Which returned more over the last year, CGMM or SPMD?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGMM returned +11.1% and SPMD +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, CGMM or SPMD?

SPMD is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CGMM and SPMD overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 45% of CGMM and 0% of SPMD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CGMM vs SPMD: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGMM and SPMD hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and SPMD returned +13.5% over the year. Net assets: $3.5bn on Oct 19, 2026 for Capital Group U.S. Small and Mid Cap ETF, and $18.4bn on Oct 20, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF.

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SPMD costs 0.48 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; SPMD is 5.2 times larger.

CGMM vs SPMD: Differences, Returns & Fees
	CGMM	SPMD
Expense ratio	0.51%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026	$3.5bn	$18.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+11.1%	+13.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P MidCap 400 Index
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	18.7%	7.1%
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 13, 2026	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+11.1%

CGMM total return, 1 year

+13.5%

SPMD total return, 1 year

0.51%

CGMM expense ratio

0.03%

SPMD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGMM and SPMD hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGMM SPMD

ATI Inc 0.98% 0.76%

US Foods Holding Corp 1.56% 0.64%

XPO Inc 1.08% 0.64%

Royal Gold Inc 0.62% 0.59%

API Group Corp 0.81% 0.46%

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd 1.84% 0.43%

Fabrinet 1.15% 0.38%

Penumbra Inc 0.50% 0.38%

Five Below Inc 0.88% 0.37%

Applied Industrial Technologies Inc 0.77% 0.36%

Elanco Animal Health Inc 0.47% 0.35%

Texas Roadhouse Inc 0.89% 0.33%

Only in CGMM

Bloom Energy Corp 2.56%

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.20%

Exelon Corp 1.91%

Comfort Systems USA Inc 1.79%

NIKE Inc 1.77%

Ciena Corp 1.65%

Flex Ltd 1.63%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 1.59%

Only in SPMD

OKTA INC 0.93%

TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.81%

UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP 0.69%

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 0.68%

ENTEGRIS INC 0.65%

TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 0.63%

RELIANCE INC 0.63%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP CL A 0.61%

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On the same fields

CGMM

Capital Group U.S. Small and Mid Cap ETF

SPMD

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +11.1% +13.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (IWV) +13.4% (IJH)

Gap to its benchmark −4.0 pts vs IWV +0.1 pts vs IJH

Expense ratio 0.51% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 45.4% 0.0%

Holdings 114 401

Net assets, CGMM as of Oct 19, 2026 and SPMD as of Oct 20, 2026 $3.5bn $18.4bn

CGMM and SPMD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About CGMM

CGMM is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.51% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 45% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 114 positions, with the top ten at 18.7%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +11.1% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

About SPMD

SPMD tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 401 positions, with the top ten at 7.1%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGMM or SPMD?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGMM returned +11.1% and SPMD +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, CGMM or SPMD?: SPMD is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGMM and SPMD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 45% of CGMM and 0% of SPMD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CGMM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGMM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGMM ↗SPMD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPMD 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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