYM?: BITO charges 0.95% a year and SPYM charges 1.30%, so BITO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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