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CGCV vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGCV and SPYM hold 33% of their weight in the same names, and SPYM returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $2.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Capital Group Conservative Equity ETF, and $178.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

SPYM costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.7 points; SPYM is far larger, $178.5bn against $2.1bn.

CGCV vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
CGCVSPYM
Expense ratio0.33%0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$2.1bn$178.5bn
Total return, 1 year+10.6%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500 Index ?
Holdings in common33%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund32.3%39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+10.6%
CGCV total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.33%
CGCV expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGCV and SPYM hold 33% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

half

33% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGCV SPYM
Microsoft Corp 5.79% 5.79%
Apple Inc 2.94% 7.42%
Broadcom Inc 4.87% 2.56%
Alphabet Inc 2.49% 3.05%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.24% 2.37%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.52% 1.40%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.19% 1.31%
Johnson & Johnson 1.16% 0.92%
AbbVie Inc 2.13% 0.72%
Mastercard Inc 0.98% 0.69%
Cisco Systems Inc 2.51% 0.68%
Applied Materials Inc 1.78% 0.60%
Only in CGCV
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.29%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.93%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.57%
Exxon Mobil Corp 1.50%
TC Energy Corp 1.16%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.78%
Watsco Inc 0.64%
Only in SPYM
NVIDIA CORP 8.33%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.72%
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.45%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.75%
TESLA INC 1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.51%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.03%

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On the same fields

CGCV
Capital Group Conservative Equity ETF
SPYM
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +10.6% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) +17.3% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark −6.7 pts vs VOO 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.33% 0.02%
Already in the S&P 500 91.5% 99.8%
Holdings 72 506
Net assets, CGCV as of Sep 30, 2026 and SPYM as of Oct 8, 2026 $2.0bn $178.5bn
Former ticker none SPLG

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

About CGCV

CGCV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 72 positions, with the top ten at 32.3%.

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, CGCV or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGCV returned +10.6% and SPYM +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, CGCV or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGCV and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 92% of CGCV and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CGCV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGCV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGCV ↗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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