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CATH vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

CATH and SPY hold 87% of their weight in the same names, and SPY returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values ETF, and $817.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

SPY costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; SPY is far larger, $817.2bn against $1.4bn.

CATHSPY
Expense ratio0.29%0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.4bn$817.2bn
Total return, 1 year+14.5%+17.3%
What it tracksS&P 500 Catholic Values IndexS&P 500 Index
Holdings in common87%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund40.6%39.1%

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

+14.5%
CATH total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPY total return, 1 year
0.29%
CATH expense ratio
0.09%
SPY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CATH and SPY hold 87% 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.

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87% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CATH SPY
NVIDIA CORP 8.70% 8.34%
APPLE INC 7.70% 7.42%
MICROSOFT CORP 6.23% 5.80%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.87% 3.73%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.09% 3.06%
BROADCOM INC 2.70% 2.56%
ALPHABET INC-CL C 2.47% 2.45%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.37% 2.38%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.82% 1.75%
TESLA INC 1.62% 1.58%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.49% 1.32%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.04% 1.04%
Only in CATH
Only in SPY
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.51%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
ELI LILLY + CO 1.40%
JOHNSON + JOHNSON 0.92%
ABBVIE INC 0.72%
MERCK + CO. INC. 0.53%
COCA COLA CO/THE 0.51%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 0.50%

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On the same fields

CATH
Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values ETF
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Global X State Street
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +14.5% +17.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.7 pts 0.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 98.9% 99.8%
Holdings 444 504
Net assets, CATH as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.4bn $817.2bn

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

CATH in plain words

CATH tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 444 positions, with the top ten at 40.6%.

SPY in plain words

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, CATH or SPY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CATH returned +14.5% and SPY +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, CATH or SPY?
SPY is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CATH and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 99% of CATH and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CATH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CATH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for CATH ↗SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗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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