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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CATH returned +14.5% and SPYM +17.3%.

Which is cheaper, CATH or SPYM?

SPYM 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 CATH and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 99% of CATH and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CATH vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

CATH and SPYM hold 87% of their weight in the same names, and SPYM returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values ETF, and $178.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; SPYM is far larger, $178.5bn against $1.4bn.

	CATH	SPYM
Expense ratio	0.29%	0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$1.4bn	$178.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.5%	+17.3%
What it tracks	S&P 500 Catholic Values Index	S&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common	87%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	40.6%	39.0%

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

+14.5%

CATH total return, 1 year

+17.3%

SPYM total return, 1 year

0.29%

CATH expense ratio

0.02%

SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CATH and SPYM 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 SPYM

NVIDIA CORP 8.70% 8.33%

APPLE INC 7.70% 7.42%

MICROSOFT CORP 6.23% 5.79%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.87% 3.72%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.09% 3.05%

BROADCOM INC 2.70% 2.56%

ALPHABET INC-CL C 2.47% 2.45%

META PLATFORMS INC 2.37% 2.37%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.82% 1.75%

TESLA INC 1.62% 1.58%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.49% 1.31%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.04% 1.03%

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Only in SPYM

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

SPYM

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF

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 +0.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.29% 0.02%

Already in the S&P 500 98.9% 99.8%

Holdings 444 506

Net assets, CATH as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.4bn $178.5bn

Former ticker none SPLG

CATH and SPYM 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%.

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, CATH or SPYM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CATH returned +14.5% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, CATH or SPYM?: SPYM 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 CATH and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 99% of CATH and 100% of SPYM 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 ↗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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