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BLCR vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

BLCR and SPYM 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 $178.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.0 points; SPYM is 18.5 times larger.

BLCR vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
BLCRSPYM
Expense ratio0.36%0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$9.7bn$178.5bn
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%39.0%

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

+26.3%
BLCR total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.36%
BLCR expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BLCR and SPYM 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 SPYM
NVIDIA 7.12% 8.33%
MICROSOFT 6.61% 5.79%
APPLE 4.53% 7.42%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.90% 3.72%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.06% 3.05%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 5.05% 2.37%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.31% 1.75%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.44% 1.51%
BROADCOM INC 1.35% 2.56%
VISA CLASS A 4.43% 0.95%
INTEL CORPORATION 2.11% 0.79%
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 SPYM
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.45%
TESLA INC 1.58%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.31%
ABBVIE INC 0.72%
MASTERCARD INC A 0.69%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 0.68%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.68%

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On the same fields

BLCR
iShares Large Cap Core Active ETF
SPYM
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
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% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark +9.6 pts vs IWB 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.36% 0.02%
Already in the S&P 500 85.6% 99.8%
Holdings 52 506
Net assets, BLCR as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 8, 2026 $9.8bn $178.5bn
Former ticker none SPLG

BLCR and SPYM 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 SPYM

SPYM 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 0.02% 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, BLCR or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BLCR returned +26.3% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, BLCR or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BLCR and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of BLCR and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
BLCR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BLCR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for BLCR ↗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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