A
vs
B
Share
Compare their flowsAsk IQ about these two funds

BLCR vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

BLCR and SPY hold 40% of their weight in the same names, and BLCR returned +26.3% over the year. Net assets: $9.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Large Cap Core Active ETF, and $817.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

SPY costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.0 points; SPY is far larger, $817.2bn against $9.7bn.

BLCR vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
BLCRSPY
Expense ratio0.36%0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$9.7bn$817.2bn
Total return, 1 year+26.3%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500 Index
Holdings in common40%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund48.6%39.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+26.3%
BLCR total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPY total return, 1 year
0.36%
BLCR expense ratio
0.09%
SPY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BLCR and SPY hold 40% 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 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

40% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BLCR SPY
NVIDIA 7.12% 8.34%
MICROSOFT 6.61% 5.80%
APPLE 4.53% 7.42%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.90% 3.73%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.06% 3.06%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 5.05% 2.38%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.31% 1.75%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.44% 1.51%
BROADCOM INC 1.35% 2.56%
VISA CLASS A 4.43% 0.96%
INTEL CORPORATION 2.11% 0.80%
ELI LILLY 0.76% 1.40%
Only in BLCR
ATI 3.01%
WESCO INTERNATIONAL 2.91%
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS 1.44%
MASTEC INC 1.31%
ROCKET COMPANIES INC CLASS A 1.24%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 1.07%
RENTOKIL INITIAL ADS EACH REPRESEN 0.92%
MADISON AIR SOLUTIONS CORP CLASS A 0.35%
Only in SPY
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.45%
TESLA INC 1.58%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.32%
ABBVIE INC 0.72%
MASTERCARD INC A 0.69%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 0.68%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.68%

Check overlap with more funds →

On the same fields

BLCR
iShares Large Cap Core Active ETF
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +26.3% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.6% (IWB) +17.3% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark +9.6 pts vs IWB −0.1 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.36% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 85.6% 99.8%
Holdings 52 504
Net assets, BLCR as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 8, 2026 $9.8bn $817.2bn

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

About BLCR

BLCR is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 48.6%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

About SPY

SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% 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 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BLCR or SPY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BLCR returned +26.3% and SPY +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, BLCR or SPY?
SPY is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BLCR and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of BLCR and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
Other comparisons
BLCR vs IVVBLCR vs VOOBLCR vs VTIBLCR vs SPYMMGC vs SPYSPY vs VONEPBUS vs SPYFELC vs SPY
BLCR on its own →SPY on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →Standards and sources →
Where these figures came from
BLCR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BLCR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for BLCR ↗SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗State Street website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

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

Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, BLCR against SPY, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/blcr-vs-spy

Open data

Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.